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HANNO, THE POPE’S “WHITE ELEPHANT”

White elephant (n.) an idiom for a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose, and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth. * * * * * Did you ever receive a “white elephant” as a gift? Maybe it was a lamp or bric-a-brac given by a beloved […]

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