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Brewer's: Olivia
Niece of Sir Toby Belch. Malvolio is her steward, Maria her woman, Fabian and a clown her male servants. (Shakespeare: Twelfth Night.) Olivia. A female Tartuffe (q.v.) in Wycherley's…Brewer's: Pig and Whistle
The bowl and wassail, or the wassail-cup and wassail. A piggen is a pail, especially a milk-pail; and a pig is a small bowl, cup, or mug, making “milk and wassail;” similar to the modern…Brewer's: Irspilles Felles
Skins having bristly hair like that of goats. (Hircipilus— i.e. “goat's hair.” (Festus.) A fell is Anglo-Saxon for “skin,” like the Latin pell-is, English peel. Thus we say still a “wool-…Brewer's: Baker's Dozen
Thirteen for twelve. When a heavy penalty was inflicted for short weight, bakers used to give a surplus number of loaves, called the inbread, to avoid all risk of incurring the fine. The…Brewer's: Poke
A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…Holiday Movie Preview, 2000 - Part 3
What Women Want, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and All the Pretty Horses by Beth Rowen What Women Want Opens December 15 Prerelease buzz has blockbuster written all over this film…Ten Most Wanted List
The Ten Most Wanted List A history by David Johnson Alleged U.S. Embassy terrorist Osama bin Laden. (Source/FBI) Boston organized crime figure James J. 'Whitey' Bulger. (Source/FBI) Related…An International Glossary of Comic Terms
Bande Dessinée, Manga Kissa, Splash Page, and more by Jennie Wood A-Q | R-W AmeriManga Manga-style comics created by American artists. Ani-manga A term used to describe comics…Brewer's: Rothschild
[Red Shield]. Mayer Amschel, in 1763, made his appearance in Hanover barefoot, with a sack on his shoulders and a bundle of rags on his back. Successful in trade, he returned to Frankfort…Brewer's: Pigeon
(To). To cheat, to gull one of his money by almost self-evident hoaxes. Pigeons are very easily gulled, caught by snares, or scared by malkins. One easily gulled is called a pigeon. The…Trending
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