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 Ger’trude (2 syl., g hard).Gertrude of Wyo’ming. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gertrude (St.),
 
in Christian art, is sometimes represented as surrounded with rats and mice; and sometimes as spinning, the rats and mice running about her distaff.   1
 


 Ger’trude (2 syl., g hard).Gertrude of Wyo’ming. 

 
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