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 Adam Bell.Adam’s Ale. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Adam Cupid
 
i.e., Archer Cupid, perhaps with allusion to Adam Bell, the celebrated archer. (See Percy’s Reliques, vol. i., p. 7.)   1
 


 Adam Bell.Adam’s Ale. 

 
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