As crooked as a cammock. The cammock is a piece of timber bent for the knee of a ship; a hockey-stick; a shinny-club. (Anglo-Saxon.) “Though the cammock, the more it is bowed the better it…
(A), now called a bowing acquaintance. One just sufficiently known to bow to. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cap-moneyCap of Time A B C D E F G H I…
(To). We talk of remarks being highly flavoured, of strong language, of piquant remarks, of spicy words; so that to “draw it mild” refers to liquor; let it be mild, not too highly-…
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Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos raise fists for Black Power in 1968. (Source: AP)
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A small curl gummed to the temples, sometimes called a beau or bow catcher. When men indulge in a curl in front of their ears, the love-lock is called a bell-rope- i.e. a rope to pull the…
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