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What is this job like? Nurses, also called registered nurses or RNs, take care of sick and injured people. They give people medicine. They treat wounds. And they give emotional support to…Brewer's: Knights
(See Cross-Legged ...) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights BachelorsKnight's Ward A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Characteristics of Opposite-sex and Same-sex Couple Households
The following table lists characteristics in opposite-sex and same-sex households according to the 2010 U.S. Census. (Data in percent unless otherwise noted.) /**/ Married opposite-sex…Brewer's: Baccoch
The travelling cripple of Ireland. Generally, a talkative, facetious fellow, prompt at repartee, and not unlike the ancient jester. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Knights Bannerets
Knights created on the field of battle. The king or general cut off the point of their flag, and made it square, so as to resemble a banner. Hence knights bannerets are called Knights of…Brewer's: En Garcon
As a bachelor. “To take me en garcon,” without ceremony, as a bachelor fares in ordinary life. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894En MasseEn Evidence A B C D…Mothers by the Numbers
Info about mothers from the Census Bureau Related Links Popular Baby Names Mother's Day Mothers in the Labor Force Live Births by Age and Race of Mother How Many…Brewer's: Boy Bishop
St. Nicholas. From his cradle he is said to have manifested marvellous indications of piety, and was therefore selected for the patron saint of boys. (Fourth century.) Boy Bishop. The…Brewer's: Boy
in sailor language has no reference to age, but only to experience in seamanship. A boy may be fifty or any other age. A crew is divided into able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys or…Brewer's: Benedick
A sworn bachelor caught in the wiles of matrimony, like Benedick in Shakespeare's comedy of Much Ado about Nothing. “Let our worthy Cantab be bachelor or Benedick, what concern is it of…Trending
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