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 Lupine.Lupus in Fabula. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lupus et Agnus.
 
A mere pretence to found a quarrel on. The words are the Latin title of the well-known fable of The Wolf and the Lamb.   1
 


 Lupine.Lupus in Fabula. 

 
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