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Brewer's: Flower Games
Fêtes held at Toulouse, Barcelona, Treviso, and other places, where the prizes given consisted of flowers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flower…Brewer's: Funeral Games
Public games were held both in Greece and Rome in honour of the honoured dead. Examples of this custom are numerous: as at the death of Azan (son of Arcas, father of the Arcadians); the…Brewer's: Game for a Spree
Are you game for a spree? Are you inclined to join in a bit of fun? The allusion is to game-cocks, which never show the white feather, but are always ready for a fight. Source:…Brewer's: Game-leg
A bad or lame leg. (Welsh, cam; Irish, gam, bad, crooked.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Game for a SpreeGame A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Game's Afoot
(The). The hare has started; the enterprise has begun. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spirit! And upon this charge…The Evolution of Board Games
A look at some classic games and their ancient roots by Amanda Kudler Checkers Around the World United States: Checkers Great Britain: Draughts Spain: Dama Italy: Dama France:…Bowl Championship Games
Rose Bowl Wisconsin vs. UCLAJanuary 1, 5 p.m. EST Nokia Sugar Bowl Texas A&M vs. Ohio StateJanuary 1, 8:30 p.m. EST FedEx Orange Bowl Florida vs. SyracuseJanuary 2, 8:30 p.m. EST…Brewer's: Isthmian Games
Epsom races were styled “Our Isthmian Games” by Lord Palmerston, in allusion to the famous games consisting of chariot races, running, wrestling, boxing, etc., held by the Greeks in the…Brewer's: Fair Game
A worthy subject of banter; one who exposes himself to ridicule. “Bourrienne is fair game; but the whole of his statements are not worthless.” —The Spectator, Feb. 18th, 1888. Source:…Bronze Medal Game
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