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FLUTTER THE DOVECOTES

Specialty Definition: FLUTTER THE DOVECOTES

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Flutter the Dovecotes (To). To disturb the equanimity of a society. The phrase occurs in Coriolanus.
"The important movement in favour of a general school of law fluttered the dovecotes of the Inns of Court." - Nineteenth Century (Nov. 1892 p. 779). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FLUTTER THE DOVECOTES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4C 55 54 54 45 52      54 48 45      44 4F 56 45 43 4F 54 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001100 01010101 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000100 01001111 01010110 01000101 01000011 01001111 01010100 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#76 &#85 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#68 &#79 &#86 &#69 &#67 &#79 &#84 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004C 0055 0054 0054 0045 0052      0054 0048 0045      0044 004F 0056 0045 0043 004F 0054 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4046555454395225442392384956393749543953

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