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Brewer's: Jack-a-Dandy

A term of endearment for a smart, bright little fellow; a Jemmy Jessamy. Smart she is, and handy, O ! Sweet as sugar-candy, O ! ... `And I'm her Jack-a-dandy, O ! Jack-a-dandy. Slang for…

Brewer's: Dusty

Well, it is none so dusty, or Not so dusty. I don't call it bad; rather smart. Here dusty is the opposite of neat, and neat = spruce. “None so dusty” or “Not so dusty” means therefore, Not…

Brewer's: Smash

Come to smash—to ruin. Smashed to pieces, broken to atoms. Smash is a corruption of mash; Latin, mastico, to bite to pieces. (See Slope.) “I have a great mind to ... let social position go…

Why the royal fuss?

Related Links: Elizabeth: Official Movie SiteElizabeth trailer in RealVideoShekhar Kapur's Home PageAre Weir and her ilk overreacting? Is it really so awful for cinema to indulge in a few…

Most Popular Names

Find the most popular baby names given each year to boys and girls in the United States from 1880 to the present. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Boys…

1966–1967 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Dramatic SeriesMission: Impossible (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesBill Cosby, I SpyOutstanding Continued Performance By…

The Cooper's Hill Cheese Roll

The power of cheese by Holly Hartman "If the runners jump the gun, they are likely to get a cheese in the back." – Iris Peasley,Cheese Committee According to the National Dairy…

Fathers by the Numbers

Facts about dads from the U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Father's Day Timeline Father's Day Quotations Father's Day Quiz   The idea of Father's Day was conceived slightly…

Royal Biographies: The Queen Mother

The Queen Mother by David Johnson   Related Links Royal Family Tree Queen Mum Turns 100! Queen Elizabeth II Prince Philip Quiz: Modern Royals Quiz: Royals…