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Brewer's: Bell-wavering
Vacillating, swaying from side to side like a bell. A man whose mind jangles out of tune from delirium, drunkenness, or temporary insanity, is said to have his wits gone bell-wavering. “I…Brewer's: Belles Lettres
Polite literature (French); similarly, Beaux arts, the fine arts. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BellefontaineBelle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Adam Bell
A northern outlaw, whose name has become a synonym for a good archer. (See Clym of the Clough) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Adam CupidAdam A B C D E…Brewer's: Alarum Bell
Alar′umIn feudal times a 'larum bell was rung in the castle in times of danger to summon the retainers to arms. A variant of alarm (q.v.). Awake! awake! Ring the alarum bell! Murder and…Brewer's: Cachecope Bell
A bell rung at funerals, when the pall was thrown over the coffin. (French, cache corps, cover over the body.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Bell and Watson's Recall
The Question: What were the first U.S. cities linked by a transcontinental phone line? The Answer: On Jan. 25, 1915, the first official…Brewer's: Cap and Bells
Wearing the cap and bells. Said of a person who is the butt of the company, or one who excites laughter at his own expense. The reference is to licensed jesters formerly attached to…Brewer's: Dumb-bells
In New College, Oxford, there still is an apparatus for developing the muscles similar to that which sets church-bells in motion. It consists of a fly-wheel with a weight attached, and the…Brewer's: City of Bells
(The). Strasburg. “He was a Strasburgher, and in that city of bells had been a medical practitioner.” —Mayne Reid: The Scalp Hunters, chap. xxv. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Bow Bells
Born within sound of Bow bells. A true cockney. St. Mary-le-Bow has long had one of the most celebrated bell-peals in London. John Dun, mercer, gave in 1472 two tenements to maintain the…Trending
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