The inner iridescent layers of the shells of many bivalve molluses, especially that of the pearl oyster. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of the…
Walter (Buck) LeonardBorn: Sept. 8, 1907Baseball 1B won Negro League championship nine years in a row with the Homestead Grays; hit .391 in 1948 to lead the league; usually batted cleanup…
When Queen Elizabeth visited the Exchange, Sir Thomas Gresham, it is said, pledged her health in a cup of wine containing a precious stone crushed to atoms, and worth £15,000. If this tale…
Buck LeonardAge: 90 hall-of-fame first baseman known as the "Black Lou Gehrig"; batted .340 and averaged 34 home runs during his 17-year career in the Negro Leagues; began his career with…
Buck BakerAge: 83 stock car racing pioneer and the Winston Cup series' first back-to-back champion (1956-57); born Elzie Wylie Baker; won 46 Winston Cup races, placing him 13th all-time;…
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A cuckold. The allusion is to the buck's horn. (See Horns.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Freeman's QuayFreeman A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
Hiawatha's Fishing Hiawatha's Wooing Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather On the shores of Gitche Gumee,
Of the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood Nokomis, the old woman,
Pointing with her…
(Encyclopedia) Abbott and Costello
Abbott and Costello
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[key], American comedy team of William Alexander “Bud” Abbott,
1895–1974, b. Asbury Park, N.J., and Lou…
Buck OwensAge: 76 renegade country-music singer who shunned string-heavy country arrangements and pioneered the Bakersfield sound—raw vocals accompanied by electric, rock-infused guitars.…
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