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(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: 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:…Fencing 2008
Event Foil (Individual, Men) Benjamin Kleibrink, Germany Yuki Ota, Japan Salvatore Sanzo,…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…U.S. Women's Amateur Golf Championship Winners
The following table lists the winners of the U.S. Women's Amateur Championships in golf from 1895 to the present. The Women's Amateur Championships are a match-play…2008 Women's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Event Time 100m Shelly-ann Fraser, Jamaica 10.78 Sherone Simpson 10.98 Kerron Stewart, Jamaica 10.98 200m Veronica Campbell-Brown 21.74…2017 Emmy Nominations List and Predictions
The 2017 Emmy nominations are out! Did your favorite show make it onto the Emmy list? This year Westworld on HBO and Saturday Night Live on NBC tied for the title of most nominations. Both earned…Year in Review, 1998: Top 10 Sports Personalities of the Year, Part 1
1. Mark McGwire Sure he's a 6'5", 250 pounds, and built like a California redwood. But when McGwire reached that imaginary line he set for himself of 50 home runs going into September, we started…The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part VI
Wizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VII, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About Harry Haikus Emerald green eyes?…