/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Cressy (Battle of)
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Won by Edward III. and the Black Prince over Philippe VI. of France, August 26, 1346.
“Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup meagre.”
Fenton: Prol. to Southern’s Spartan Dame.
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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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