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Glenn Close
Glenn Close is the Tony- and Emmy-winning star of the television series Damages. A big-screen star since the 1980s, Glenn Close is best known for her portrayals of villains, from the crazed lover in…Brewer's: Close as a Clam
A clam is a bivalve mollusca, which burrows in sand or mud. It is about the size of a florin, and may be eaten raw or fried like an oyster. Clams are gathered only when the tide is out.…Brewer's: Close Rolls
are mandates, letters, and writs of a private nature, addressed, in the Sovereign's name, to individuals and folded or closed and sealed on the outside with the Great Seal. Patent Rolls…Brewer's: Goodluck's Close
(Norfolk). A corruption of Guthlac's Close, so called from a chapel founded by Allen, son of Godfrey de Swaffham, in the reign of Henry II., and dedicated to St. Guthlac. Source:…Glenn Close Biography
Glenn CloseactressBorn: 3/19/1947Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut Tony Award-winning stage and film actress who surprised many when she displayed a strong soprano in Broadway's Sunset Boulevard (…The Devil's Dictionary: Close-fisted
by Ambrose Bierce CLOCKCOENOBITECLOSE-FISTED -adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain. "Close-fisted Scotchman!" Johnson cried To…Brewer's: Close-time for Game
(See Sporting Seasons.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CloshClose Rolls 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 Related…Speed over a Closed Circuit
Speed (mph) Date Plane typePilot Place2,092.294 July 27, 1976 Lockheed SR-71A Maj. Adolphus H. Bledsoe, Jr. (USAF) Beale AFB, Calif.Speed over a Straight CourseAbsolute World RecordsAltitude…Walt Whitman: As They Draw to a Close
As They Draw to a CloseAs they draw to a close, Of what underlies the precedent songs—of my aims in them, Of the seed I have sought to plant in them, Of joy, sweet joy, through many a year,…closed shop and open shop
(Encyclopedia) closed shop and open shop. The term “closed shop” is used to signify an establishment employing only members of a labor union. The union shop, a closely allied term, indicates a…Trending
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