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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bell Savage | Literature | 1: "They now returned to their inn, the famous Bell Savage."- Scott: Kenilworth, xiii. 2: Or La Belle Sauvage = Pocahontas. According to one derivation it is a contraction of Isabelle Savage, who originally kept the inn. It is some-what remarkable that the sign of the inn was a pun on the Christian name, a "bell on the Hope" (hoop), as may be seen in the Close Roll of 1453. The hoop seems to have formed a garter or frame to most signs. The site of the inn is now occupied by the premises of Messrs. Cassell & Co. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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