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Wayne Wang Biographies of Notable Asian Pacific Americans A-Z List Government Officials and Politicians Business and Media Leaders Athletes & Sports Personalities Scientists…Candide: Candide's Voyage to Constantinople
Candide and Martin Sup with S... What Befell Candide, Cunegund... Candide's Voyage to Constantinople The trusty Cacambo had already engaged the captain of the Turkish ship that was…Brewer's: First Water
A diamond of the first water. (See Diamond.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First Gentleman of EuropeFirst-fruits A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Florence
(The German). Dresden. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Florentine DiamondFlora's Dial A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Nob of the First Water
(A). A mighty boss; a grand panjandrum (q.v.). First water refers to diamonds. (See Diamonds.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nobs and SnobsNob A B C D…Brewer's: Florentius
A knight who bound himself to marry a “foul and ugly witch,” if she would teach him the solution of a riddle on which his life depended. (Gower: Confessio Amantis.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Pitri
(plur. PITARAS). An order of divine beings in Hindu mythology inhabiting celestial regions of their own, and receiving into their society the spirits of those mortals whose funeral rites…Brewer's: Pitt's Mark
The printer's name and place of business affixed to printed books, according to William Pitt's Act, 39 Geo. III., c. 79. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Kesora
The female idol adored in the temple of Juggernaut. Its head and body are of sandalwood; its eyes two diamonds, and a third diamond is suspended round its neck; its hands are made entirely…Brewer's: Sanctum Sanctorum
A private room into which no one uninvited enters. The reference is to the Holy of Holies in the Jewish Temple, a small chamber into which none but the high priest might enter, and that…Trending
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