Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Cyclops/323


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En ventre sa mère     (French) In his mother's belly.[1] This archaic French phrase is still used in English law to refer to a child who has not yet been born. J. J. O'Molloy, who uses the phrase, is an unemployed lawyer.

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  1. Gifford (1988)
Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses
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