English · Idiom Historical

savoy who gave it him

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

It had but one eye, and "was mean in stature." Shibdiz* The Persian Bucephalus, fleeter than the wind. It was the charger of Chosroes II of Persia.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Ngựa chiến của Chosroes II của Ba Tư, nhanh hơn gió

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “savoy who gave it him” mean?

It had but one eye, and "was mean in stature." Shibdiz* The Persian Bucephalus, fleeter than the wind. It was the charger of Chosroes II of Persia.

Is “savoy who gave it him” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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