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Brewer's: Pots
A Stock Exchange term, signifying the “North Staffordshire Railway stock.” Of course, the word means “the potteries” (See Stock Exchange Slang.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…The Congress of Women: Introduction
PrefaceOpening AddressIntroduction The Congresses held in the Woman's Building were inaugurated under a resolution unanimously passed by the Board of Lady Managers on September 7, 1891,…Brewer's: Potwallopers
before the passing of the Reform Bill (1832), were those who claimed a vote because they had boiled their own pot in the parish for six months. (Saxon, to boil; Dutch, opwallen, our wallop…Brewer's: Two of a Trade never agree
The French say, Fin contre fin n'est bon à faire doublure - i.e. Two materials of the same nature never unite well together. Een a beggar sees with woe A beggar to the house-door go.…Trends in Reading and Publishing
Trends in Book and Literary Reading Family Reading, 1993–2001…Brewer's: Stone Jug
Either a stone jar or a prison. The Greek word (kordmos) means either an earthen jar or a prison, as in (chalkeo en keramo), in a brazen prison. When Venus complained to the immortals that…Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Notes
Notes [The references are, except in the first note only, to the stanzas of the Fifth edition.] (Stanza I.) Flinging a Stone into the Cup was the signal for "To Horse!" in the Desert. (II.)…Top 10 Highest Earning Fictional Characters, 2003
December 10 - 17 Highest-Earning Fictional Characters The earnings are based on worldwide revenue related to toy merchandising, videogame sales, publishing and box-office earnings, and…Entertainment News from August 2000
2Robert Downey Jr. is released from California state prison and immediately checks himself into a residential drug rehabilitation center.4Helen Hunt and Hank Azaria announce that they're…Zechariah: 11
Zechariah Chapter 11 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks…Trending
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