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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Wedding Knives.
 
Undoubtedly, one knife or more than one was in Chaucer’s time part of a bride’s paraphernalia. Allusions to this custom are very numerous.   1
       
“See, at my girdle hang my wedding knives.”
       
Dekker: Match Me in London (1631).
 


 Wedding Finger.Wednesday. 

 
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