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Brewer's: Cock of the North
The Duke of Gordon. So called on a monument erected to his honour at Fochabers, in Aberdeenshire. (Died 1836.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cock of the…Brewer's: Cock up your Head
[foot, etc.]. Lift up, turn up your head or foot. The allusion is to cocking hay, i.e. lifting it into small heaps or into the haycart. (See Cock Of Hay) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Bottle
Looking for a needle in a bottle of hay. Looking for a very small article amidst a mass of other things. Bottle is a diminutive of the French botte, a bundle; as botte de foin, a bundle of…Brewer's: Sing Out
To cry or squall from chastisement. To sing small. To cease boasting and assume a lower tone. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sing-su-haySing Old Rose A B…Brewer's: Singapores
(3 syl.), in Stock-Exchange phraseology, means, “British Indian Extension Telegraph Stock.” (See Stock-Exchange Slang.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Look not a Gift Horse in the Mouth
“Noli dentes equi inspicere donati. ” Do not examine a gift too critically. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Look One Way and Row AnotherLook for a Needle in…Chauncey Judd: Puritan Training
The Judd Family A Quilting Party Puritan Training In those days the means of education was scanty. For some years a school had been established in Judd's Meadow, to be kept a few weeks…Most Common Names of Twins, 2006
Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. 1. Jacob, Joshua 2. Matthew, Michael 3. Daniel, David 4. Ella, Emma 5. Isaac, Isaiah 6. Madison, Morgan 7. Landon, Logan 8…Most Common Names of Twins, 2008
Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. 1. Jacob, Joshua 2. Daniel, David 3. Jayden, Jordan 4. Ethan, Evan 5. Taylor, Tyler 6…Most Common Names of Twin Boys
Find the most popular names of twin boys in the United States during 2009. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Jacob, Joshua Matthew, Michael…Trending
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