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What is the origin of the phrase "No answer came the stern reply"?

Question #68018. Asked by hectorb.
Last updated Feb 11 2020.

Related Trivia Topics: Linguistics   Idioms and Proverbs  
billtkd
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billtkd

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It's from the poeam 'The Bunyip' by Frances King.

link https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_bunyip_164772

Response last updated by gtho4 on Feb 11 2020.
Apr 08 2012, 6:28 PM
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