Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sib’beridge (3 syl.).

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Si’amese Twins:

Sibyl.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Sib’beridge (3 syl.).

Banns of marriage. (Anglo-Saxon sibbe, alliance; whence the old English word sibrede, relationship, kindred.) (See GOSSIP.)

“For every man it schuldë drede

And Nameliche in his sibrede.”

Gower: Confessio Amantis.

Si’amese Twins:

Sibyl.

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