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 Gesta Romano’rum (g soft),Get (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Geste or Gest (g soft).
 
A story, romance, achievement. From the Latin gesta (exploits).   1
        “The scene of these gestes being laid in ordinary life.”—Cyclopædia Britan. (Romance).
 


 Gesta Romano’rum (g soft),Get (To). 

 
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