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Brewer's: Cock-pit
The judicial committee of the privy council is so called, because the council-room is built on the old cock-pit of Whitehall palace. “Great consultations at the cockpit about battles,…Brewer's: Dirty Half-Hundred
The 50th Foot, so called from the men wiping their faces with their black cuffs. Now called “The Queen's Own.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dirty…Brewer's: Dirty Shirts
(The). The 101st Foot, which fought at Delhi in their shirt-sleeves (1857). Now called “The Royal Bengal Fusileers.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dis…Brewer's: Rosewood
So called because when cut it yields a perfume like that of roses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rosencrantz and GuildensternRosemary Lane A B C D E F…Women in the 113th Congress
This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 113th Congress, which began in 2013. There are 81 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. State…Women in the 114th Congress
This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 114th Congress, which began in 2015. There are 85 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. State…William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act V, Scene II
Scene IIEnter Gower, before the temple of Diana at EphesusGowerNow our sands are almost run; More a little, and then dumb. This, my last boon, give me, For such kindness must relieve me, That…Icebergs Ahoy
Monster bergs on the loose by Holly Hartman Antarctic icebergs RELATED LINKS See Pictures of B15!AntarcticaNorth Atlantic IcebergsSpotlight on the TitanicIn early 2000, an iceberg covering…Brewer's: Hedge Priest
A poor or vagabond parson. The use of hedge for vagabond, or very inferior, is common: as hedge-mustard, hedge-writer (a Grubb Street author), hedge-marriage (a clandestine one), etc.…Brewer's: Hedge
(1 syl.). To hedge, in betting, is to defend oneself from loss by cross-bets. As a hedge is a defence, so cross-betting is hedging. (E. Huni: The Town, ix.) “He [Godolpbin] began to think…Trending
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