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 Itching of the LipsItching of the Thumb, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Itching of the Nose
 
indicates that you are going to see a stranger.   1
       
“We shall ha’ guests to-day
. . My nose itcheth so.”
       
Dekker: Honest Whore.
 


 Itching of the LipsItching of the Thumb, 

 
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