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The Holocaust (1933–1945)
“Holocaust” is the term describing the Nazi annihilation of about 6 million Jews (two thirds of the pre-World War II European Jewish population), including 4,500,000 from Russia, Poland, and…Brewer's: Sculls
(See Diamond ...) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SculptureScullabogue Massacre 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…Rookie of the Year
Pop's Tots Do Battle, Napster Courts the Big Guys By Kevin O'Hare WHETHER SPINNING the dials or scanning the charts, it sometimes seemed like the entire world of music had been whittled down to…Brewer's: Wetherell
(Elizabeth). A pseudonym adopted by Miss Susan Warner, an American writer, author of The Wide, Wide World, and other works. Source:…Brewer's: Weyd-monat
The Anglo-Saxon name for June, “because the beasts did then weyd in the meadow, that is to say, go and feed there.” (Verstegan.) Source:…Brewer's: Sept
A clan (Latin, septum, a fold), all the cattle, or all the voters, in a given enclosure. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894September MassacresSepoy A B C D…Brewer's: Septuagesima Sunday
In round numbers, seventy days before Easter. The third Sunday before Lent. Really only sixty-eight days before Easter. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Massachusetts
was so named from the bay massa [great], wadehuash [mountain], et [near]. The bay-near-the-great-mountain. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Massacre of the…Brewer's: Massamore
(3 syl.) or Massy More. The principal dungeon of a feudal castle. A Moorish word. “Proximus est carcer subterraneus, sine ut Mauri appellant `Mazmorra.” —Old Latin Itinerary. Source:…Brewer's: Scudding under Bare Poles
In seaman's language to scud means to drive before a gale with no sails, or only just enough to keep the vessel ahead of the sea; “scudding under bare poles” is being driven by the wind so…Trending
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