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Brewer's: Greek Trust
No trust at all. “Græca fides” was with the Romans no faith at all. A Greek, in English slang, means a cheat or sharper, and Greek bonds are sadly in character with Græca fides.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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