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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gourre (1 syl.).
 
A debauched woman. The citizens of Paris bestowed the name on Isabella of Bavaria.   1
        “We have here … a man … who to his second wife espoused La grande Gourre.”—Rabelais: Pantag’ruel, iii. 21.
 


 Gourmand’s Prayer (The).Gout, 

 
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