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Brewer's: Hanse Towns
The maritime cities of Germany, which belonged to the Hanseatic League (q.v.).
“The Hanse towns of Lübeck, Bremen, and Hamburg are commonwealths even now (1877).” —
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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