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Brewer's: Arbor Day
A day set apart in Canada and the United States for planting trees. (See Historic Note Book, p. 42.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Arbor JudæArbaces A B…Brewer's: Day of the Barricades
(See Barricades.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Day of the DupesDay A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Day-dream
A dream of the imagination when the eyes are awake. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DaylightDay of the Dupes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Day of the Dupes
in French history, was November 11th, 1630, when Marie de Medicis and Gaston Duc d'Orléans extorted from Louis XIII. a promise that he would dismiss his Minister, the Cardinal Richelieu.…Brewer's: Decoration Day
May 30th; set apart in the United States for decorating the graves of those who fell in the “War of the Union” (1861-5). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Now-a-days
A corruption of In-our-days, I' nour days. (See Apron, Nag, Nickname, Nugget, etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Now-nowNovum Organum A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Salad Days
Days of inexperience, when persons are very green. My salad days. When I was green in judgment. Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, i. 5. A pen'orth of salad oil. A strapping; a…Brewer's: Saturnian Days
Days of dulness, when everything is venal. Then rose the seed of Chaos and of Night To blot oat order and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days…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: Rainy Day
(A). Evil times. Lay by something for a rainy day. Save something against evil times. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Raise the WindRaining Tree A B C D…Trending
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