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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Water-Poet.
 
John Taylor, the Thames waterman. (1580–1654.)   1
       
“I must confess I do want eloquence,
And never scarce did learn my accidence,
For having got from ‘possum’ to ‘posset,’
I there was grayelled, nor could farther get.”
       
Taylor the Water-Poet.
 


 Water-logged.Water-sky (A), 

 
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