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... thought I'd be by this time toes up in Stepney churchyard . ( Henry Mayhew , London Labour , 1851 ) Debate . 83 . See 24. ARGUMENTATION DECADENCE 1. bread and circuses Free food and en- tertainment , particularly that which a government ...
... thought I'd be by this time toes up in Stepney churchyard . ( Henry Mayhew , London Labour , 1851 ) Debate . 83 . See 24. ARGUMENTATION DECADENCE 1. bread and circuses Free food and en- tertainment , particularly that which a government ...
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... thought in a discussion ; to have the con- tinuity of one's thoughts or words inter- rupted . Thread in this phrase is the cen- tral thought connecting successive points , a continuous flow which is car- ried on in spite of digressions ...
... thought in a discussion ; to have the con- tinuity of one's thoughts or words inter- rupted . Thread in this phrase is the cen- tral thought connecting successive points , a continuous flow which is car- ried on in spite of digressions ...
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... thought ; a pensive mood ; absent - mindedness . This phrase dates from the early 16th century ; the brown of the expression ap- parently stemmed from the sense of brown ' gloomy . ' Citations indicate that the phrase varies in meaning ...
... thought ; a pensive mood ; absent - mindedness . This phrase dates from the early 16th century ; the brown of the expression ap- parently stemmed from the sense of brown ' gloomy . ' Citations indicate that the phrase varies in meaning ...
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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