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A corruption of the Dutch huyzenblas (an air-bladder), being prepared from the bladders and sounds of sturgeon. (German, huyen, a sturgeon.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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