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Closest Super Bowls of All Time: XXXVI

Jennie Wood 1. XXV 2. XLVII 3. XLII 4. XXXIX 5. XXXVIII 6. XXXVI 7. V 8. XLVI 9. XLIII 10. XXIII 11. XIII 12. X XXXVI New England Patriots defeat St.…

Brewer's: Uncle Sam

(See Sam.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Uncle TomUncle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Corked

This wine is corked- i.e. tastes of the cork. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CorkerCorinthian Tom A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Fast Facts on SpongeBob SquarePants

Absorb yourself in SpongeBob trivia by Holly Hartman More on SpongeBob The Science of SpongeBobQuiz: SpongeBob SquarePantsOther Cool Stuff Sea LifeSpongesFantastic Animal Facts Do…

September 11: People in the News

Related Links September 11, 2001AfghanistanTerrorismThe TalibanAl-QaedaWho's Who in Afghanistan al-Zawahiri, Dr. Ayman, al-Qaeda's theological leaderAshcroft, John, U.S. attorney generalAtef,…

Brewer's: Black Thursday

February 6th, 1851; so called in the colony of Victoria, from a terrible bush-fire which then occurred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black TomBlack-thorn…

Brewer's: Black Watch

Companies employed to watch the Islands of Scotland. They dressed in a “black” or dark tartan (1725). Subsequently they were enrolled into the 42nd regiment, under the Earl of Crawford, in…

Brewer's: Boast of England

(The). Tom Thumb or Tom-a-lin. Richard Johnson, in 1599, published a “history of this ever-renowned soldier, the Red Rose Knight, surnamed The Boast of England, showing his honorable…

Brewer's: Loud Patterns

Flashy, showy ones. The analogy between sound and colour is very striking. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Loud as Tom of LincolnLotus-eaters A B C D E…