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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cringle (Tom).
 
An excellent sailor character in the naval story by Michael Scott, called Tom Cringle’s Log, first published in Blackwood’s Magazine.   1
 


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