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1928 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners
Event Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb) Kaarlo Mäkinen, FIN Edmond Spapen, BEL James Trifunov, CAN Featherweight (-134 1/2 lb) Allie Morrison, USA Kustaa Pihlajamäki,…Brewer's: Bogomili
A religious sect of the twelfth century, whose chief seat was Thrace. So called from their constant repetition of the words, “Lord, have mercy upon us,” which, in Bulgarian, is bog (Lord…Brewer's: Bogtrotters
Irish tramps; so called from their skill in crossing the Irish bogs, from tussock to tussock, either as guides or to escape pursuit. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Slough of Despond
A deep bog which Christian has to cross in order to get to the Wicket Gate. Help comes to his aid. Neighbour Pliable went with Christian as far as the Slough, and then turned back again. (…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 9, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 8, 1805August 10, 1805August 9, 1805 Friday August 9th 1805. The morning was fair and fine; we set out at an early hour and proceeded on…Brewer's: Countess di Civillari
(The). A bog, sewer, cesspool, into which falls the filth of a city. Two wags promised Simon da Villa an introduction to the Countess di Civillari, and tossed him, in his scarlet gown,…Brewer's: Dulness
King of dulness. Colley Cibber, poet laureate after Eusden. `God save king Cibber!' mounts in every note . . . So when Jove's block descended from on high . . . Loud thunder to the bottom…Brewer's: Bogie
A scarecrow, a goblin. (Bulgarian, bog, a god; Salvonic, bogu; Welsh, bwg, a goblin, our bugbear.) The Assyrian mothers used to scare their children with the name of Narsës (Gibbon); the…Brewer's: Molly Maguires
An Irish secret society organised in 1843. Stout, active young Irishmen, dressed up in women's clothes, blackened faces, and otherwise disguised, to surprise those employed to enforce the…Carnivorous Plants
Flipping the food chain Venus's flytrap Most carnivorous plants eat flying, foraging, or crawling insects. Those that live in or around water capture very small aquatic prey like mosquito…Trending
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