the nursery tale, is from the French Le Petit Poucet, by Charles Perrault (1630), but it is probably of Anglo-Saxon origin. There is in the Bodleian Library a ballad about Tom Thumb, “…
Tom HulceactorBorn: 12/6/1953Birthplace: Whitewater, Wisconsin Hulce burst into the American fim scene in 1978 with roles in two films, September 30, 1955 and the more famous (or infamous) Animal…
The coarse, witless jokes of a Tom Fool. (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom LongTom Fool's Colours A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
i.e. Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn, the two chief characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London, illustrated by Cruikshank. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
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:…
(Encyclopedia) Osborne, John (John James Osborne), 1929–94, English dramatist. He began his theatrical career as an actor and playwright in provincial English repertory theaters. Osborne's plays…
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…
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