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 Cu’neiform Letters.Cu’no. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cunning Man or Woman.
 
A fortune-teller, one who professes to discover stolen goods. (Anglo-Saxon, cunnan, to know.)   1
 


 Cu’neiform Letters.Cu’no. 

 
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