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Definition: ASSES' BRIDGE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, ``The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another.'' [Sportive] ``A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge.'' --F. Harrison.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: ASSES' BRIDGE

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Asses' Bridge[L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, ``The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another.'' [Sportive] ``A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge.'' --F. Harrison. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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