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My Account Log in Sign up. Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? Geoffrey Taylor, in his little poem Cruel, Clever Cat , , used the confusion over the spelling of the word to good comic effect:. Sally, having swallowed cheese Directs down holes the scented breeze Enticing thus with baited breath Nice mice to an untimely death. See other phrases and sayings from Shakespeare. Save This Word! See synonyms for with bated breath on Thesaurus.
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