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Brewer's: Slops

(The) The police; originally “ecilop.” I dragged you in here and saved you, And sent out a gal for the slops; Ha! they're a comin', sir! Listen! The noise and the shoutin' stops. Sims:…

Brewer's: Settle your Hask

(To). “To cook his goose;” or “make mince-meat of him.” Our slang is full of similar phrases. About earls as goes mad in their castles, And females what settles their hash. Sims: Dagonet…

Video Game Rating System

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) system for rating video games and computer software by Mark Hughes Related Links ESRB Descriptors Video Game Glossary Video Game…

Brewer's: Nuts

Heads; so called from their resemblance to nuts. Probably “crack,” applied to heads, is part of the same figure of speech. To go off their nuts about ladies, As dies for young fellars as…

Brewer's: Red Book of the Exchequer

(The). Liber Rubens Scaccarii in the Record Office. It was compiled in the reign of Henry III. (1246), and contains the returns of the tenants in capitc in 1166, who certify how many…

2000–2001 Obie Awards

The 2000–2001 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 21, 2001, at New York's Webster Hall.Best Play: Pamela…

Brewer's: Cop

(A). A policeman. Cop (A). A copperhead (q.v.). Cop To throw, as cop it here. The word properly means to beat or strike, as to cop a shuttlecock or ball with a bat. (Greek, copto,…

designer drug

(Encyclopedia) designer drug, chemical substance synthesized in a laboratory that is intended to have effects similar to those of a drug that is a controlled substance, such as methamphetamine,…

Cairo, city, Egypt

(Encyclopedia) Cairo Cairo kīˈrō [key], Arab. Al Qahirah, city (2021 est. metro. area pop. 21,…