/ · 1894 Brewer’s · K · Knot and Bridle (A)
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A mob-cap.
“Upon her head a small mob-cap she placed.
Of lawn so stiff, with large flowered ribbon graced,
Yclept a knot and bridle, in a bow,
Of scarlet flaming, her long chin below.”
Peter Pindar: Portfolio (Dinah).
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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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