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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cham (kam).
 
The sovereign prince of Tartary, now written “khan.”   1
        “Fetch you a hair off the great Cham’s beard.”—Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, ii. 1.
   The great Cham of Literature. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709–1784).   2
 


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