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Brewer's: Dictator of Letters
François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, called the Great Pan. (1694-1778.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Didactic PoetryDicky Sam A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Slick
(Sam). A Yankee clock-maker and pedlar, wonderfully 'cute, a keen observer, and with plenty of “soft sawder.” Judge Haliburton wrote the two series called Sam Slick, or the Clock-maker.…Brewer's: Sober
or Sobrius is the Latin s privative, and ebrius, drunk. (S privative is for seorsum.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sober as a JudgeSoapy Sam A B C D E…Brewer's: Salve
(1 syl.) is the Latin salvia (sage), one of the most efficient of mediæval remedies. To other woundes, and to broken armes. Some hadde salve, and some hadde charmes. Chaucer: Canterbury…Brewer's: Uncle Tom
A negro slave, noted for his fidelity, piety, and the faithful discharge of all his duties. Being sold, he has to submit to the most revolting cruelties. (Mrs. Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's…Brewer's: Uncle
Gone to my uncle's. Uncle's is a pun on the Latin word uncus, a hook. Pawnbrokers employed a hook to lift articles pawned before spouts were adopted. “Gone to the uncus ” is exactly…Brewer's: Brother Jonathan
When Washington was in want of ammunition, he called a council of officers, but no practical suggestion could be offered. “We must consult brother Jonathan,” said the general, meaning his…Brewer's: Character
In character. In harmony with a person's actions, etc. Out of character. Not in harmony with a person's actions, writings, profession, age, or status in society. Character (A ). An…Brewer's: Dicky
(A), in George III.'s time, meant a flannel petticoat. It was afterwards applied to what were called false shirts —i.e. a shirt front worn over a dirty shirt, or in lieu of a shirt. These…2006
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