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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dog-vane (A).
 
A cockade.   1
        “Dog-vane is a term familiarly applied to a cockade.”—Smyth: Sailors’ Word-book.
 


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