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Brewer's: Fair Game
A worthy subject of banter; one who exposes himself to ridicule. “Bourrienne is fair game; but the whole of his statements are not worthless.” —The Spectator, Feb. 18th, 1888. Source:…Brewer's: Funeral Games
Public games were held both in Greece and Rome in honour of the honoured dead. Examples of this custom are numerous: as at the death of Azan (son of Arcas, father of the Arcadians); the…Brewer's: Game for a Spree
Are you game for a spree? Are you inclined to join in a bit of fun? The allusion is to game-cocks, which never show the white feather, but are always ready for a fight. Source:…Brewer's: Game-leg
A bad or lame leg. (Welsh, cam; Irish, gam, bad, crooked.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Game for a SpreeGame A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Game's Afoot
(The). The hare has started; the enterprise has begun. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spirit! And upon this charge…Brewer's: Flower Games
Fêtes held at Toulouse, Barcelona, Treviso, and other places, where the prizes given consisted of flowers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flower…Brewer's: Olympic Games
Games held by the Greeks at Olympia, in Elis, every fourth year, in the month of July. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OlympusOlympian Jove A B C D E F…No-Hit Games
No-Hit GamesNational LeagueAmerican League Nine innings or more, including perfect games, since 1876. Losing pitchers in bold type. Multiple no-hitters: Nolan Ryan (7); Sandy Koufax (4);…Playoff Game Summaries
Wild Card RoundDivisional SemifinalsConference Championships Team records listed in parentheses indicate records before game.Modern Olympic Games
The original Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when Roman emperor Theodosius I banned all pagan festivals (the Olympics celebrated the Greek…Trending
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