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 Gonfanon.Gonnella’s Horse. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gonin.
 
C’est un Maître Gonin. He is a sly dog. Maître Gonin was a famous clown in the sixteenth century. “Un tour de Maître Gonin” means a cunning or scurvy trick. (See ALIBORON.)   1
 


 Gonfanon.Gonnella’s Horse. 

 
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