i.e. a town never taken by the enemy. Edinburgh. The tradition is that the maiden daughters of a Pictish king were sent there for protection during an intestine war. Source: Dictionary…
A figure of speech in which letters or syllables are transposed, as “You occupew my pie [py],” instead of “You occupy my pew;” daggle-trail for “draggle-tail,” etc. Source: Dictionary of…
Same as chatterbox. The pie means the magpie. (Mag, to chatter.) (See Halliwell.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Chaucer of PaintingChatterhouse A B C D…
i.e. “Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod,” so called from his staff of office- a black wand surmounted by a lion. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black Rood…
i.e. Edwin's burgh. The fort built by Edwin, king of Northumbria (616-633). Dun Eden or Dunedin, is a Saxon form; Edina a poetical one. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
Mutton pies; so called from Christopher Cat, the pastrycook, who excelled in these pasties. (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kit's Coty HouseKit…
i.e. light cavalry, meaning Lancers and Hussars, who are neither such large men as the “Heavies,” nor yet so tall. (See Light-Armed Artillery.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
Many quips a strong man will make compiled by Ann-Marie Imbornoni A good beginning is half the work. You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Many hands…
i.e. German clocks, chiefly made in the Black Forest. As many as 180,000 are exported annually from Friburg. (German, Deutsch, German.) A woman, that is like a German clock. Still a-…
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