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Brewer's: Garibaldi's Red Shirt
The red shirt is the habitual upper garment of American sailors. Any Liverpudlian will tell you that some fifteen years ago a British tar might be discerned by his blue shirt, and a Yankee…Brewer's: Roper
Margaret Roper was buried with the head of her father, Sir Thomas More, in her arms. Her, who clasped in her last trance Her murdered father's head. Tennyson. Mistress Roper. A cant name…Brewer's: Soldiers of Fortune
Chevaliers de l'industrie; men who live by their wits. Referring to those men in mediæval times who let themselves for hire into any army. “His father was a soldier of fortune, as I am a…Brewer's: Shanty Songs
Songs sung by sailors at work, to ensure united action. They are in sets, each of which has a different cadence adapted to the work in hand. Thus, in sheeting topsails, weighing anchor,…Brewer's: Tapu
among the South Sea Islanders, means “devoted” in a religious sense. Thus, a temple is tapu, and he who violates a temple is tapu. Not only so, but everyone and everything connected with…Brewer's: Tarpaulins
or Tars. Sailors, more frequently called Jack Tars. Tarpaulins are tarred cloths used commonly on board ship to keep articles from the sea-spray, etc. The more correct spelling is tar-…Brewer's: Weller
(Sam). Pickwick's factotum. His wit, fidelity, archness, and wide-awakedness are inimitable. (Dickens Pickwick Papers.) Tony Weller. Father of…From Tidewater to the Sea
Chapter 16 Chapter 18 From Tidewater to the Sea Near the mouth of the river which the explorers named Quicksand River (now Sandy), they met a party of fifteen Indians who had…Lewis & Clark: From Tidewater to the Sea
by NoahBrooks Down the Columbia to TidewaterCamping by the PacificFrom Tidewater to the Sea Near the mouth of the river which the explorers named Quicksand River (now…NCAA Division I Individual Career Records
SCORING—TOTAL POINTS Yrs Last Gm PtsPete Maravich, LSU 3 1970 83 3,667Freeman Williams, Port. St. 4 1978 106 3,249Lionel Simmons, La Salle 4 1990 131 3,217Alphonso Ford, Miss. Val. St. 4 1993…Trending
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