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Brewer's: Leger-de-Main
Sleight of hand; conjuring which depends chiefly on lightness of hand, or dexterity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LegionLeger A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Esprit de Corps
Fellow-feeling for the society with which you are associated. A military term—every soldier will stand up for his own corps. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Façon de Parler
Idiomatic or usual form of speech, not meant to be offensive. I once told a waiter in Norway that the meat he brought me for breakfast was not sufficiently cooked; and he bluntly told me…Brewer's: Felo de Se
The act of a suicide when he commits self-murder. Murder is felony, and a man who murders himself commits this felony —felo de se. “A felo-de-se, therefore, is he that deliberately puts an…Brewer's: Femme de Chambre
(French.) A chambermaid. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FemynyeFeme-sole 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 Z…Brewer's: Feu de Joie
(French). A running fire of guns on an occasion of rejoicing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FeudFettle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Brewer's: Fiddle-de-dee!
An exclamation signifying what you say is nonsense or moonshine. Fiddle-de-dee is meant to express the sound of a fiddle-string vocalised. Hence “sound signifying nothing.” Source:…Brewer's: Goutte de Sang
The Adonis flower or pheasant's eye, said to be stained by the blood of Adonis, who was gored by a boar. O fleur, si chère à Cytheree Ta corolle fut, en naissant, Du sang d'Adonis colorèe…Brewer's: Huon de Bordeaux
encounters in Syria an old follower of the family named Gerasmes (2 syl.), whom he asks the way to Babylon. Gerasmes told him the shortest and best way was through a wood sixteen leagues…Dover, DE Census Data
People QuickFactsDoverDelawarePopulation, 2003 estimate 32,808817,491Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 2.4%4.3%Population, 2000 32,135783,600Population, percent change…Trending
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