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comes from the Greek thrix, hair, whence the Latin tricæ, trifles or hairs, and the verb intrīco, to entangle; the Germans have the verb trugen, to deceive.
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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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