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Brewer's: Mark Tapley

Ever jolly, who recognises nothing creditable unless it is overclouded by difficulties. (CharlesDickens: Martin Chuzzlewit.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Mark Time!

Move the feet alternately as in marching, but without advancing or retreating from the spot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mark of the BeastMark Tapley A…

Brewer's: Mark's Eve

(St.). On St. Mark's Eve all persons fated to be married or to die pass, in procession, the church porch. `Tis now,' replied the village belle, `St. Mark's mysterious eve. ... The ghosts…

Brewer's: Elf-marked

Those born with a natural defect, according to the ancient Scottish superstition, are marked by the elves for mischief. Queen Margaret called Richard III.— “Thou elfish-marked, abortive,…

Brewer's: Ear-marked

Marked so as to be recognised. The allusion is to marking cattle and sheep on the ear, by which they may be readily recognised. “The increase [of these wild cattle] were duly branded and…

Brewer's: Hall Mark

The mark on gold or silver articles after they have been assayed. Every article in gold is compared with a given standard of pure gold. This standard is supposed to be divided into twenty-…

Mark Burnett Biography

Mark Burnettcreator of SurvivorBorn: 1960?Birthplace: England Burnett is responsible for the television phenomenon of 2000, Survivor—an experiment in social Darwinism, in which contestants…

Mark McGwire Biography

Mark McGwireBorn: Oct. 1, 1963Baseball 1B Sporting News college player of the year (1984); Member of 1984 U.S. Olympic baseball team; won AL Rookie of the Year and hit rookie-record 49 HRs…

Mark Harmon Biography

Mark Harmon actorBorn: 9/2/1951Birthplace: Burbank, California The son of football player Tom Harmon and actress mother Elyse Knox, it is no surprise that Harmon is a gifted athlete and a…

Mark Hamill Biography

Mark Hamill actorBorn: 9/25/1951Birthplace: Oakland, California Answers the question, What do you do after you save the universe from the forces of evil? Apparently, nothing. Hamill was the…