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 Tramecksan and Slamecksan.Tra’mon’tane (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Trammel
 
means to catch in a net. (French, tramail, trame, a woof; verb, tramer, to weave.)   1
 


 Tramecksan and Slamecksan.Tra’mon’tane (3 syl.). 

 
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