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 Tansy.Tan’talos (Latin, Tantalus), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tan’talise.
 
To excite a hope and disappoint it. (See next article.)   1
 


 Tansy.Tan’talos (Latin, Tantalus), 

 
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