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Brewer's: Steeple-Jack
(A). A man who ascends a church spire to repair it. This is done by a series of short ladders, tied one to another as the man ascends, the topmost one being securely tied to the point of…Brewer's: Yellow Jack
The flag displayed from lazarettos, naval hospitals, and vessels in quarantine. (See Union Jack.) Yellow Jack (The). The yellow fever. “Raymond and all his family died of yellow fever,…Brewer's: Union Jack
The national banner of Great Britain and Ireland. It consists of three united crosses- that of St. George for England, the saltire of St. Andrew for Scotland, and the cross of St. Patrick…Brewer's: Man-jack
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Jack-a-Dandy
A term of endearment for a smart, bright little fellow; a Jemmy Jessamy. Smart she is, and handy, O ! Sweet as sugar-candy, O ! ... `And I'm her Jack-a-dandy, O ! Jack-a-dandy. Slang for…Brewer's: Jack-a-Lantern
(A). A Will-o'-the-wisp, an ignis fatuus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack-a-napesJack-a-Dandy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Jack-a-napes
or Jackanapes = Jack of apes. An impertinent, vulgar prig. (See Jeannot.) More likely, it is Jack and ape, formed on the model of Jack-ass, a stupid fool. “I will teach a scurvy jackanape…Brewer's: Jack Brag
(See Brag.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack Drum's EntertainmentJack-Amend-All A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: Jack of Dover
A stockfish, “hake salted and dried.” The Latin for a hake is merlucius, and lucius is a jack or pike. Mer, of course, means the sea, and Dover, the chief Clinque Port, is used as a…Brewer's: Jack Horner
For solution see Notes and Queries, xvi. 156; xvii. 83. In Latin alcaics, thus: Sedens Johannes parvus in angulo Hornerus edit crustula Christanica; Et dixit, ut pruna extrahebat Pollice…Trending
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