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SHOE THE WILD COLT

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Shoe the Wild Colt (To). To exact a fine called "footing" from a newcomer, who is called the "colt." Colt is a common synonym for a greenhorn, or a youth not broken in. Thus Shakespeare says- "Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse." (Merchant of Venice, i.2.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Anagrams: SHOE THE WILD COLT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-h-h-i-l-l-o-o-s-t-t-w"

-4 letters: theodolites.

-5 letters: theodolite.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SHOE THE WILD COLT


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

53 48 4F 45      54 48 45      57 49 4C 44      43 4F 4C 54

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

            

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

01010011 01001000 01001111 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010111 01001001 01001100 01000100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001100 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#72 &#79 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#87 &#73 &#76 &#68 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#76 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0048 004F 0045      0054 0048 0045      0057 0049 004C 0044      0043 004F 004C 0054

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

534249392544239257434638237494654

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