There is more than one yew-bow in Chester.
Modern use applieth this proverb to such who seize on other folks goods, not with intent to steal, but mistaken with the similitude thereof to their own: but cheshire-men have been so famous for archery.
Modern use applieth this proverb to such who seize on other folks goods, not with intent to steal, but mistaken with the similitude thereof to their own: but cheshire-men have been so famous for archery.
Entry taken from Provincial Glossary, edited by Francis Grose.
