/ · 1894 Brewer’s · O · On dit (French)
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A rumour, a report; as, “There is an on dit on Exchange that Spain will pay up its back dividends.”
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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.