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(Sam). A Yankee clock-maker and pedlar, wonderfully 'cute, a keen observer, and with plenty of “soft sawder.” Judge Haliburton wrote the two series called Sam Slick, or the Clock-maker.…
François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, called the Great Pan. (1694-1778.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Didactic PoetryDicky Sam A B C D E F G H I J…
(In). Vague; a method of speaking or writing which always leaves a way of escape. The allusion is to the custom at fairs, etc., of soaping the tail of a pig before turning it out to be…
(1 syl.) is the Latin salvia (sage), one of the most efficient of mediæval remedies. To other woundes, and to broken armes. Some hadde salve, and some hadde charmes. Chaucer: Canterbury…
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A negro slave, noted for his fidelity, piety, and the faithful discharge of all his duties. Being sold, he has to submit to the most revolting cruelties. (Mrs. Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's…
Gone to my uncle's. Uncle's is a pun on the Latin word uncus, a hook. Pawnbrokers employed a hook to lift articles pawned before spouts were adopted. “Gone to the uncus ” is exactly…
When Washington was in want of ammunition, he called a council of officers, but no practical suggestion could be offered. “We must consult brother Jonathan,” said the general, meaning his…
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