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 Cherone’an [ch = k].Cherry Fairs. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cherry.
 
The whole tree or not a cherry on it. “Aut Cœsar aut nullus.” All in all or none at all.   1
        “This Hospitaller seems to be one of those pragmatical knaves who must have the whole tree, or they’ll not have a cherry on it.”
   To make two bites of a cherry. To divide something too small to be worth dividing.   2
 


 Cherone’an [ch = k].Cherry Fairs. 

 
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