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 Bucen’taur.Buc’hanites (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Buceph’alos [bull-headed].
 
A horse. Strictly speaking, the chargèr of Alexander the Great, bought of a Thessalian for thirteen talents (£3,500).   1
        “True, true; I forgot your Bucephalus.”—Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary.
 


 Bucen’taur.Buc’hanites (3 syl.). 

 
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