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Brewer's: Copper Captain
(A). A Brummagem captain; a “General von Poffenburgh.” Michael Perez is so called in Rule a Wife and have a Wife, by Beaumont and Fletcher. “To this copper-captain was confided the command…Brewer's: Golden Ointment
Eye salve. In allusion to the ancient practice of rubbing “stynas of the eye” with a gold ring to cure them. I have a sty here, Chilax, I have no gold to cure it. Beaumont and Fletcher:…Brewer's: Mirabel
A travelled, dissipated fellow, who is proof against all the wiles of the fair sex. (Beaumont and Fletcher; Wildgoose Chase.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Miramont
An ignorant, testy old man, an ultra-admirer of learning. (Fletcher: The Elder Brother.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MirandaMiramolin A B C D E F…Brewer's: Melantius
A brave, honest soldier, who believes everyone to be true and honest till convicted of crime, and then is he a relentless punisher. (Beaumont and Fletcher The Maid's Tragedy.) Source:…Arthur Pendleton BAGBY, Congress, AL (1794-1858)
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