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1889 Dal Hawkins11890 Billy Murphy1892– 1900 George Dixon1900–01 Terry McGovern1901 Young Corbett11901–12 Abe Attell1912–23 Johnny Kilbane1923 Eugene Criqui1923–25 Johnny Dundee11925–27…

NFL Reception Records, 1999-2000

AFC No Yds Avg Long TD Jimmy Smith, Jax. 116 1636 14.1 62 6 Marvin Harrison, Ind. 115 1663 14.5 57-td 12 Tim Brown, Oak. 90 1344 14.9…

Brewer's: Catted

The anchor hung on the cathead, a piece of timber outside the ship to which the anchor is hung to keep it clear of the ship. “The decks were all life and commotion; the sailors on the…

Brewer's: Oui

(French for “yes”). A contraction of Hoc illud. Thus, hoc-ill', ho'-il, o'il, oïl, oï, oui. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OutO'Trigger A B C D E F G…

Brewer's: View-holloa

The shout of huntsmen when a fox breaks cover = “Gone away!” (See Soho, Tally-Ho.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894VignetteVierge A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Mannington

(George). A criminal executed at Cambridge in 1476. It is said that he could cut off a horse's head at a single blow. “It is in $$$ of Mannington's- he that was hanged at Cambridge- that…

Brewer's: Hue and Cry

A phrase used in English law to describe a body of persons joining in pursuit of a felon or suspected thief. (French, huéc, verb huer, to hoot or shout after; Anglo-Saxon, hui, ho!)…

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