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King Charles's head

a fixed idea; personal obsession

Etymology: in allusion to a character's obsession with the head of Charles I (beheaded 1649) in Dickens' David Copperfield

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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