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Brewer's: Hammel
(Scotch). A cattle-shed, a hovel. (Hame = home, with a diminutive affix. Anglo-Saxon, ham, home. Compare hamlet.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Bedreddin' Hassan
in the story of Noureddin' and his Son, in the Arabian Nights. “Comparing herself to Bedreddin Hassan, whom the vizier ... discovered by his superlative skill in composing cream-tarts…Brewer's: Brunt
To bear the brunt. To bear the stress, the heat, and collision. The same word as “burn.” (Icelandic, bruni, burning heat, bren; Anglo-Saxon, brenning, burning.) The “brunt of a battle” is…Brewer's: Count Kin with One
(To), is a Scotch expression meaning to compare one's pedigree with that of another. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Count not your ChickensCounsel A B C…Brewer's: Drub, Drubbing
To flog, a flogging. Compare Greek tribo, to rub, bruise; Anglo-Saxon, drepan, to beat. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DrugDrows A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Animosity
means animation, spirit, as the fire of a horse, called in Latin equi animositas. Its present exclusive use in a bad sense is an instance of the tendency which words originally neutral…Brewer's: Daggle-tail
or Draggle-tail. A slovenly woman, the bottom of whose dress trails in the dirt. Dag (Saxon) means loose ends, mire or dirt; whence dag-locks, the soiled locks of a sheep's fleece, and dag…Brewer's: Pitchers
Little pitchers have long ears. Little folk or children hear what is said when you little think it. The ear of a pitcher is the handle, made in the shape of a man's ear. The handle of a…Brewer's: Pluck his Goose
I'll pluck his goose for him. That is: I'll cut his crest, I'll lower his pride, I'll make him eat umble pie. Comparing the person to a goose, the threat is to pluck off his feathers in…Brewer's: Poetaster
A very inferior poet. The suffix—aster is depreciative (compare “disaster”). At one time we had also “grammatic-aster,” “politic-aster,” “critic-aster,” and some others. (Italian,…Trending
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