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Brewer's: Mother Douglas
A noted procuress, introduced in The Minor by Foote. She also figures in Hogarth's March to Finchley. Mother Douglas resided at the north-east corner of Covent Garden; her house was…Brewer's: Mother Earth
When Junius Brutus (after the death of Lucretia) formed one of the deputation to Delphi to ask the Oracle which of the three would succeed Tarquin, the response was, “He who should first…Brewer's: Mother Goose
A name associated with nursery rhymes. She was born in Boston, and her eldest daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Fleet, the printer. Mrs. Goose used to sing the rhymes to her grandson, and…Brewer's: Mother of the Gracchi
A hard, strong-minded, rigid woman, without one soft point or effeminate weakness. Always in the right, and maintaining her right with the fortitude of a martyr. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Mother Hubbard
The old lady whose whole time seems to have been devoted to her dog, who always kept her on the trot, and always made game of her. Her temper was proof against this wilfulness on the part…Brewer's: Mother of Pearl
The inner iridescent layers of the shells of many bivalve molluses, especially that of the pearl oyster. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of the…Brewer's: Mother Shipton
lived in the reign of Henry VIII., and was famous for her prophecies, in which she foretold the death of Wolsey, Lord Percy, etc., and many wonderful events of future times. All her “…Brewer's: Mother-sick
Hysterical. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother-witMother Shipton 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 Related…Brewer's: Mother-wit
Native wit, a ready reply; the wit which “our mother gave us.” In ancient authors the term is used to express a ready reply, courteous but not profound. Thus, when Louis XIV. expressed…Brewer's: Mothering Sunday
is Sunday in Mid-Lent, a great holiday, when the Pope blesses the golden rose, and children go home to their mothers to feast on “mothering cakes.” It is said that the day received its…Trending
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