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Brewer's: King Cash
what the Americans call the “Almighty Dollar.” Now birth and rank and breeding Hardly saved from utter smash, Have been ousted, rather roughly, By the onslaught of King Cash. Truth (…Brewer's: Hansel Monday
The Monday after New-Year's Day, when “hansels,” or free gifts, were given in Scotland to servants and children. Our boxing-day is the first weekday after Christmas Day. (Anglo-Saxon,…Brewer's: Hot Cockles
A Christmas game. One blindfolded knelt down, and being struck had to guess who gave the blow. Thus poets passing time away. Like children at hot-cockles play. (1653.) Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Hulking
A great hulking fellow. A great overgrown one. A bulk is a big, lubberly fellow, applied to Falstaff by Shakespeare. It means the body of an old ship. (See above.) The monster sausage…The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Elves and the Shoemaker There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone…Islam in America
Muslims move to the mainstream Related Links Islam Primer Islam Glossary of Islam Ramadan Top Eight World Religions Non-Christians in U.S. During Dec. 2000 a crescent…2005–2006 Daytime Emmy Awards
The 2005–2006 Daytime Emmy Awards were presented on April 28, 2006, at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. Outstanding Drama Series:…December 2016 Current Events: World News Slideshow
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of December 2016. 1. French President Hollande Won't Seek Reelection 2. Sexual Abuse Scandal…Brewer's: Boar's Head
[The Christmas dish.] Freyr, the Scandinavian god of peace and plenty, used to ride on the boar Gullinbursti; his festival was held at Yuletide (winter solstice), when a boar was…Brewer's: Box
I've got into the wrong box. I am out of my element. Lord Lyttelton used to say he ought to have been brought up to some business; that whenever he went to Vauxhall and heard the mirth of…Trending
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