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Brewer's: Spur Money
Money given to redeem a pair of spurs. Gifford says, in the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to divine service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn, a small…Brewer's: Swan of Avon
(The), or Sweet Swan of Avon. Shakespeare is so called by Ben Jonson because his home was on the Avon. (1564-1616.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Swan of…Brewer's: Ballendino
(Don Antonio). Intended for Anthony Munday, the dramatist. (Ben Jonson, The Case Altered, a comedy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BalletBalle A B C D…Brewer's: Mammon's Cave
The abode of the Money-god. Sir Guyon visited this cave, and Spenser gives a very full description of it. (Faërie Queéne, ii. 7.) Sir Epicure Mammon. A worldly sensualist. (Ben Jonson:…Brewer's: Pug
a variant of puck, is used to a child, monkey, dog, etc., as a pet term. You mischievous little pug. A playful reproof to a favourite. Pug. A mischievous little goblin in Ben Jonson's…Brewer's: Fungoso
A character in Every Man in His Humour, by Ben Jonson. “Unlucky as Fungoso in the play.” Pope: Essay on Criticism (328). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Kitely
(2 syl.). A jealous city merchant in Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kittle of FishKite-flying A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Epicure
(3 syl.). A sensualist; one addicted to good eating and drinking. So called from Epicuros (q.v.). Sir Epicure. A worldly sensualist in The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson. His surname is “Mammon…Delmedigo, Elijah ben Moses Abba
(Encyclopedia) Delmedigo, Elijah ben Moses AbbaDelmedigo, Elijah ben Moses Abbadālmĕˈdēgō [key], c.1460–1497, Jewish philosopher and Talmudist, b. Crete, known also as Elijah Cretensis. He emigrated…Brewer's: Bobadil
A military braggart of the first water. Captain Bobadil is a character in Ben Jonson's comedy of Every Man in his Humour. This name was probably suggested by Bobadilla, first governor of…Trending
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