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 Tremont’.Trencher. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Trench-the-Mer.
 
The galley of Richard Cœur de Lion; so called from its “fieetness.” Those who sailed in it were called by the same name.   1
 


 Tremont’.Trencher. 

 
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