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 Riglet.Rigolette (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Rig’ol.
 
A circle or diadem. (Italian, rigolo, a little wheel.)   1
       
“[Sleep] That from this golden rigol hath divorced
So many English kings.”
       
Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., iv. 4.
 


 Riglet.Rigolette (3 syl.). 

 
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