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Brewer's: Long Dozen
(A) is 13. A long hundred is 120. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long-headedLong Chalk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Walker, Alice
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Alice, 1944–, African-American novelist and poet, b. Eatonon, Ga. The daughter of sharecroppers, she studied at Spelman College (1961–63) and Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1965…Brewer's: Walk Spanish
To make a man walk Spanish is to give him the sack; to give him his discharge. In 1885 one of the retired captains in the Trinity House Establishment…Brewer's: Challenge to the Array
(A Challenge to the Polls (A). An objection or protest to certain persons selected for a jury. If a man is not qualified to serve, or if he is supposed to be biassed, he may be challenged…Brewer's: White Moments of Life
(The). The red-letter days or happy moments of life. The Romans used to mark unlucky days, in their calendars, with black chalk, and lucky ones with…Brewer's: Walk
(in Hudibras) is Colonel Hewson, so called from Gayton's tract. To walk. This is a remarkable word. It comes from the Anglo-Saxon wealcan (to…Brewer's: London Stone
The central milliarium (milestone) of Roman London, similar to that in the Forum of Rome. The British high roads radiated from this stone, and it was from this point they were measured.…Walker, Madam C. J.
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Madam C. J., 1867–1919, African-American entrepeneur, b. Delta, La., as Sarah Breedlove. Thought to be America's first black female millionaire, this daughter of ex-slaves was…Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of
(Encyclopedia) Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke ofMarlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke ofmärlˈbərə, môlˈ– [key], 1650–1722, English general and statesman, one of the greatest military…Poems by Emily Dickinson: V ("I found the phrase")
by EmilyDickinsonIVHopeV I found the phrase to every thought I ever had, but one; And that defies me, — as a hand Did try to chalk the sun To races nurtured in the dark; — How would your…Trending
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