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Brewer's: Genii King

King Solomon is supposed to preside over the whole race of genii. (D'Herbelot: Notes to the Koran, c. 2.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Genitive…

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: 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…

Brewer's: King of Beasts

The lion. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of DalkeyKing of Bath 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 Z Related…

Brewer's: King of the Beggars

or Gipsies. Bamfylde Moore Carew, a noted English vagabond (1693-1770). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the ForestKing of the Bean A B C D E F…

Brewer's: King Cash

what the Americans call the “Almighty Dollar.” Now birth and rank and breeding Hardly saved from utter smash, Have been ousted, rather roughly, By the onslaught of King Cash. Truth (…

Brewer's: King Cole

(See Cole.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King CottonKing Cash 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 Z Related…