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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…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…September 11: People in the News
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(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: Cringle
(Tom). An excellent sailor character in the naval story by Michael Scott, called Tom Cringle's Log, first published in Blackwood's Magazine. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Corinthian Order
The most richly decorated of the five orders of Greek architecture. The shaft is fluted, and the capital adorned with acanthus leaves. (See Acanthus .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Old Women
in theatrical parlance, means actresses who take the part of “old women.” In full companies there are first and second “old women.” The term Old Men is similarly used. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Tib
St. Tib's Eve. Never. A corruption of St. Ubes. There is no such saint in the calendar as St. Ubes, and therefore her eve falls on the “Greek Kalends” (q.v.), neither before Christmas Day…Brewer's: Tiber
called The Yellow Tiber, because it is discoloured with yellow mud. “Verticlbus rapidis, et multa flavus arena.” Virgil: AEneid, vii. 31. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Trending
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