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 Rosemary Lane (London),Ro’sencran’tz and Guild’enstern. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Rosewood.
 
So called because when cut it yields a perfume like that of roses.   1
 


 Rosemary Lane (London),Ro’sencran’tz and Guild’enstern. 

 
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