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 Calam’ity.Calatra’va (Red Cross Knights of). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Calandri’no.
 
A typical simpleton frequently introduced in Boccaccio’s Decameron; expressly made to be befooled and played upon.   1
 


 Calam’ity.Calatra’va (Red Cross Knights of). 

 
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