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E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Wabun Wabung Annung Wade Wade's Boat Wadham College Wadman Wag Beards Wages…2011 Year in Review: Iraq
U.S. to Withdraw Completely from Iraq Related Links 2011 Year in Review 2011 News of the Nation…Brewer's: Bloody Hand
A man whose hand was bloody, and was therefore presumed to be the person guilty of killing the deer shot or otherwise slain. (Cf. RED HAND.) Also the badge of a baronet. Source:…Brewer's: Bloody Week
(The). The week ending on Sunday, May 28th, 1871, when Paris was burning, being set on fire by the Communists in hundreds of places. The destruction was frightful, but Nôtre Dame, the…Brewer's: Orangeman
A name given by Roman Catholics to the Protestants of Ireland, on account of their adhesion to William III. of the House of Orange, they had been previously called “Peep-of-Day Boys.” The…Brewer's: Web of Life
The destiny of an individual from the cradle to the grave. The allusion is to the three Fates who, according to Roman mythology, spin the thread of…Brewer's: Wednesday
Woden-es or Odin-es Day, called by the French “Mercredi” (Mercury's Day). The Persians regard it as a “red-letter day,” because the moon was created on…Brewer's: Irish Stew
A dish of food made by stewing together meat, onions, and potatoes. Called “Irish” from the predominance of potatoes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Irish…Brewer's: Silver of Guthrum
or Guthram's Lane. Fine silver; so called because in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the principal gold- and silver-smiths resided there. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…Brewer's: Parisian
Made at Paris; after the mode of Paris; a native of Paris; like a native of Paris. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Parisian WeddingParish Registers A B C…Trending
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