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Daisy's Ball

Daisy's Ball"Mrs. Shakespeare Smith would like to have Mr. John Brooke, Mr. Thomas Bangs, and Mr. Nathaniel Blake to come to her ball at three o'clock today. "P.S. Nat must bring his fiddle,…

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…

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…

Biographies: 2016 People in the News

2016 People in the News See also 2015 People in the News 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People…

black-eyed Susan

(Encyclopedia) black-eyed Susan or yellow daisy, North American daisylike wildflower (Rudbeckia hirta) of the family Asteraceae (aster family) with yellow rays and a dark brown center. It is a weedy…