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Brewer's: Toga'd
or Togated Nation (The). Gens Togata, the Romans, who wore togas. The Greeks wore “palls,” and were called the gens palliata; the Gauls wore breeches, and were called gens braccata. (Toga, pallium, and braccae.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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