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 O’nus Proban’di.O’pal. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Onyx
 
is Greek for a finger-nail; so called because the colour of an onyx resembles that of the finger-nail.   1
 


 O’nus Proban’di.O’pal. 

 
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