/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Columbine
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The sweetheart of Harlequin, and, like him, supposed to be invisible to mortal eyes. Columbi na in Italian is a pet-name for a lady-love, and means a little dove, a young coquette.
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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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