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Brewer's: Dabchick
The lesser grebe. Dab is a corruption of dap, the old participle of dip, and chick (any young or small fowl), literally the dipping or diving chick. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Hen and Chickens
(in Christian art), emblematical of God's providence. (See St. Matthew xxiii. 37.) A whistling maid and crowing hen is neither fit for God nor men. A whistling maid means a witch, who…Brewer's: Henchman. Henchboy
The Anglo-Saxon hinc is a servant or page; or perhaps henges-man, a horse-man; henges or hengst, a horse. I do but beg a little changeling boy To be my benchman. Shakespeare: Midsummer…Childhood Diseases: Chickenpox
ChickenpoxChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…Brewer's: Chichivache
(3 syl.). French for the “sorry cow,” a monster that lived only on good women- all skin and bone, because its food was so extremely scarce. The old English romancers invented another…30th Annual American Music Awards
The 30th Annual American Music Awards were presented on January 13, 2003.POP/ROCKFavorite Male ArtistEminemFavorite Female ArtistSheryl CrowFavorite Band, Duo, or GroupCreedFavorite AlbumThe…Soaps between the Ropes:
The Rebirth of Professional Wrestling on't look now, but the most popular programming on cable television is professional wrestling. But this isn't your father's pro wrestling, with big…What Is Falafel?
The Question: What is a falafel? The Answer: According to our dictionary, a falafel is a "small croquette made with fava-bean flour or ground chick peas…The Devil's Dictionary: Sylph
by Ambrose Bierce SYLLOGISMSYMBOLSYLPH -n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer…Michael Brecker 2007 Deaths
Michael BreckerAge: 57 Grammy Award-winning jazz musician considered the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, his mentor. Brecker fronted his own bands and played as a sideman on…Trending
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