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William Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, Act V

Act VScene IPadua. Before Lucentio's houseGremio discovered. Enter behind Biondello, Lucentio, and BiancaBiondelloSoftly and swiftly, sir; for the priest is ready.LucentioI fly, Biondello:…

200 Cigarettes

Director: Risa Bramon Garcia Writer: Shana Larsen Paramount Pictures/MTV Productions; R Release: 2/99 Cast: Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo,…

Brewer's: Gotch

A large stone jug with a handle (Norfolk). Fetch the gotch, mor—i.e. fetch the great water-jug, lassie. “A gotch of milk I've been to fill.” Bloomfield: Richard and Kate. Source:…

Brewer's: Skeleton Jackets

Jackets on which the trousers buttoned, very commonly worn by boys in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. In the illustrations of Kate Greenaway, The Pickwick Papers, Nicholas…

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually honors an American fiction writer with a $15,000 prize. Three judges choose five finalists before…

Brewer's: Durden

(Dame). A notable housewife. Dame Durden, of the famous English song, kept five serving girls to carry the milking pails, and also kept five serving men to use the spade and flail. The…

Brewer's: Morther

Well, Mor, where have you been this long while? (Norfolk). I'sy, Mor, come hither! (Norfolk). Mor or Morther means a lass, a wench. It is the Dutch moer (a woman). In Norfolk they call a…