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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 6, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 5, 1806June 7, 1806June 6, 1806 Friday June 6th 1806. This morning Frazier returned having been in quest of some roots and bread which had…

Brewer's: Gulliver

(Lemuel). The hero of the famous Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, first a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, i.e. to Lilliput, Brobdingnag,…

Brewer's: Nym

(Corporal). One of Falstaff's followers, and an arrant rogue. Nim is to steal. (Merry Wives of Windsor.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NyseNutshell A B C…