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 Bull.Bull-dog (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bull and Gate. Bull and Mouth.
 
Public-house signs. A corruption of Boulogne Gate or Mouth, adopted out of compliment to Henry VIII., who took Boulogne in 1544.   1
 


 Bull.Bull-dog (A). 

 
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