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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Facilë Princeps.
 
By far the best; admittedly first.   1
        “But the facilë princeps of all gypsologists is Professor Pott, of Halle.”—Chambers’s Cyclopœdia.
 


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