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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Epsom Salts.
 
A salt formerly obtained by boiling down the mineral water in the vicinity of Epsom, but now chemi-cally prepared. It is the sulphate of magnesia.   1
 


 Ep’som Races.Equal-to, 

 
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