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Brewer's: Black Leg
A swindler, especially in cards and races. Also, one who works for less than trade-union wages; a non-union workman. “Pledging the strikers not to return to work so long as a single Black…Brewer's: Black Letter
The Gothic or German type. So called because of its black appearance. The initial items of this book are now called “black letter,” sometimes called “Clarendon type.” Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Black Looks
Looks of displeasure. To look black. To look displeased. The figure is from black clouds indicative of foul weather. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black…Brewer's: Black Mail
Money given to free-booters by way of exempting property from depredation. (Anglo-Saxon, mal, “rent-tax;” French, maille, an old coin worth .083 farthing). Grass mail was rent paid for…Brewer's: Black Man
(The ). The Evil One. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black MariaBlack Mail 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: Black Maria
The black van which conveys prisoners from the police courts to jail. The French call a mud-barge a “Marie-salope.” The tradition is that the van referred to was so called from Maria Lee,…Brewer's: Black Monday
Easter Monday, April 14th, 1360, was so called. Edward III. was with his army lying before Paris, and the day was so dark, with mist and hail, so bitterly cold and so windy, that many of…Brewer's: Black Money
Base coin brought to England by foreigners, and prohibited by Edward III. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black OxBlack Monday A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Black Ox
The black ox has trod on his foot- i.e. misfortune has come to him. Black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto and other infernal deities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Black Parliament
The Parliament held by Henry VIII. in Bridewell. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black PrinceBlack Ox A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Trending
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