/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Cadogan (Ca-dug-an)
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A club of hair worn by young French ladies; so called from the portrait of the first Earl of Cadog’an, a print at one time very popular in France. The fashion was introduced at the court of Montbéliard by the Duchesse de Bourbon.
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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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