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Brewer's: Ribaldry
is the language of a ribald. (French, ribaud; Old French, ribaudie; Italian, ribalderia, the language of a vagabond or rogue.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Runic Wands
Willow wands with mystic characters inscribed on them, used by the Scandinavians for magic ceremonies. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RunnymedeRunic Rhymes…Brewer's: Mother Goose
A name associated with nursery rhymes. She was born in Boston, and her eldest daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Fleet, the printer. Mrs. Goose used to sing the rhymes to her grandson, and…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Preface to his Poetical Works
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Preface by Mrs. Shelley Preface This edition of his "Poetical Works" contains all Shelley's ascertained poems and fragments of verse that have hitherto appeared in…Brewer's: Bower Anchor
An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are two: one called the best bower, and the other the small bower. (To rhyme with flower.) “Starboard being the best bower, and port the small…Brewer's: Crambo
Repetition. So called from a game which consists in some one setting a line which another is to rhyme to, but no one word of the first line must occur in the second. Dumb crambo.…Brewer's: Coal
Hot as a coal. The expression has an obvious allusion To post the coal or cole To pay or put down the cash. Coal=money has been in use in the sporting world for very many years. Buxton,…Brewer's: Swag
Luggage, knapsack, a bundle; also food carried about one. Swag-shop, a store of minor, or cheap-priced goods. (Scotch, sweg.) “[Palliser] began to retrace the way by which he had fled and…Brewer's: Rhopalic Verse
(wedge-verse). A line in which each successive word has more syllables than the one preceding it (Greek, rhopalon, a club, which from the handle to the top grows bigger.) Rem tibi confeci…Brewer's: Row
(rhyme with now). A tumult. It used to be written roue, and referred to the night encounters of the roués or profligate bon-vivants whose glory it was to attack the “Charleys” and disturb…Trending
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