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Brewer's: Blue Gown
(A). A harlot. Nares cells us that “a blue gown was a dress of ignominy for a harlot in the House of Correction.” (See below.) Blue-gowns The bedesmen, to whom the kings of Scotland…Brewer's: Blue Guards
(The). So the Oxford Blues, now called the Royal Horse Guards, were called during the campaign in Flanders (1742 1745). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue…Brewer's: Blue Hen
Captain Caldwell used to say that no cock could be truly game whose mother was not a blue hen. As Caldwell commanded the 1st Delaware regiment in the war, the State of Delaware was…Brewer's: Blue John
(A). A petrefaction of blue fluor-spar, found in the Blue John mine of Tre Cliff, Derbyshire; and so called to distinguish it from the Black Jack, an ore of zinc. Called John from John…Brewer's: Blue Laws
(The). These were puritanical laws enacted in 1732, at New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States of America. Their object was to stamp out “heresy,” and enforce a strict observance of…Brewer's: Blue-mantle
The English pursuivant at arms is so called from his official robe. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue MondayBlue-light Federalists A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Prooshan Blue
(My). A term of great endearment. After the battle of Waterloo the Prussians were immensely popular in England, and in connection with the Loyal True Blue Club gave rise to the toasts, “…Brewer's: Prussian Blue
So called because it was discovered by a Prussian, viz. Diesbach, a colourman of Berlin, in 1710. It is sometimes called Berlin blue. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Little Boy Blue
Director:Antonio TibaldiWriter:Michael BostonDirector of Photography:Ron HagenMusic:Stewart CopelandProduction Designer:John FrickProducer:Amedeo UrsiniJazz Pictures; R; 107 minutesRe-release…Once in a Blue Moon
by Borgna Brunner and Anne Marie Imbornoni Related Links Perpetual Calendar Blue Moon Resources Blue Moon Page "What's a Blue Moon?" from Sky & Telescope Blue Moons 2010–2015…Trending
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