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Art Ross Trophy <span class="rm" ><span class="rm" >(Scoring)</span></span>
Given to the player who leads the league in points scored and named after the former Boston Bruins general manager-coach. First presented in 1948, names of prior leading scorers have been…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…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…2016 Presidential Candidates Slideshow: Donald Trump at Wrestlemania
Jennie Wood 1. Clinton Wins Grammy 2. Sanders Records Folk Album 3. Trump & Wrestlemania 4. Kasich & Bono 5. Christie & Springsteen & Adele 6.…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: Sampson
A dominie Sampson. A humble pedantic scholar, awkward, irascible, and very old-fashioned. The character occurs in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…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…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:…Trending
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