A corruption of St. Olaf—i.e. 'T-olaf, Tolay, Tooly. Similarly, Sise Lane is St. Osyth's Lane. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Toom TabardTool A B C D E…
(A). A nunnery. (Anglo-Saxon, minicem, a nun.) Sometimes it means an ale or road-house. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mincing LaneMincemeat A B C D E…
or Mintio. The birthplace of Virgil. The Clitumnus, a river of Umbria, was the residence of Propertius; the Anio is where Horace had a villa; the river Meles, in Ionia, is the supposed…
The case of the mariner's compass, which used to be written bittacle, a corruption of the Portuguese bitacola, French, habitacle, properly an abode. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
To ride-a-cock-horse. To sit astride a person's foot or knee while he dances or tosses it up and down. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cock Lane GhostCock-…
The judicial committee of the privy council is so called, because the council-room is built on the old cock-pit of Whitehall palace. “Great consultations at the cockpit about battles,…
The 50th Foot, so called from the men wiping their faces with their black cuffs. Now called “The Queen's Own.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dirty…
(The). The 101st Foot, which fought at Delhi in their shirt-sleeves (1857). Now called “The Royal Bengal Fusileers.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dis…
[the dripper ]. A gold ring given to Odin; every ninth night other rings dropped from it of equal value to itself. (The Edda.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(A) is a land picture. (Anglo-Saxon landscipe verb scap-an; to shape, to give a form or picture of.) Father of landscape gardening. A. Lenotre (1613-1700). Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
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