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Filed under Clever man puts another out of countenance.

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Complaint about the stolen ox. A thief steals a calf and keeps the hide. The owner makes a hue and cry about a stolen ox. The thief produces the calfhide: "You thief, to demand an ox for a calf!"
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Putting out of countenance by telling evil storiesJudge put out of countenanceAbsurd pretence, when allowed, puts pretender out of countenanceCheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afireWorldly man puts religious man out of countenanceThirty years old for twelve years. Man claims to be thirty; has been doing so for the last twelve yearsOld man in love with young woman puts his critics out of countenanceRebuke for telling a poor and long-winded storyPoet puts others out of countenance

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