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Jenkins' ear

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Jenkins’ ear
trivial cause of a great quarrel. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 336]


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160105002X The diplomatic history of Georgia; a study of the epoch of Jenkins' ear.
National causes can be made of small things - one thinks of Jenkins' Ear - but few can have had such a charming and witty source as the collection of small objects known as the Lewis Chessmen that have since the mid-19th century delighted visitors to the British Museum.
The fly-half was rated as a major doubt after suffering a groin injury in a training match last Friday in France, but news Jones will be fit for the start of the tournament in France must be music to Jenkins' ears.
 
 
 
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