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 Da’gon (Hebrew, Jag On, the fish On).Daguer’reotype (4 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dag’onet (Sir).
 
In the romance La Mort d’Arthure he is called the fool of King Arthur, and was knighted by the king himself.   1
        “I remember at Mile-End Green, when I lay at Clement’s Inn, I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthur’s show.”—Henry IV., iii. 2. (Justice Shallow).
   “Dagonet” is the pen-name of Mr. G. R. Sims.   2
 


 Da’gon (Hebrew, Jag On, the fish On).Daguer’reotype (4 syl.). 

 
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