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Brewer's: Swiss Boy
(The). Music by Moscheles. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Swiss Family RobinsonSwiss A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Yellow-boy
(A). A gold sovereign. “John did not starve the cause: there wanted not yellow-boys to fee counsel.” —Arbuthnot: John Bull. Yellow-boy (A). A bankrupt. The French call a bankrupt…Brewer's: Benicia Boy
John C. Heenan, the American pugilist, who challenged and fought Tom Sayers for “the belt” in 1860; so called from Benicia in California, his birthplace. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Bristol Boy
(The) “The marvellous boy The sleepless soul that perished in his pride.” Wordsworth: Resolution and Independence. Bristol Diamonds Brilliant crystals of colourless quartz found in St.…Brewer's: Bully-boy
(A). A jolly companion, a “brick.” (German, buhle, a lover; buhler, a gallant.) We be three poor mariners Newly come from the seas, We spend our lives in jeopardy, While others live at…Brewer's: Attic Boy
(The). Cephalos, beloved by Aurora or Morn; passionately fond of hunting. Till civil-suited Morn appear, Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont With the Attic boy to hunt, But…Brewer's: Roaring Boys
or Roarers. The riotous blades of Ben Jonson's time, whose delight it was to annoy quiet folk. At one time their pranks in London were carried to an alarming extent. And bid them think on…Brewer's: Whipping Boy
A boy kept to be whipped when a prince deserved chastisement. Mungo Murray stood for Charles I., Barnaby Fitzpatrick for Edward VI. (Fuller: Church…Little Boy Blue
Director:Antonio TibaldiWriter:Michael BostonDirector of Photography:Ron HagenMusic:Stewart CopelandProduction Designer:John FrickProducer:Amedeo UrsiniJazz Pictures; R; 107 minutesRe-release…Julien Donkey-Boy
Director/Writer:Harmony KorineRelease:10/99Cast:Ewen Bremner, Werner Herzog, Chloe Sevigny I'm trying to remember when people walked out on Julien Donkey-Boy. During the scenes involving…