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campaspe
name 5noun 1
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2ADJ.
cupid
CAMPASPE + NOUN
play'd
Definitions
name
1
A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.
2
A rural locality in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.
3
A river in northern Queensland, which joins the Cape River at Campaspe.
4
A river in Victoria, Australia, which flows north to join the Murray.
5
A local government area in northern Victoria, named after the river; in full, the Shire of Campaspe.
noun
1
A man's mistress.
John Lyly Cupid and my Campaspe play'd / At cards for kisses—Cupid paid: […]
But there may be Campaspes in our train.
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John Lyly Cupid and my Campaspe play'd / At cards for kisses—Cupid paid: […]
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But there may be Campaspes in our train.
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