(Encyclopedia) Kim Dae JungKim Dae Jungkĭm dā j&oobreve;ng [key], 1924–2009, president (1998–2003) of South Korea. A native of South Jeolla prov., Kim was a long-time campaigner for increased…
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Univ. Law School (J.D., 1960). Bailey attended…
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A provincial idiom in speech or writing; so called from Patavium (Padua), the birthplace of Livy. (See Patois.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A patch. Botch and patch are the same word; the older form was bodge, whence boggle. (Italian pezzo, pronounced patzo.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(A). Not straightforward; ungain; not honest. “The storekeepers know who are their best customers, the square people or the cross ones.” —Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. xvii.…
All (except suicides) who were excluded from holy rites were piously buried at the foot of the cross erected on the public road, as the place next in sanctity to consecrated ground.…
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