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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: 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…

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…

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: Auld Hornie

After the establishment of Christianity, the heathen deities were degraded by the Church into fallen angels; and Pan, with his horns, crooked nose, goat's beard, pointed ears, and goats'…

Brewer's: Absolute

Ab′solute A Captain Absolute, a bold, despotic man, determined to have his own way. The character is in Sheridan's play called The Rivals. Sir Anthony AbsoluteA warm-hearted, testy,…
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