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Stones. Fed with St. Stephen’s bread. Stoned. In French, “Miches de St. Etienne.” In Italian, “Pan di St. Stefano.” Of course the allusion is to the stoning of Stephen.
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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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