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Brewer's: Bun
A small cake. (Irish, boinneog, Scotch, bannock.) In regard to “hot cross buns” on Good Friday, it may be stated that the Greeks offered to Apollo, Diana, Hecate, and the Moon, cakes with…Brewer's: Cucking-stool
(The) or Choking-stool, for ducking scolds, is not connected with choke (to stifle), but the French choquer; hence the archaic verb cuck (to throw), and one still in use, chuck (chuck-…Brewer's: Curtal Friar
A friar who served as an attendant at the gate of a monastery court. As a curtal dog was not privileged to hunt or course, so a curtal friar virtually meant a worldly-minded one. “Some do…Brewer's: George a' Green
As good as George a' Green. Resolute-minded; one who will do his duty come what may. George a' Green was the famous pinder or pound-keeper of Wakefield, who resisted Robin Hood, Will…Tour de France
The 85th Tour de France (July 12-August 2) ran 21 stages plus a prologue, covering just over 2,400 miles starting in Dublin, Ireland, passing through the Pyrenees and the Alps and finishing…1968 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results
Class Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Petar Kirov, BUL Vladimir Bakulin, URS Miroslav Zeman, TCH Bantamweight (-125 3/4 lb) János Varga, HUN Ion Baciu, ROM Ivan…1968 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners
Class Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Shigeo Nakata, JPN Richard Sanders, USA Surenjav Sukhbaatar, MGL Bantamweight (-125 3/4 lb) Yojiro Uetake, JPN Donald Behm, USA…1998 Men's Olympic Curling Medalists
Round Robin Standings G W-L-T PF PA *Canada 7 6-1-0 57 32 *Switzerland 7 5-2-0 44 28 *Norway 7 5-2-0 42 35 *United States 7 3-4-0…1998 Women's Olympic Curling Medalists
Round Robin Standings G W-L-T PF PA *Canada 7 6-1-0 51 34 *Sweden 7 6-1-0 54 32 *Denmark 7 5-2-0 46 34 *Britain 7 4-3-0 38 44…Dick Howser Trophy
Dick Howser Trophy Presented to the College Player of the Year since 1987, by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) from 1987-98 and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers…Trending
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