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Cyrus Chestnut
Blessed Quietness: A Collection of Hymns, Spirituals and CarolsAtlantic Jazz If Cyrus Chesnut's latest album accomplishes anything, it reminds us that spirituals are meant to swing. Though…Brewer's: Chestnut
A stale joke. In The Broken Sword, an old melodrama by William Dillon, Captain Xavier is for ever telling the same jokes with variations. He was telling about one of his exploits…chestnut
(Encyclopedia) chestnut, name for any species of the genus Castanea, deciduous trees of the family Fagaceae (beech or oak family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized…Brewer's: Horse-chestnut
If a slip is cut off obliquely close to a joint, it will present a perfect miniature of a horse's hock and foot, shoe and nails. I have cut off numerous specimens. Probably this has given…Adams, Joey
comedianBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1911Died: 1999Heatherton, Joey
actressBirthplace: Rockville Centre, N.Y.Born: 9/14/44Brewer's: Joey
A groat; so called from Joseph Hume, M.P., who strongly recommended the coinage for the sake of paying short cab-fares, etc. (Hawkins: History of the Silver Coinage of England.) Source:…chinquapin
(Encyclopedia) chinquapinchinquapinchĭngˈkəpĭn [key] [Algonquian], name for certain American species of the chestnut genus of the family Fagaceae (beech family) and for a related species, the golden…Boston College
(Encyclopedia) Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts…horse chestnut
(Encyclopedia) horse chestnut, common name for some members of the Hippocastanaceae, a family of trees and shrubs of the north temperate zones and of South America. The horse chestnut tree, Aesculus…Trending
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