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The History of Black Friday
The hours keep extending, the crowds keep growing and the deals keep expanding, but is it all worth it? Target Shoppers on Black Friday Related Links Consumer Resources Personal…Hugo LaFayette Black
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886–1971, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1937–71), b. Harlan, Clay co., Ala. He received his law degree from the Univ. of Alabama in 1906. He practiced law…Brewer's: Look Black
(To) and Black Looks. (See Black...) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Look BlueLook Alive A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Waltham Blacks
(See Black Act.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WaltonWalter Multon A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Black Acts
Acts of the Scottish Parliament between the accession of James I. and the year 1587; so called because they were printed in black characters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Black Art
The art practised by conjurors, wizards, and others, who professed to have dealings with the devil. Black here means diabolical or wicked. Some derive it from nigromancy, a corruption of…Brewer's: Black as a Crow
(or as a raven ); “as a raven's wing;” as ink; as hell, i.e. hades (2 syl.), meaning death or the grave; as your hat, etc. (See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Black Assize
July 6th, 1577, when a putrid pestilence broke out at Oxford during the time of assize. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black-balledBlack Art A B C D E…Brewer's: Black-balled
Not admitted to a club; the candidate proposed is not accepted as a member. In voting by ballot, those who accept the person proposed drop a white or red ball into the box, but those who…Brewer's: Black Book
A book exposing abuses in Church and State, which furnished much material for political reform in the early part of the present century. (See Black Books.) Amherst speaks of the Proctor's…Trending
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