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 Saxon Characteristics (architectural).Saxon English. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Saxon Duke (in Hudibras).
 
John Frederick, Duke of Saxony, a very corpulent man. When taken prisoner, Charles V. said, “I have gone hunting many a time, but never saw I such a swine before.”   1
 


 Saxon Characteristics (architectural).Saxon English. 

 
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