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 King of Shreds and Patches.King of Terrors. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
King of Spain’s Trampeter (The).
 
A donkey. A pun on the word don, a Spanish magnate.   1
 


 King of Shreds and Patches.King of Terrors. 

 
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