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 Ra’venswood (Allan, Lord of).Raw Lobster (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Raw.
 
To touch one on the raw. To mention something that makes a person wince, like touching a horse on a raw place in cleaning him.   1
 


 Ra’venswood (Allan, Lord of).Raw Lobster (A). 

 
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