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sionnach commented on the word bluebeard's key
When the blood stain of this key was rubbed out on one side, it appeared on the opposite side; so prodigality being overcome will appear in the form of meanness; and friends, over-fond, will often become enemies.
E.C. Brewer; Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
June 28, 2009