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Mermaids.

Mermaids’ Purses.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Mermaid’s Glove [Chalina oculata],*

the largest of British sponges, so called because its branches resemble fingers.	1

Mermaids.

Mermaids’ Purses.

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