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Brewer's: Queen Quintessence
Sovereign of Etéléchie (q.v.), in the romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen RegnantQueen Passion A B C…Brewer's: Queen Regnant
A queen who holds the crown in her own right, in contradistinction to a Queen Consort, who is queen only because her husband is king. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Queen's Bench
or King's Bench. One of the courts of law, in which the monarch used to preside in person. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's CollegeQueen of the…Brewer's: Queen's College
(Oxford), founded in 1340 by Robert de Eglesfield, and so called in compliment to Queen Philippa, whose confessor he was. Queen's College (Cambridge), founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou…Brewer's: Queen's Day
November 17th, the day of the accession of Queen Elizabeth, first publicly celebrated in 1570, and still kept as a holiday at the Exchequer, as it was at Westminster school. Nov. 17 at…Brewer's: Queen's English
(The). Dean Alford wrote a small book on this subject, whence has arisen three or four phrases, such as “clipping the Queen's English,” “murdering the Queen's English,” etc. Queen's…Brewer's: Queen's Heads
Postage-stamps which bear a likeness of the Queen's [Victoria's] head. (1895.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's PipeQueen's English A B C D E F…Brewer's: Queen's Pipe
(The). An oven at the Victoria Docks for destroying (by the Inland Revenue authorities) refuse and worthless tobacco. In 1892 the oven was replaced by a furnace. In the Queen's Warehouse,…Brewer's: Queen's Ware
Glazed earthenware of a creamy colour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's WeatherQueen's Pipe A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Queen's Weather
A fine day for a fête; so called because Queen Victoria is, for the most part, fortunate in having fine weather when she appears in public. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Trending
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