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Brewer's: Knights of Industry
Sharpers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of LabourKnights of Carpetry 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…Brewer's: Knights of Labour
Members of a trades union organised in 1834, in the United States of America, to regulate the amount of wages to be demanded by workmen, the degree of skill to be exacted from them, and…Brewer's: Knights of Malta
or Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. Some time after the first crusade (1042), some Neapolitan merchants built at Jerusalem a hospital for sick pilgrims and a church which they…Brewer's: Knights of the Pencil
The betters in races; so called because they always keep a pencil in hand to mark down their bets. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the…Brewer's: Knights of the Pestle
or Knights of the Pestle and Mortar. Apothecaries or druggists, whose chief instrument is the pestle and mortar, used in compounding medicines. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Knights of the Rainbow
Flunkeys; so called from their gorgeous liveries. “The servants who attended them contradicted the inferences to be drawn from the garb of their masters; and, according to the custom of…Brewer's: Knights of the Road
Footpads. (See Knights O' The Post.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the Round TableKnights of the Rainbow A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Knights of the Shears
Tailors. The word Shear is a play on the word shire or county. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the ShellKnights of the Round Table A B C D E…Brewer's: Knights of the Shell
The Argonauts of St. Nicholas, a military order, instituted in the 14th century by Carlo III., King of Naples. Their insignia was a “collar of shells.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Knights of the Shire
Now called County Members: that is, members of Parliament elected by counties, in contradistinction to Borough members. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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