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 Ungrateful Guest (The).Unhinged. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Unguem.
 
Ad unguem. To the minutest point. To finish a statue ad unguem is to finish it so smoothly and perfectly that when the nail is run over the surface it can detect no imperfection.   1
 


 Ungrateful Guest (The).Unhinged. 

 
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