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Brewer's: Concierge
(3 syl.). French. The door—porter of a public or private “hotel,” or house divided into flats, or of a prison. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Conciergerie
(French.) The office or room of a concierge or porter's lodge; a state prison. During the Revolution it was the prison where the chief victims were confined prior to execution. Source:…Brewer's: Oil the Knocker
(To). To fee the porter. The expression is from Racine, “On n'entre point chez lui sans graisser le marteau” (“No one enters his house without oiling the knocker”). (Les Plaideurs.)…Brewer's: Sylvam Lignum Ferre
(In). To carry coals to Newcastle. The French say, “ Porter de l'eau à la rivière. ” To do a work of supererogation; to paint the lily, or add another perfume to the violet, or perform any…Brewer's: Usher
means a porter. (Old French, muisher, a door; whence huissier, an usher; Latin, ostiarius.) One who stands at the door to usher visitors into the presence. (Scotch, Wishart.) Source:…Brewer's: Pipelet
A concierge or French door-porter; so called from a character in Eugène Sue's Mysteris of pans of Paris. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PiperPipeclay A B…Brewer's: Alma Mater
A collegian so calls the university of which he is a member. The words are Latin for “fostering mother.” “Expulsion from his Alma Mater.” —The Collegian and the Porter. Source:…Brewer's: Bajulus
A pedagogue. A Grand Bajulus, a “big” pedagogue. In the Greek court, the preceptor of the Emperor was called the Grand Bajulus. Originally “porter.” (Cf. Bailiff.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Parsons
(Walter), the giant porter of King James, died in 1622. (Fuller's Worthies.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PartParson Trulliber A B C D E F G H I…Sacks
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