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Brewer's: Blinkers
Spectacles; the allusion is to a horse's blinkers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BlockBlindmen's Dinner A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Brewer's: Blood-guiltiness
The guilt of murder. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blood-horseBlood 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…Brewer's: Blood-horse
(A). A thorough-bred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BloodhoundBlood-guiltiness 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: Blood-thirsty
Eager for shedding blood. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blood of the GrogramsBlood Relation A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Bloody Butcher
(See Butcher .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bloody HandBloody-Bones 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…Brewer's: Blow a Cloud
To smoke a cigar or pipe. This term was in use in Queen Elizabeth's reign. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blow MeBlow A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Blunderbuss
A short gun with a large bore. (Dutch, donderbus, a thunder-tube.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BluntBlunderbore A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Boarding School
I am going to boarding school. Going to prison to be taught good behaviour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BoardsBoard School (A) A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Boards
He is on the boards, i.e. an actor by profession. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BoastBoarding School A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Bodleian Library
(Oxford). So called because it was restored by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1597. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BodyBodle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Trending
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