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Brewer's: Hedge Priest
A poor or vagabond parson. The use of hedge for vagabond, or very inferior, is common: as hedge-mustard, hedge-writer (a Grubb Street author), hedge-marriage (a clandestine one), etc.…Brewer's: Champerty
(Latin, campi partitio, division of the land) is a bargain with some person who undertakes at his own cost to recover property on condition of receiving a share thereof if he succeeds. “…Brewer's: MacPherson
During the reign of David I. of Scotland, a younger brother of the chief of the powerful clan Chattan espoused the clerical life, and in due time became abbot of Kingussie. His elder…Brewer's: Rum
Queer, quaint, old-fashioned. This word was first applied to Roman Catholic priests, and subsequently to other clergymen. Thus Swift speaks of “a rabble of tenants and rusty dull rums” (…Brewer's: Throwing an Old Shoe for Luck
(See under Shoe.) “Now, for goode luck caste an old shoe after me.” —Haywood (1693-1756). “Ay, with all my heart, there's an old shoe after you.” —The Parson's Wedding (Dodsley, vol. ix.…Brewer's: Evans
(Sir Hugh). A pedantic Welsh parson and schoolmaster of wondrous simplicity and shrewdness. (Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor.) Evans (William). The giant porter of Charles I., who…Animal Hall of Fame
Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Their trunks contain as many as 100,000 different muscles. Marine mammal: The blue whale…Brewer's: Buckle
I can't buckle to. I can't give my mind to work. The allusion is to buckling on one's armour or belt. To cut the buckle. To caper about, to heel and toe it in dancing. In jigs the two…Brewer's: Clerical Titles
(1) CLERK. As in ancient times the clergyman was about the only person who could write and read, the word clerical, as used in “clerical error,” came to signify an orthographical error.…Entertainment News from August 1998
1Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger host a star-studded soiree at their New York home in the Hamptons to raise money for the Democratic party. Just hours before the festivities begin, Baldwin…Trending
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