Waiting for Tom Long- i.e. a wearisome long time. The pun, of course, is on the word long. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom RawTom Foolery A B C D E…
A tailor. “ `We rend our hearts, and not our garments.” - “ `The better for yourselves, and the worse for Tom Taylor', said the baron.” —Sir W. Scott: The Monastery, chap. xxv. Source:…
Thomas Rawlinson, the bootlegbooksc. (1681-1725.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom Fool's ColoursTom A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…
The griffin; applied at one time to a subaltern in India for a year and a day after his joining the army. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom TailorTom Long…
A waterman. In allusion to the tug or boat so called, or to tugging at the oars. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom and JerryTom Tidler's Ground A B C D…
Young, fresh, as green cheese, i.e. cream cheese, which is eaten fresh; green goose, a young or midsummer goose. “If you would fat green geese, shut them up when they are about a month old…
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