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Brewer's: Toes
The most dexterous man in the use of his toes in lieu of fingers was William Kingston, born without hands or arms. (See World of Wonders, pt. x.; Correspondence, p. 65.) Source:…Brewer's: Fagin
An infamous Jew, who teaches boys and girls to rob with dexterity. (Dickens: Oliver Twist.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FagotFagged Out A B C D E F…Australia: Prime Ministers
Prime Ministers Edmund Barton (1901–1903) Alfred Deakin (1903–1904, 1905–1908, 1909–1910) John Christian Watson (1904) George Huston Reid (1904–1905) Andrew Fisher (1908–1909, 1910–1913, 1914–…Biographies of Notable Civil War Figures
A-H | I-M | N-S | T-Z Abraham Lincoln Related Links Gettysburg Primer Battle of Gettysburg Fact Sheet The Deadliest Battles in the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, February 27, 1806
Day 1231 Day 1233 Clark, February 27, 1806 Thursday February 27th 1806 Reubin Field returned this evening and had not killed anything, he reported that there were no Elk towards point…Brewer's: Hercules' Labour
or The labour of an Hercules. Very great toil. Hercules was appointed by Eurystheus (3 syl.) to perform twelve labours requiring enormous strength or dexterity. “It was more than the…Brewer's: Pickers and Stealers
The hands. In French argot hands are called harpe, which is a contracted form of harpions; and harpion is the Italian arpione, a hook used by thieves to pick linen, etc., from hedges. A…Brewer's: Stolen Things are Sweet
A sop filched from the dripping-pan, fruit procured by stealth, and game illicitly taken, have the charm of dexterity to make them the more palatable. Solomon says, “Stolen waters are…Brewer's: Estramaçon
(French). A blow or cut with a sword, hence also “estramaçonner,” to play at backsword. Sir Walter Scott uses the word in the sense of a feint or pretended cut. Hence Sir Jeffrey Hudson,…Brewer's: Feather One's Oar
(To.) To feather an oar is to turn the blade parallel with the surface of the water as the hands are moved forward for a fresh stroke. (The Greek pteron means both “an oar” and “a feather…Trending
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