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Brewer's: White Feather

To show the white feather. To show cowardice. No gamecock has a white feather. A white feather indicates a cross-breed in birds. Showing the…

Brewer's: White Friars

The Carmelites. So called because they dressed in white. Whitefriars, London. So called from a monastery of White Friars which formerly stood in Water…

Brewer's: White Harvest

(A ). A late harvest, when the ground is white of a morning with hoarfrost. The harvest of 1891 was a white harvest. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: White Hat

(See under Hat.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894White HorseWhite Harvest A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: White Horse

of Wantage (Berkshire), cut in the chalk hills. This horse commemorates a great victory gained by Alfred over the Danes, in the reign of his brother…

Brewer's: White Horses

Foam-crested waves. “The resemblance ... has commonly been drawn between the horse [and the waves], in regard to his mane, and the foam-tipped…

Brewer's: White House

The presidential mansion in the United States. It is a building of freestone, painted white, at Washington. Figuratively, it means the Presidency; as…

Brewer's: White Ladies

[Les Dames Blanches ]. A species of fée in Normandy. They lurk in ravines, fords, bridges, and other narrow passes, and ask the passenger to dance. If…

Brewer's: White Lies

A conventional lie, such as telling a caller that Mrs. A. or Mrs. B. is not at home, meaning not “at home” to that particular caller. It is…

Brewer's: White Moon

(Knight of the). Sampson Carrasco assumed this character and device, in order to induce Don Quixote to abandon knight errantry, and return home. The…