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U.S. Military Taking Back Afghan Valley from Taliban (July 2): In an attempt to take back the…
i.e. Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn, the two chief characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London, illustrated by Cruikshank. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A reckless mania for the purchase of tulip-bulbs in the seventeenth century. Beckmann says it rose to its greatest height in the years 1634-1637. A root of the species called Viceroy sold…
Any vessel, even a goblet or cup. (Anglo-Saxon tunne.) “Tun, such a cup as jugglers use to show divers tricks by.” —Minshou: Spanish Dictionary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
(in Orlando Furioso). One of Logistilla's handmaids, famous for her chastity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DickDicers' Oaths A B C D E F G H I J…
A race of mendicants. The Bethlem Hospital was made to accommodate six lunatics, but in 1644 the number admitted was forty-four, and applications were so numerous that many inmates were…
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