thurgh thikke and thurgh thenne

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thurgh thikke and thurgh thenne

1. through thick and thin
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Reeve's Tale", Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere ms:

     Toward the fen / ther wilde Mares renne / fforth with wehee / thurgh thikke and thurgh thenne [...]

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