| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A parish clerk or jack-of-all-trades, in Colman’s play called The Review, or Wags of Windsor, which first appeared in 1808. Colman borrowed the character from a farce by Henry Lee (1798) entitled Throw Physic to the Dogs. | 1 |
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“I resolved, like Caleb Quotem, to have a place at the review.”—Washington Irving. |
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