by Robert Burns My Eppie AdairEpigram On Francis Grose The AntiquaryOn The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland Collecting The Antiquities Of That Kingdom Hear,…
The sobriquet of Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Bonaparte, son of Jerome Bonaparte. He was nick-named Craint-plon (Fear-bullet) in the Crimean war (1854-1856), a nickname afterwards…
properly means just as dinner is about to begin, for our forefathers took their pudding before their meat. It also means in the nick of time. But Mars In pudding-time came to his aid.…
The devil; so called from Schratz or Skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology. (See Nick.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old SongOld Salt A B C D E…
Auld Clootie Old Nick. The Scotch call a cloven hoof a cloot, so that Auld Clootie is Old Cloven foot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CloridanoCloister A…
Bringing the Potter books to the big screen by Shmuel Ross Daniel Radcliffe Related Links Order of the Phoenix Movie ReviewHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireQuiz: Order of the Phoenix…
Nick-nacks; ornaments of small value. (Greek, phalara, metal ornaments for horses, etc.) “Our god-child passed in review all her gowns flchus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and…
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Nebraska State Information
Capital: Lincoln
Official Name: Nebraska
Organized as a territory/republic: 1854
Entered Union (rank): March 1, 1867 (37th state)
Present constitution adopted…
