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Search phrase: gordian

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CymbelineCym II.ii.34As slippery as the Gordian knot was hard.As slippery as the Gordian-knot was hard.
Henry VH5 I.i.46The Gordian knot of it he will unloose,The Gordian Knot of it he will vnloose,

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Gordian knotapparently unsolvable problem, extreme difficulty

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GORDIANBASICgordian adj

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