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Special Award

Special AwardYear 1971 Robert J. Kleberg1974 Charles Hatton1976 Bill Shoemaker1980 John T. Landry & Pierre E. Bellocq1984 C.V. Whitney1985 Arlington Park1987 Anheuser-Busch1988 Edward J…

30 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Quotes

Top of Page   Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has been a beloved children's book for generations since its publication in 1964. The story follows a young boy named Charlie Bucket…

Brewer's: Greener

A slang term for a foreigner who begins to learn tailoring or shoe-making on his arrival in England. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GreengageGreenbacks A B…

Stein, Gertrude

(Encyclopedia) Stein, Gertrude, 1874–1946, American author and patron of the arts, b. Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pa. A celebrated personality, she encouraged, aided, and influenced—through…

Brewer's: Foppington

(Lord). An empty coxcomb in Vanbrugh's Relapse, of which Sheridan's Trip to Scarborough is a modified version. “The shoemaker in the Relapse tells Lord Foppington that his lordship is…

Brewer's: Knights of St. Crispin

Shoemakers. Crispin Crispian was a shoe maker. (See Henry V., iv. 3.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of St. PatrickKnights of Malta A B C D E F…