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engineerDied: July 7, 2007 (London, England) Best Known as: engineer Inventor of Matchbox cars and a self-trained engineer. He designed his first toy…Jack Simplot Biography
American billionaireDied: May 25, 2008Best Known as: American potato farmer and billionaire Deathplace: Boise, Idaho Jack Simplot developed the first frozen…Jack Valenti Biography
head of MPAADied: April 26, 2007 (Washington) Best Known as: Aide to President Lyndon Johnson and head of MPAA Head of the Motion Picture Association of…Brewer's: Black Jack
(A ). A large leather gotch for beer and ale, so called from the outside being tarred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black JokeBlack Jack A B C D E F…Brewer's: Cousin Jack
So Cornishmen are called in the western counties. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cousin MichaelCousin-german A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Flint Jack
Edward Simpson, an occasional servant of Dr. Young, of Whitby. So called because he used to tramp the kingdom vending spurious fossils, flint arrow-heads, stone celts, and other imitation…Brewer's: Steeple-Jack
(A). A man who ascends a church spire to repair it. This is done by a series of short ladders, tied one to another as the man ascends, the topmost one being securely tied to the point of…Brewer's: Yellow Jack
The flag displayed from lazarettos, naval hospitals, and vessels in quarantine. (See Union Jack.) Yellow Jack (The). The yellow fever. “Raymond and all his family died of yellow fever,…Brewer's: Union Jack
The national banner of Great Britain and Ireland. It consists of three united crosses- that of St. George for England, the saltire of St. Andrew for Scotland, and the cross of St. Patrick…Brewer's: Man-jack
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Trending
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