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Tom Bradley 1998 Deaths
Tom BradleyAge: 80 former mayor of Los Angeles, first elected in 1973. He presided over two decades of city's explosive growth. Died: Sept. 29, 1998.Owen BradleyA - FF. Cecil BrennerTom Novak 1998 Deaths
Tom NovakAge: 72 only four-time all-conference selection in Nebraska football history; played fullback and center and nicknamed "Train Wreck" for his hard hits; elected to Nebraska Football…Brewer's: Tom, Dick, and Harry
A set of nobodies; persons of no note; persons unworthy notice. Jones, Brown, and Robinson are far other men: they are the vulgar rich, especially abroad, who give themselves airs, and…Brewer's: Tom Fool's Colours
Red and yellow, or scarlet and yellow, the colours of the ancient motley. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom FooleryTom Folio A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Tom o' Bedlams
A race of mendicants. The Bethlem Hospital was made to accommodate six lunatics, but in 1644 the number admitted was forty-four, and applications were so numerous that many inmates were…Brewer's: Tom Tidler's Ground
The ground or tenement of a sluggard. The expression occurs in Dicken's Christmas story, 1861. Tidler is a contraction of “the idler” or t'idler. The game so called consists in this: Tom…Brewer's: Long Tom Coffin
A sailor of noble daring, in The Pilot, by Cooper. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long WordsLong-tailed A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Loud as Tom of Lincoln
The great church bell. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LouisLoud Patterns 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…Brewer's: Peeping Tom of Coventry
Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Lord of Coventry, imposed some very severe imposts on the people of Coventry, which his countess, Godiva, tried to get mitigated. The earl, thinking to silence…Blunt, Roy Dean
(Encyclopedia) Blunt, Roy Dean, 1950–, U.S. politician, b. Niangua, Mo., grad. Southwest Baptist Univ. (B.A. 1970), Southwest Missouri State Univ. (M.A. 1972). A Missouri county clerk and elections…Trending
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