Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Styles.

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

Styles.

Tom Styles or John a Styles, connected with John o’ Noakes in actions of ejectment. These mythical gentlemen, like John Doe and Richard Roe, are no longer employed.

“And, like blind Fortune, with a sleight

Convey men’s interest and right

From Stiles’s pocket into Nokes’s.”

Butler: Hudibras, iii. 3.

Style (1 syl.)

Styli’tes or Pillar Saints.

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