Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Mother of the Gracchi.

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Mother of Pearl.

Mother’s Apron Strings.

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


Mother of the Gracchi.

A hard, strong-minded, rigid woman, without one soft point or effeminate weakness. Always in the right, and maintaining her right with the fortitude of a martyr.	1

Mother of Pearl.

Mother’s Apron Strings.

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