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Brewer's: Black Sheep
[Kârâ-Koin-loo ]. A tribe of Turkomans, so called from their standards. This tribe was extirpated by the White Sheep (q.v.). A Black Sheep. A disgrace to the family; a mauvais sujet; a…Brewer's: Black Standard
The dress, turbans, and standards of the Abbasside caliphs were all black. (D'Herbelot. ) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black StrapBlack Sheep A B C D…Brewer's: Black Strap
Bad port wine. A sailor's name for any bad liquor. In North America, “Black-strap” is a mixture of rum and molasses, sometimes vinegar is added. “The seething blackstrap was pronounced…Brewer's: Black Swan
(See Rara Avis.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black-thorn WinterBlack Strap 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 Thursday
February 6th, 1851; so called in the colony of Victoria, from a terrible bush-fire which then occurred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black TomBlack-thorn…Brewer's: Black Tom
The Earl of Ormonde, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth; so called from his ungracious ways and “black looks.” “He being very stately in apparel, and erect in port, despite…Brewer's: Black Watch
Companies employed to watch the Islands of Scotland. They dressed in a “black” or dark tartan (1725). Subsequently they were enrolled into the 42nd regiment, under the Earl of Crawford, in…Brewer's: Black...White
To swear black is white. To persist in an obvious untruth. The French locution, Si vous lui dites blanc, il répondra noir, means, He will contradict what you say point blank. Source:…Brewer's: Man in Black
(The). Supposed to be Goldsmith's father. (Citizen of the World.) Washington Irving has a tale with the same title. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man in…Meet Joe Black
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