A corruption of bog-bean, a native of wet bog-lands. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Buck-riderBuck-basket A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra (reigned 266-272). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Peasant BardPearl A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…
It is said that Cleopatra made a banquet for Antony, the costliness of which excited his astonishment; and, when Antony expressed his surprise, Cleopatra took a pearl ear-drop, which she…
S. S. Kresge(Sebastian Spering Kresge) merchant, philanthropistBorn: 7/31/1867Birthplace: Bald Mount, Pa. With a newly minted business degree in hand, Kresge worked as a traveling tinware…
A large projecting front-tooth. (See Butter Tooth.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BuckwheatBuck-rider A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…
38, Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, was kidnapped and murdered in January in Karachi, Pakistan, where he was researching a story about alleged “shoe bomber” Richard Reid. British-…
McKEON, Howard P. (Buck), a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 9, 1938; graduated from Verdugo Hills High School, Tujunga, Calif.; B.S.,…
McKEON Howard P. (Buck) , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September 9, 1938; graduated from Verdugo Hills High School,
Tujunga, Calif.; B.S.,…
