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Jack Bowman 1998 Deaths

Jack BowmanAge: 61 Buffalo Sabres director of scouting since 1996 and a member of the organization since 1980; after a brief illnessDied: London, Ontario, Canada, June 22, 1998Gene BossardA…

Jack Brickhouse 1998 Deaths

Jack BrickhouseAge: 82 was the voice of the Chicaco Cubs for four decades before being replaced by Harry Caray in 1982; also broadcast the Chicago Bears for 24 years; honored in 1979 at…

Jack Hartman 1998 Deaths

Jack HartmanAge: 73 former Kansas St. men's basketball coach who won more games than any other coach in school history; won National Coach of the Year Award from basketball coaches after the…

Brewer's: Little Jack Horner

(See Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Little JohnLittle-Go A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Sixteen-string Jack

John Rann, a highwayman, noted for his foppery. He wore sixteen tags, eight at each knee. (Hanged in 1774.) “Dr. Johnson said that Gray's poetry towered above the ordinary run of verse as…

Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

WBMidseason DebutSunday 8:00–8:30 p.m.Cast:Selma Blair, Mary Page Keller, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum and Azura Skye The WB's spin on Friends has four high-school students hanging out in…

Brewer's: Foul-weather Jack

Commodore Byron, said to be as notorious for foul weather as Queen Victoria is for fine. (1723-1786.) Admiral Sir John Norris, who died 1746. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Jack-Amend-All

One of the nicknames given to Jack Cade the rebel, who promised to remedy all abuses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack BragJack-a-napes A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Jack and the Bean Stalk

A nursery tale of German invention. The giant is All-Father, whose three treasures are (1) a harp —i.e. the wind; (2) bags full of treasures —i.e. the rain; and (3) the red hen which…

Brewer's: Jack Drum's Entertainment

A beating. (See John Drum's , etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack HornerJack Brag A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…