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Brewer's: Cherry Fairs
Now called teagardens. Nothing to do with cherries; it is cheery fairs —i.e. gay or recreation fairs. A “cheering” is a merrymaking. Halliwell tells us that “Cherry (or rather chery) fairs…Brewer's: Abridge
is not formed from the word bridge; but comes from the Latin abbreviare, to shorten, from brevis (short), through the French abréger (to shorten). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Alyssa Milano Biography
Alyssa Milano actressBorn: 12/19/1972Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York With roles in such films as Fear (1996), Public Enemy No. 1 (HBO, 1996), and Hugo Pool (1997; directed by Robert Downey, Sr…Brewer's: Odin
Chief god of the Scandinavians. His real name was Siggë, son of Fridulph, but he assumed the name of Odin when he left the Tanais, because he had been priest of Odin, supreme god of the…Brewer's: Goslings
The catkins of nut-trees, pines, etc. Halliwell says they are so called from their yellow colour and fluffy texture. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Cairds
or Jockeys. Gipsy tribes. Halliwell tells us “Caird” in Northumberland = tinker, and gipsies are great menders of pots and pans. (Irish, ceard, a tinker; Welsh, cordd, art or craft.) “…Brewer's: Campceiling
A ceiling sloping on one side from the vertical wall towards a plane surface in the middle. A corruption of cam (twisted or bent) ceiling. (Halliwell gives cam, “awry.”) Source:…Brewer's: Clumsy
(Norwegian, klump, a lump, Swedish, klummsen, benumbed; Icelandic, klumsa). Piers Plowman has “thou klompsist for cold,” and Wiclif has “Our hondis ben aclumpsid”. Halliwell gives us…Brewer's: Chatterpie
Same as chatterbox. The pie means the magpie. (Mag, to chatter.) (See Halliwell.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Chaucer of PaintingChatterhouse A B C D…Brewer's: Dander
Is your dander up or riz? Is your angry passion up? This is generally considered to be an Americanism; but Halliwell gives, in his Archaic Dictionary, both dander (anger) and dandy (…Trending
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