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Brewer's: King Cotton

Cotton, the staple of the Southern States of America, and the chief article of manufacture in England. The expression was first used by James H. Hammond in the Senate of the United States…

Brewer's: King of Dalkey

A burlesque officer, like the Mayor of Garratt, the Mayor of the Pig Market, and the Mayor of the Bull-ring (q.v.). Dalkey is a small island in St. George's Channel, near the coast of…

Brewer's: King Estmere

(2 syl.) of England was induced by his brother Adler to go to King Adland, and request permission to pay suit to his daughter. King Adland replied that Bremor, King of Spain, had already…

Brewer's: King of the Forest

The oak, which not only braves the storm, but fosters the growth of tender parasites under its arms. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the…

Brewer's: King Franconi

Joachim Murat; so called because he was once a mountebank like Franconi. (1767-1815.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King HornKing Estmere A B C D E F…

Brewer's: King of the Herrings

(The). The Chimæra, or sea-ape, a cartilaginous fish which accompanies a shoal of herrings in their migrations. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the…

Brewer's: King Horn

or Childe Horn. The hero of a metrical romance by Mestre Thomas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King LogKing Franconi A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: King of the Jungle

(The). A tiger. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the PeakKing of the Herrings A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Brewer's: King of Khorassan

So Anvari, the Persian poet of the twelfth century, is called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of MetalsKing of Dalkey A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: King Log

A roi fainéant, a king that rules in peace and quietness, but never makes his power felt. The allusion is to the fable of The Frogs desiring a King. (See Log.) Source: Dictionary of…