by Aesop The Goose That Laid the Golden EggsThe Mischievous DogThe Cat and the Mice There was once a house that was overrun with Mice. A Cat heard of this, and said to herself, "That's the…
A club formed in 1688 by the leading Whigs of the day, and held in Shire Lane (now Lower Serle's Place) in the house of Christopher Cat, a pastry-cook, who supplied the mutton pies, and…
by Aesop The Wily LionThe Stag and the LionThe Parrot and the Cat A Man once bought a Parrot and gave it the run of his house. It revelled in its liberty, and presently flew up on to the…
The Rat, the Cat, and Lovell the Dog, Rule all England under the hog. The Rat, i.e. Rat-cliff; the Cat, i.e. Cat-esby; and Lovel the dog, is Francis, Viscount Lovel, the king's “spaniel.”…
by Aesop The Peacock and the CraneThe Spendthrift and the SwallowThe Cat and the Birds A Cat heard that the Birds in an aviary were ailing. So he got himself up as a doctor, and, taking…
(The). Godefroi Mind, a Swiss painter, noted for his cats. (1768-1814.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RappareeRaphael A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
(See Cat Proverbs.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894KillKilkenny 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…
(A). A harmless dangler after a married woman; a cavalier servant; a cicisbeo. “He soon installed himself as a taine cat in the MacMungo mansion.” —Truth (Queer Story), October, 1885.…
(A ). A tortoise-shell cat. Calamanco is a glossy woollen fabric, sometimes striped or variegated. It is the Spanish word Calamáco. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
(To). To run your fingers through the lashes of a cat-o'-nine-tails to disentangle them. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come and take ThemComb A B C D E…
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