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A. E. Housman: "Terence, this is stupid stuff:
"Terence, this is stupid stuff: You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh, good Lord, the verse you make, It gives…Rick Perry: Campaign Issues (2012)
Where he stands Rick Perry Related Links Barack Obama: Campaign Issues Campaign 2012 Closest Presidential Races Presidential Gallery Rick Perry's campaign…Brewer's: Dom
A title applied in the Middle Ages to the Pope, and at a somewhat later period to other Church dignitaries. It is now restricted to priests and choir monks among the Benedictines, and some…Brewer's: Done Brown
He was done brown. Completely bamboozled or made a fool of. This is a variety of the many expressions of a similar meaning connected with cooking, such as “I gave him a roasting,” “I…Brewer's: Bamboozle
To cheat by cunning, or daze with tricks. “The third refinement observable in the letter I send you, consists of the choice of certain words invented by some pretty fellows, such as banter…Brewer's: Follower
A male sweetheart who follows the object of his affections. A word very common among servants. Mistresses say to female servants, “I allow no followers” —i.e. I do not allow men to come…Brewer's: Nimini Pimini
Affected simplicity. Lady Emily, in the Heiress, tells Miss Alscrip the way to acquire the paphian Mimp is to stand before a glass and keep pronouncing nimini pimini. “The lips cannot fail…Brewer's: Haddock
According to tradition, it was a haddock in whose mouth St. Peter found the stater (or piece of money), and the two marks on the fish's neck are said to be the impressions of the apostle's…Brewer's: Hash
(A). A mess, a muddle; as, “a pretty hash he made of it.” A hash is a mess, and a mess is a muddle. I'll soon settle his hash for him. I will soon smash him up; ruin his schemes; “give…Brewer's: Phynnodderee
[the Hairy-one]. A Manx spirit, similar to the Scotch “brownie,” and German “kobold.” He is said to be an outlawed fairy, and the offence was this: He absented himself without leave from…Trending
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