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Brewer's: Bites and Bams
Hoaxes and quizzes; humbugery. “[His] humble efforts at jocularity were chiefly confined to ... bites and bams.” —SirW.Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. 3. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Bittock
A little bit; -ock as a diminutive is preserved in bull-ock, hill-ock, butt-ock, etc. “A mile and a bittock” is a mile and a little bit. (Sir Walter Scott: Guy Mannering, i.) Source:…Brewer's: Cramp-ring
To scour the crampring. To be put into fetters; to be imprisoned. The allusion is obvious. “There's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring.” —Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. xxiii…Brewer's: Dandie Dinmont
A jovial, true-hearted store-farmer, in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Also a hardy hairy short-legged terrier. “From this dog descended Davidson of Hyndlee's breed, the original Dandie…Brewer's: Baga de Secretis
Records in the Record Office of trials for high treason and other State offences from the reign of Edward IV. to the close of the reign of George III. These records contain the proceedings…Algebra: Whipping Word Problems
Whipping Word Problems Algebra Whipping Word Problems Interest Problems Area and Volume Problems Speed and Distance Problems Mixture and Combination Problems The mythological Greek gods were…200 Cigarettes
Director: Risa Bramon Garcia Writer: Shana Larsen Paramount Pictures/MTV Productions; R Release: 2/99 Cast: Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo,…Movies and Film: Postproduction
PostproductionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing Postproduction takes place in the time from "That…Private Planes: Learjet 23
Brainchild of a tinkerer by David Noland Learjet 23 Specs Length: 43 ft, 3 in. Wingspan: 35 ft, 8 in. Empty weight: 6550 lbs Max takeoff…Pokémon in America
Gotta change it all? by Holly Hartman [ Take the Pokémon Quiz! ] Half the children in Japan follow every episode of the top-rated Pokémon, as week after week ten-year-old…Trending
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