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Brewer's: Captain Cauf's Tail

The commander-in-chief of the mummers of Plough Monday. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Captain Copperthorne's CrewCaptain A B C D E F G H I J K L…

Brewer's: Captain Copperthorne's Crew

All masters and no men. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Captain PoddCaptain Cauf's Tail A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Brewer's: Caqueux

A sort of gipsy race in Brittany, similar to the Cagots of Gascony, and Colliberts of Poitou. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CarabasCaput Mortuum A B C D…

Brewer's: Caran D'Ache

The pseudonym of M. Emanuel Poirié, the French caricaturist. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Carat of GoldCaraites A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Cardinal Humours

Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cardinal NumbersCards A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Cardinal Winds

Those that blow due East, West, North, and South. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CardinalsCardinal Virtues A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Careme

(2 syl.). Lent; a corruption of quadragesima. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Car-gooseCare Sunday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Carlovingian Dynasty

So called from Carolus or Charles Martel. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CarludovicaCarle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…

Brewer's: Carmilhan

The phantom ship on which the Kobold of the Baltic sits when he appears to doomed vessels. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CarminativeCarmelites A B C D…

Brewer's: Carney

To wheedle, to keep caressing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CarnivalCarnation 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…