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Edward Bowes Biography
Edward Bowesentrepreneur, radio impresarioBorn: 6/14/1874Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. After leaving school at age 13 to work in an office, he founded a real estate business that…Brewer's: Bow Bells
Born within sound of Bow bells. A true cockney. St. Mary-le-Bow has long had one of the most celebrated bell-peals in London. John Dun, mercer, gave in 1472 two tenements to maintain the…Brewer's: Bow-catcher
(A ). A corruption of “Beau Catcher,” a love-curl, termed by the French an accroche coeur. A love-curl worn by a man is a Bell-rope, i.e. a rope to pull the belles with. Source:…Brewer's: Bow-hand
The left hand; the hand which holds the bow. (This bow rhymes with flow.) To be too much of the bow-hand. To fail in a design; not be sufficiently dexterous. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Ulysses' Bow
Only Ulysses could draw his own bow, and he could shoot an arrow through twelve rings. By this sign Penelope recognised her husband after an absence of twenty years. Ulysses' bow was…Brewer's: Strong-bow
Richard de Clare, Earl of Strigul. Justice of Ireland. (1176). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StrontianStrong-back A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Clara Bow Biography
Clara BowactressBorn: 7/29/1905Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York As the quintessential flapper, she defined the 1920s. Her hairstyle, her clothes, her flamboyant sex life, and her cupid-bow…Brewer's: Draw the Long Bow
(To). To exaggerate. Some wonderful tales are told of Robin Hood and other foresters practised in the long bow. (See BOW.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Bow-street Runners
Detectives who scoured the country to find criminals, before the introduction of the police force. Bow Street, near Covent Garden, London, is where the principal police-court stands. (This…Brewer's: Bow-window in Front
(A ) A big corporation. “He was a very large man, ... with what is termed a considerable bow-window in front.” —Capt. Marryat: Poor Jack, i. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Trending
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