Campaspe (3 syl.).

A beautiful harlot, whom Alexander the Great handed over to Apellês. Apelles drew her in the nude.

“When Cupid and Campaspe played

At cards for kisses, Cupid paid.”


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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.

Camisole de Force
Camlan (Battle of, Cornwall)
Camlet
Cammock
Camorra
Camorrist
Camp Candlestick (A)
Camp-followers
Campaign Wig (A)
Campania
Campaspe
Campbells are Coming (The)
Campbellite
Campceiling
Campeador (cam-pa-dor)
Canace
Canache
Canada Balsam
Canaille (French, can-naye)
Canard
Canary (A)