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Brewer's: Clootie
Auld Clootie Old Nick. The Scotch call a cloven hoof a cloot, so that Auld Clootie is Old Cloven foot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CloridanoCloister A…Brewer's: Old Scratch
The devil; so called from Schratz or Skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology. (See Nick.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old SongOld Salt A B C D E…Brewer's: Plon-plon
The sobriquet of Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Bonaparte, son of Jerome Bonaparte. He was nick-named Craint-plon (Fear-bullet) in the Crimean war (1854-1856), a nickname afterwards…Brewer's: Pudding-time
properly means just as dinner is about to begin, for our forefathers took their pudding before their meat. It also means in the nick of time. But Mars In pudding-time came to his aid.…Brewer's: Fal-lals
Nick-nacks; ornaments of small value. (Greek, phalara, metal ornaments for horses, etc.) “Our god-child passed in review all her gowns flchus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and…May 2015 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of May…Winter Olympics: Freestyle Skiing
Slopestyle added to freestyle mix Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsShaun WhiteMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient Olympics Did You Know…Brewer's: Clerk
A scholar. Hence, beau-clerc. (See above, Clerical Titles .) All the clerks, I mean the learned ones, in Christian kingdoms, Have their free voices. Shakespeare: Henry VIII., ii. 2.…Brewer's: Nicker
One who nicks or hits a mark exactly. Certain night-larkers, whose game was to break windows with halfpence, assumed this name in the early part of the eighteenth century. His scattered…Brewer's: Nix
(mas.), Nixie (fem.). Kind busy-body. Little creatures not unlike the Scotch brownie and German kobold. They wear a red cap, and are ever ready to lend a helping hand to the industrious…Trending
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