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Brewer's: Tam-o'-Shanter's Mare
Remember Tam-o'-Shanter's mare. You may pay too dear for your whistle, as Meg lost her tail, pulled off by Nannie of the “Cutty-sark.”
Think, ye may buy the joys owre dear- Remember Tam-o'-Shanter's mare
Burns.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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