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Brewer's: Paper a House
(To), in theatrical phraseology, means to fill a house with “deadheads,” or non-paying spectators, admitted by paper orders. The women admitted thus, not being dressed so smartly as the…Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 13
Part 13Allons! to that which is endless as it was beginningless, To undergo much, tramps of days, rests of nights, To merge all in the travel they tend to, and the days and nights they…Guide to Spelling: Hooked on Phonics: If U Cn Reed This …
If U Cn Reed This …Guide to Spelling: Hooked on PhonicsIntroductionIf U Cn Reed This …Quick and Dirty Tricks of the TradeAttaching Prefixes and Suffixes: Bits and PiecesContractions: Suck It InFollow…Halloween: Witchcraft in Film, Part 4
My, Look What I've Found by Beth Rowen Related Links Halloween Trick and TreatsAll-Time Scariest MoviesInterview with a Real-Life WitchInterview with Blair Witch DirectorsBlair Witch…Fencing 2008
Event Foil (Individual, Men) Benjamin Kleibrink, Germany Yuki Ota, Japan Salvatore Sanzo,…Brewer's: Growlers
and Crawlers. The fourwheel cabs; called “growlers” from the surly and discontented manners of their drivers, and “crawlers” from their slow pace “Taken as a whole, the average drivers of…Brewer's: Gwynn
(Nell). An actress, and one of the courtesans of Charles II. of England (died 1687). Sir Walter Scott speaks of her twice in Peveril of the Peak; in chap. xi. he speaks of “the smart…Brewer's: Battu
Autant pleure mal battu que bien battu (French). It little matters whether stripes are given maliciously or not, as they smart the same. Whether misfortunes come from God or Satan, they…Brewer's: Ladies' Smocks
Garden cress, botanically called Cardamine, a diminutive of the Greek kardamon, called in Latin nasturtium, sometimes called Nose-smart (Kara-damon, head-afflicting); so nasturtium is…Brewer's: Buckra
Superior, excellent. That's buckra. A buckra coat is a smart coat; a buckra man, a man of consequence. This word among the West Indians does the service of burra among the Anglo-Indians:…Trending
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