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Brewer's: Green Horse
(The). The 5th Dragoon Guards; so called because they are a horse regiment, and have green for their regimental facings. Now called “The Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards.”…Brewer's: Green Howards
(The). The 19th Foot, named from the Hon. Charles Howard, colonel from 1738 to 1748. Green was the colour of their regimental facings, now white, and the regiment is called “The Princess…Brewer's: Green Isle
or The Emerald Isle. Ireland; so called from the brilliant green hue of its grass. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Green KnightGreen Howards A B C D E F…Brewer's: Green Knight
(The). A Pagan, who demanded Fezon in marriage; but, overcome by Orson, resigned his claim. (Valentine and Orson.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Green…Brewer's: Green Labour
The lowest-paid labour in the tailoring trade. Such garments are sold to African gold-diggers and agricultural labourers. Soap and shoddy do more for these garments than cotton or cloth. (…Brewer's: Green Linnets
The 39th Foot, so called from the colour of their facings. Now the Dorsetshire, and the facings are white. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Green ManGreen…Brewer's: Green Man
This public-house sign represents the gamekeeper, who used at one time to be dressed in green. But the `Green Man' shall I pass by unsung, Which mine own James upon his sign-post hung? His…Brewer's: Green Room
(The). The common waiting-room in a theatre for the performers; so called because at one time the walls were coloured green to relieve the eyes affected by the glare of the stage lights…Brewer's: Green Sea
The Persian Gulf; so called from a remarkable strip of water of a green colour along the Arabian coast. Between 1690 and 1742 the 2nd Life Guards were facetiously called “The Green Sea”…Brewer's: Green Thursday
Maunday Thursday, the great day of absolution in the Lutheran Church. (German, Grün-donnerstag; in Latin, dies viridium, Luke xxiii. 31.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Trending
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