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Brewer's: Michon
according to Cotgrave, is a “block, dunce, dolt, jobbernol, dullard, loggerhead.” Probably michon, Mike (an ass), mikel, and cousin Michel, are all from the Italian miccio, an ass. (See…2000 Solheim Cup: Overall Records
Team and Individual match play combinedUnited States W-L-HKelly Robbins3-1-0Pat Hurt2-1-1Becky Iverson2-2-0Brandie Burton1-1-1Dottie Pepper1-1-1Julie Inkster1-2-1Meg Mallon1-2-1Rosie Jones1-…1976 Olympic Equestrian Medalists
Event Three-Day Event Edmund Coffin, USA 114.99 John Plumb, USA 125.85 Karl Schultz, FRG 129.45 Three-Day Event (Team) USA 441.00 FRG 584.60…1956 Olympic Cycling Results
Event Individual Road Race (116 3/4 miles) Ercole Baldini, ITA 5:21:17.0 Arnaud Geyre, FRA 5:23:16.0 Alan Jackson, GBR 5:23:16.0 Team Road Race France…Brewer's: Biddy
(i.e. Bridget). A generic name for an Irish servant-maid, as Mike is for an Irish labourer. These generic names are very common: for example, Tom Tug, a waterman; Jack Pudding, a buffoon;…Brewer's: Lazarone
(3 syl.); Italian Lazzaro, plu. Lazzaroni. The mob. Originally applied to all those people of Naples who lived in the streets, not having any habitation of their own. So called from the…2003 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards
The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 8, 2003.Play: Take Me OutMusical: HairsprayRevival—Play: Long Day's Journey into NightRevival—…Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 1999
Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.1998 Coretta Scott King Awards, honoring black authors and illustrators: (author): Heaven, Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster…Brewer's: Capfull of Wind
Olaus Magnus tells us that Eric, King of Sweden, was so familiar with evil spirits that what way soever he turned his cap the wind would blow, and for this he was called Windy Cap. The…Brewer's: Caul
The membrane on the heads of some new-born infants, supposed to be a charm against death by drowning. To be born with a caul was with the Romans tantamount to our phrase, “To be born with…Trending
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