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A Hall of Famer On and Off the Field
An interview with Len Dawson, Hall of Fame quarterback and prostate cancer survivor by Mike Morrison In 1999, an estimated 179,300 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United…Amy Lowell: Off the Turnpike
Off the TurnpikeGood ev'nin', Mis' Priest. I jest stepped in to tell you Good-bye. Yes, it's all over. All my things is packed An' every last one o' them boxes Is on Bradley's team Bein'…Sara Teasedale: Off Algiers
Off AlgiersOh give me neither love nor tears, Nor dreams that sear the night with fire, Go lightly on your pilgrimage Unburdened by desire.Forget me for a month, a year, But, oh,…Sara Teasedale: Off Gibraltar
Off GibraltarBeyond the sleepy hills of Spain, The sun goes down in yellow mist, The sky is fresh with dewy stars Above a sea of amethyst.Yet in the city of my love High noon burns…Brewer's: Cut Off with a Shilling
Disinherited. Blackstone tells us that the Romans set aside those testaments which passed by the natural heirs unnoticed; but if any legacy was left, no matter how small, it proved the…Brewer's: Off his Head
Delirious, deranged, not able to use his head; so “off his feed,” not able to eat or enjoy his food. The latter phrase is applied to horses which refuse to eat their food. Source:…Peter Pan: The Children are Carried off
Wendy's Story Do You Believe in Fairies? The Children are Carried off The pirate attack had been a complete surprise: a sure proof that the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it…Brewer's: Snap One's Nose Off
(See under Nose.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Snarling LetterSnap of the Fingers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Pay off old Scores
(To). To pay off a debt, whether of money or revenge. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Pay with the Roll of the DrumPay A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Eats his Head Off
(The horse). Eats more than he is worth, or the work done does not pay for the cost of keeping. A horse which stands in the stable unemployed eats his head off. Source: Dictionary of…Trending
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