| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Tragedy. The Greek tragic actors used to wear a sandal some two or three inches thick, to elevate their stature. To this sole was attached a very elegant buskin, and the whole was called cothur’nus. (See SOCK.) | 1 |
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| Ennobled hath the buskined stage.” | |
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Milton: Il Penseroso, 79, 80. |
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