Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 sider |
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... popular in the mid- 19th century , probably relates to Gener- al Winfield Scott , “ Old Fuss and Feath- ers , an American hero popular after his successful campaign in the Mexican War . Apparently a dodge to avoid blas- phemy , the term ...
... popular in the mid- 19th century , probably relates to Gener- al Winfield Scott , “ Old Fuss and Feath- ers , an American hero popular after his successful campaign in the Mexican War . Apparently a dodge to avoid blas- phemy , the term ...
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... popular literature ; a cheap , little book embodying a wide variety of written material ; a pamphlet containing poems , ballads , stories , etc. Chapbooks were the most important method of disseminating popular literature during the ...
... popular literature ; a cheap , little book embodying a wide variety of written material ; a pamphlet containing poems , ballads , stories , etc. Chapbooks were the most important method of disseminating popular literature during the ...
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... popular Irish given name , Padraig or Patrick , and occasion- ally is rendered Irish as Paddy Murphy's pig , adding the popular Irish surname , Murphy , apparently to create a greater aura of being Irish . The phrase , dating from about ...
... popular Irish given name , Padraig or Patrick , and occasion- ally is rendered Irish as Paddy Murphy's pig , adding the popular Irish surname , Murphy , apparently to create a greater aura of being Irish . The phrase , dating from about ...
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19th century allusion American expression American slang expression another's Anthony Trollope applied ball became blue Briticism British expression called Charles Dickens coined colloquial common commonly connotation contexts dead describe drink early 19th century England English especially expres expression alludes expression dates expression is derived expression refers figurative sense Frederick Marryat French frequently give hand hang head heard today hence horse implies indicate John John Heywood Jonathan Swift King least literal Lord meaning ment ness night nose obsolete one's oneself onym origin P. G. Wodehouse person phrase plausible play player political popular practice pression probably proverb related term Samuel Butler Shakespeare sion Sir Walter Scott situation slang term someone someone's thing Thomas tion tive Tyburn usage usually variant verb Webster's Third William word World War II