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 Horne.Hornets (Josh. xxiv. 12). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Horner.
 
One who blows the hunting-horn; a huntsman or master of the hounds. Little Jack Horner was master of the Abbot of Glastonbury’s hounds.   1
 


 Horne.Hornets (Josh. xxiv. 12). 

 
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