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Daisy and Demi

Daisy and DemiI cannot feel that I have done my duty as humble historian of the March family, without devoting at least one chapter to the two most precious and important members of it.…

Brewer's: Daisies

Slang for boots. Explained under CHIVY. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DaisyDais A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Brewer's: Daisy

Ophelia gives the queen a daisy to signify “that her light and fickle love ought not to expect constancy in her husband.” So the daisy is explained by Greene to mean a Quip for an upstart…

Gregorio Fuentes 2002 Deaths

Gregorio FuentesAge: 104 fisherman who worked as Ernest Hemingway's captain and cook during the author's nearly 30 years in Cuba. He is widely believed to be the title character in Hemingway'…

Notable Women in Media

Oprah Winfrey Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models…

Daisy Bates Biography

Daisy BatesAge: 84 civil rights leader whose tireless efforts led to the desegregation of Little Rock, Arkansas' Central High School. She guided nine students in their 1957 crusade to enroll…

Brewer's: Daisy-cutter

(A). In cricket, a ball that is bowled all along the ground. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Daisy-rootsDaisy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Daisy-roots

like dwarf-elder berries, are said to stunt the growth; hence the fairy Milkah fed her royal foster-child on this food, that his standard might not exceed that of a pigmy. This…

Yonge, Charlotte Mary

(Encyclopedia) Yonge, Charlotte MaryYonge, Charlotte Maryyŭng [key], 1823–1901, English novelist. Her writing as well as her life was restricted by the rigid High Church tenets of her upbringing. In…