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Brewer's: Black Thursday
February 6th, 1851; so called in the colony of Victoria, from a terrible bush-fire which then occurred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black TomBlack-thorn…Brewer's: Black Tom
The Earl of Ormonde, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth; so called from his ungracious ways and “black looks.” “He being very stately in apparel, and erect in port, despite…Brewer's: Black Watch
Companies employed to watch the Islands of Scotland. They dressed in a “black” or dark tartan (1725). Subsequently they were enrolled into the 42nd regiment, under the Earl of Crawford, in…Brewer's: Black...White
To swear black is white. To persist in an obvious untruth. The French locution, Si vous lui dites blanc, il répondra noir, means, He will contradict what you say point blank. Source:…Brewer's: Man in Black
(The). Supposed to be Goldsmith's father. (Citizen of the World.) Washington Irving has a tale with the same title. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man in…Meet Joe Black
Director:Martin BrestWriters:Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade and Bo GoldmanUniversal; PG-13; 170 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay…Black Government Officials
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