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Brewer's: Drawing the King's
(or Queen's) Picture. Coining false money. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Drawing the NailDrawing the Cork A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Catholic King
(The) or His Catholic Majesty. A title given by the Pope to Ferdinand, King of Aragon (1452, 1474-1516), for expelling the Moors from Spain. This was about as unwise as the revocation of…Brewer's: Four Kings
The History of the Four Kings (Livre des Quatre Rois). A pack of cards. In a French pack the four kings are Charlemagne, David, Alexander, and Caesar, representatives of the Franco-German…Brewer's: Lame King
A Grecian oracle had told Sparta to “Beware of a lame king.” Agesilaos was lame, and during his reign Sparta lost her supremacy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Fighting Kings
[Chen-kuo ]. Certain feudatories of China incessantly contending for mastery over each other. (B.C. 770-320.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fighting…Brewer's: Erl-king
King of the elves, who prepares mischief for children, and even deceives men with his seductions. He is said to haunt the Black Forest. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: King Ban
Father of Sir Launcelot du Lac. He died of grief when his castle was taken and burnt through the treachery of his seneschal. (Launcelot du Lac, 1494.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: King of Bark
Christopher III. of Scandinavia, who, in a time of great scarcity, had the bark of birchwood mixed with meal for food. (Fifteenth century.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: King of Bath
Richard Nash, generally called Beau Nash, who was leader of fashion and master of the ceremonies at that city for some fifty-six years. He was ultimately ruined by gambling. (1674-1761…Brewer's: King of the Bean
(roi de la fève). The Twelfth-night king: so called because he was chosen by distributing slices of Twelfth-cake to the children present, and the child who had the slice with the bean in…Trending
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