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Brewer's: Bread-basket

(One's ). The stomach. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bread and CheeseBread A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: Nip in the Bud

Destroy before it has developed. “Nip sin in the bud;” Latin, “Obsta principiis,” “Venienti occurite morbo.” “Resist beginnings.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…

Brewer's: Hullabaloo

Uproar. Irish pullalue, a coronach or crying together at funerals. (See Hurly-Burly.) “All this the poor ould creathure set up such a pullalue, that she brought the seven parishes about…

Brewer's: King's Hanoverian White Horse

(The). The 8th Foot; called the “King's Hanoverian” for their service against the Pretender in 1715, and called the “White Horse” from their badge; now called the “Liverpool Regiment.”…

Brewer's: King's Quhair

King's book (James I.). “Cahier” is a copybook. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King's Cheese goes half in ParingKing's Picture A B C D E F G H I J…

Brewer's: Rabbit

A Welsh rabbit. Toasted cheese, or rather bread and cheese toasted together. (Qy. “rare-bit.”) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RabelaisRabbi Bar-Cochba A B…

Brewer's: Artotyrites

(4 syl.). Certain heretics from among the Montanists; so called because they used bread and cheese in the Eucharist. They admitted women to the priesthood. (Greek, artos, barley-bread, and…

Brewer's: Welsh Rabbit

Cheese melted and spread over buttered toast. The word rabbit is a corruption of rare-bit. The Welshman he loved toasted cheese, Which made…

Brewer's: Nipperkin

(A). A small wine and beer measure. Now called a “nip.” His hawk-economy won't thank him for't Which stops his petty nipperkin of port. PeterPindar: Hair Powder. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Hull

From Hull, Hell, and Halifax Good Lord, deliver us. This occurs in Taylor, the water poet. Hull is not the town so called, but a furious river in Kingston, very dangerous. In regard to…