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Brewer's: Post
means placed. (Latin, positus.) Post. A piece of timber placed in the ground. A military post. A station where a man is placed, with instructions not to quit it without orders. An…Brewer's: Posted
Well posted up in the subject. Thoroughly informed. The metaphor is from posting up accounts, where one can see everything at a glance. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Elizabeth Post Biography
writer and etiquette expertBorn: 5/7/1920Died: 3/19/2010Best Known as: granddaughter-in-law of etiquette expert Emily Post Born Elizabeth Lindley, Elizabeth Post…Brewer's: Hand-post
(A). A direction-post to direct travellers the way to different places. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hand RoundHand Paper A B C D E F G H I J K…Brewer's: Balloon Post
During the siege of Paris, in 1871, fifty-four balloon posts were dispatched, carrying two-and-a-half million letters, weighing ten tons. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Bed-post
In the twinkling of a bed-post. As quickly as possible. In the ancient bed-frames movable staves were laid as we now lay iron laths; there were also staves in the two sides of the bedstead…Brewer's: Knight of the Post
A man in the pillory, or that has been tied to a whipping-post, is jestingly so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knight of the Rueful…Post Office Motto
The Question: I roughly recall that the motto of the U.S. Postal Service is in part, "Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night . . ." How does the rest go? Who wrote it? And…Brewer's: Pillar to Post
Running from pillar to post—from one thing to another without any definite purpose. This is an allusion to the manege. The pillar is the centre of the riding ground, and the posts are the…Brewer's: Post Factum
(Latin). After the act has been committed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Post MeridianPost A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…Trending
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