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Brewer's: Raminagobris
A cat; a vile poet. La Fontaine in several of his fables gives this name to the cat. Rabelais under this name satirises Guillaume Crétin, an old French poet in the reigns of Charles VIII…Brewer's: Rapparee
A wild Irish plunderer; so called from his being armed with a rapary or half-pike. (Irish rappire, a robber.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RappeeRaphael…Brewer's: Muffins and Crumpets
Muffins is pain-moufflet. Du Cange describes the panis mofletus as bread of a more delicate nature than ordinary, for the use of prebends, etc., and says it was made fresh every day.…Brewer's: Froth
(Master). “A foolish gentleman” in Measure for Measure. Lord Froth. A pompous coxcomb in The Double Dealer, by Congreve. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Gib
(g soft). The cut of his gib. (See Jib.) To hang one's gib. To be angry, to pout. The lower lip of a horse is called its gib, and so is the beak of a male salmon. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Kilkenny
is the Gaelic Kill Kenny, church of St. Kenny or Canice. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kilkenny CatsKildare's Holy Fane A B C D E F G H I J K L…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: September 21, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark September 20, 1804September 22, 1804September 21, 1804 21st of September 1804 Friday 1804, last night or reather this morng at a half past one…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 15, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 14, 1805June 16, 1805June 15, 1805 Saturday June 15th 1805. This morning the men again were sent to bring in some more meat which Drewyer…Brewer's: C
There is more than one poem written of which every word begins with C. For example: (1) One composed by HUEBALD in honour of Charles le Chauve. It is in Latin hexameters and runs to somewhat more…Brewer's: Calamity
The beating down of standing corn by wind or storm. The word is derived from the Latin calamus (a stalk of corn). Hence, Cicero calls a storm Calamitosa tempestas (a corn-levelling…Trending
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