(See Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Little JohnLittle-Go 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…
Everyone. The older form of everyone was everichon, often divided into every chone, corrupted first into every-john, then into every Jack, then perverted into every man Jack of 'em. “I…
John Rann, a highwayman, noted for his foppery. He wore sixteen tags, eight at each knee. (Hanged in 1774.) “Dr. Johnson said that Gray's poetry towered above the ordinary run of verse as…
In French, “Tout savoir est ne rien savoir.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jack o' both SidesJack and the Bean Stalk A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
GenevièveAge: 83 French chanteuse who frequently appeared on the Tonight Show, where she would flirt with host Jack Paar and endearingly mangle the English language. Died: Los Angeles, March…
Jack Henry AbbottAge: 58 convicted murderer and writer whose prison letters to Norman Mailer were published as the best-selling In the Belly of the Beast (1981). Mailer helped Abbott, who was…
KINGSTON Jack , a Representative from Georgia; born in Bryan, Brazos County, Tex.,
April 24, 1955; graduated from Clarke Central High School, Athens, Ga.;
attended Michigan State University, East…
DAVIS Jack , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., September 6,
1935; B.A., Southern Illinois University, 1956; served in the U.S. Navy,
1956-1959; operated a steel warehouse…
Jack Kent CookeAge: 84 majority owner of the NFL's Washington Redskins since 1974; oversaw the building of a new natural grass 78,600-seat stadium in Maryland which would later bear his name…
Johnny CarsonAge: 79 legendary comedian who hosted NBC's The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, when he handed the microphone over to Jay Leno. Carson's quick wit, charm, monologues, and…
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