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The Devil's Dictionary, the original
Aesop's Fables
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Calf-skin Fiddle
A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casuists, that by kissing one's thumb instead of smacking calf's skin, the guilt of taking a false oath is avoided.
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