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Brewer's: Chronon-hoton-thologos
[ch = k]. A burlesque pomposo in Henry Carey's farce, so called. Anyone who delivers an inflated address. See http://www.chrononhotonthologos.com
“Aldiborontephoscophornio, where left you Chrononhotonthologos?”— H. Carey.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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