or Princocks. (Probably from prime and cock.) Capulet calls Tybalt a princox, or wilful spoilt boy. (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
(Acts vii. 51). Obstinately deaf and wilfully obdurate to the preaching of the apostle. Heathenish, and perversely so. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
wilful; affecting the head, as “The wine or beer is heady.” (German, heftig, ardent, strong, self-willed.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Healing GoldHeads…
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Conn., on the Pequabuck River; settled 1727, inc. 1785. Its clock-…
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Address of Harold A. Content, ...The VerdictThe Court's Charge GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: It is with real sincerity that I express to you my appreciation of the patience that you have…
The old lady whose whole time seems to have been devoted to her dog, who always kept her on the trot, and always made game of her. Her temper was proof against this wilfulness on the part…
A stiff-necked people. Obstinate and self-willed. In the Psalms we read, “Speak not with a stiff neck” (lxxv. 5); and in Jeremiah xvii. 23, “They obeyed not, but made their necks stiff;”…
Thirty-four players forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the NFL draft in 1997. NFL teams drafted 25 underclassmen. Players listed in alphabetical order;…
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