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 Quid Libet.Quid pro Quo. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Quid of Tobacco.
 
A corruption of cud (a morsel). We still say “chew the cud.”   1
 


 Quid Libet.Quid pro Quo. 

 
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