(In the). In society. The upper crust of society. An angler's phrase. A lot of fish gathered together is called a swim, and when an angler can pitch his hook in such a place he is said to…
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The 1998 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented April 19, 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. These are the…
The night preceding Shrove Tuesday is so called in Cornwall, because boys play tricks and practical jokes on that night. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
To give one a sneck posset is to slam the door in his face (Cumberland and Westmoreland). The “sneck” or snick is the latch of a door, and to “sneck the door in one's face” is to shut a…
