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Van Halenrock group In the early 1970s, in Pasadena, California, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex Van Halen, a drummer, formed the group Mammoth with vocalist David Lee Roth and…Brewer's: Tom and Jerry
i.e. Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn, the two chief characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London, illustrated by Cruikshank. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Tulip Mania
A reckless mania for the purchase of tulip-bulbs in the seventeenth century. Beckmann says it rose to its greatest height in the years 1634-1637. A root of the species called Viceroy sold…Brewer's: Tun
Any vessel, even a goblet or cup. (Anglo-Saxon tunne.) “Tun, such a cup as jugglers use to show divers tricks by.” —Minshou: Spanish Dictionary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Dicilla
(in Orlando Furioso). One of Logistilla's handmaids, famous for her chastity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DickDicers' Oaths A B C D E F G H I J…Figure Skating–Men
1908 Ulrich Salchow, Sweden1920 Gillis Grafström, Sweden1924 Gillis Grafström, Sweden1928 Gillis Grafström, Sweden1932 Karl Schäfer, Austria1936 Karl Schäfer, Austria1948 Dick Button, United…2005 Deaths: R - Z
Rainier IIIJohn RaittWilliam RehnquistPeter RodinoJoseph RotblatNipsey RussellHerb SargentMaria SchellMax SchmelingFritz ScholderBernard SchrieverJay SchulbergRoger ShattuckBobby ShortClaude…Brewer's: Never
There are numerous locutions to express this idea; as- At the coming of the Coqueligrues (Rabelais: Pantagruel). At the Latter Lammas. (See Lammas.) On the Greek Calends (q.v.) In the…Brewer's: Tom o' Bedlams
A race of mendicants. The Bethlem Hospital was made to accommodate six lunatics, but in 1644 the number admitted was forty-four, and applications were so numerous that many inmates were…Brewer's: Dickens
(See Boz.) Dickens is a perverted oath corrupted from “Nick.” Mrs. Page says - “I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.” - Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 2. The three…Trending
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