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Brewer's: Dirty Shirts
(The). The 101st Foot, which fought at Delhi in their shirt-sleeves (1857). Now called “The Royal Bengal Fusileers.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dis…Brewer's: Drupner
[the dripper ]. A gold ring given to Odin; every ninth night other rings dropped from it of equal value to itself. (The Edda.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Landscape
(A) is a land picture. (Anglo-Saxon landscipe verb scap-an; to shape, to give a form or picture of.) Father of landscape gardening. A. Lenotre (1613-1700). Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Finance
(French). Revenue derived from fines or subsidies. In feudal times finance was money paid to a lord for a privilege. In the plural we use the word to signify available money resources.…Brewer's: Find
You know what you leave behind, but not what you will find. And this it is that “makes us rather bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of.” Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Rosewood
So called because when cut it yields a perfume like that of roses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rosencrantz and GuildensternRosemary Lane A B C D E F…William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act V, Scene II
Scene IIEnter Gower, before the temple of Diana at EphesusGowerNow our sands are almost run; More a little, and then dumb. This, my last boon, give me, For such kindness must relieve me, That…Notable Female Artists
Georgia O'Keeffe Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…Oscar's Checkered Past
Even today's Oscar extravaganzas seem tame when compared to the spectacles of yesterday by Alicia Potter Sacheen Littlefeather accepts Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar.…Being Transgender Today
After years of struggling for visibility and acceptance, transgender individuals and the issues they face came into the national spotlight in 2015. Caitlyn Jenner Photo Credit: Annie…Trending
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