thurgh thikke and thurgh thenne

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Phrase[edit]

thurgh thikke and thurgh thenne

  1. through thick and thin
    • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Reeve's Tale", Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere ms:
      Toward the fen / ther wilde Mares renne / fforth with wehee / thurgh thikke and thurgh thenne [...]
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