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 Sa’cring Bell.Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Sa’cripant.
 
A braggart, a noisy hectorer. He is introduced by Alexander Passoni, in a mock-heroic poem called The Rape of the Bucket.   1
   Sa’cripant (in Orlando Furioso). King of Circassia, and a Saracen.   2
 


 Sa’cring Bell.Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis). 

 
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