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Brewer's: Red Feathers
(The). The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. They cut to pieces General Wayne's brigade in the American War, and the Americans vowed to give them no quarter. So they mounted red feathers…Brewer's: Red Flag
(A). (i) In the Roman empire it signified war and a call to arms. (ii) Hoisted by British seamen, it indicates that no concession will be made. As a railway signal, it intimates danger,…Brewer's: Red-handed
In the very act; with red blood still on his hand. “I had some trouble to save him from the fury of those who had caught him red-handed.” —The Times (a correspondent). Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Red Hat
(The). The cardinalate. “David Beatoun was born of good family ... and was raised to a red hat by Pope Paul III.” —Prince: Parallel History, vol. ii. p. 81. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Red Heads
(See Schiites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Red HerringRed Hat 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: Red Herring
Drawing a red herring across the path. Trying to divert attention from the main question by some side-issue. A red herring drawn across a fox's path destroys the scent and sets the dogs at…Brewer's: Red Indians
(of Newfoundland). So called because they daub their skin, garments, canoes, weapons, and almost everything with red ochre. “Whether it is merely a custom, or whether they daub their skin…Brewer's: Red Kettle
(A). Properly a gold watch, but applied, in thieves' slang, to any watch. Gold is often called red, hence “red ruddocks” (gold coin). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Red Land
(The). The jurisdiction over which the Vehmgericht of Westphalia extended. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Red-lattice PhrasesRed-laced Jacket A B C D E…Brewer's: Red Laws
(The). The civil code of ancient Rome. Juvenal says, “Per lege rubras majoram leges” (Satires, xiv. 193). The civil laws, being written in vermillion, were called rubrica, and rubrica…Trending
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