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Blackwood's Magazine. A mere contraction of the word magazine. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MagalonaMag A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…2001-02 Men's IAAF Grand Prix Final Track & Field
Event Time 100 meters Tim Montgomery, USA 9.78 WR 400 meters Michael Blackwood, JAM 44.72 1500 meters Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR 3:29.27 3000 meters…Brewer's: Kempfer-Hausen
The nom de plume of Robert Pearce Gillies, one of the speakers in the Noctes Ambrosia'næ. (Blackwood's Magazine.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894KempisKema…Brewer's: Cringle
(Tom). An excellent sailor character in the naval story by Michael Scott, called Tom Cringle's Log, first published in Blackwood's Magazine. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Cockney School
Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Shelley, and Keats; so called by Lockhart. (1817.) “If I may be permitted to have the honour of christening it, it may be henceforth referred to by the designation of…Brewer's: O'Doherty
(Sir Morgan). Papers contributed to Blackwood's Magazine by William Maginn', LL.D., full of wit, fun, irony, and eloquence. (1819-1842.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Piper that Played before Moses
(By the). Per tibicinem qm coram Mose modulatus est. This oath is from Tales in Blackwood [Magazine, May, 1838]: Father Tom and the Pope (name of the tale). (Notes and Queries, April 2,…Brewer's: Tonans
Delirium tonans. Loud talk, exaggeration, gasconade. Blackwood's Magazine (1869) introduced the expression in the following clause: “Irishmen are the victims of that terrible malady that…Brewer's: Jack-a-Dandy
A term of endearment for a smart, bright little fellow; a Jemmy Jessamy. Smart she is, and handy, O ! Sweet as sugar-candy, O ! ... `And I'm her Jack-a-dandy, O ! Jack-a-dandy. Slang for…Brewer's: Noctes Ambrosia'næ
While Lockhart was writing Valerius, he was in the habit of taking walks with Professor Wilson every morning, and of supping with Blackwood at Ambrose's, a small tavern in Edinburgh. One…Trending
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