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Brewer's: Dog

This long article is subdivided into eleven parts: 1. Dogs of note. 2. Dogs of noted persons. 3. Dogs models of their species. 4. Dogs in phrases. 5. Dogs used metaphorically, etc. 6. Dogs…

Brewer's: Poke

A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…

Fantastic Fables

Contents The Moral Principle and the Material Interest The Crimson Candle The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine The Ingenious Patriot Two Kings An Officer and a Thug The Conscientious…

Dutch art

(Encyclopedia) Dutch art, the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a…