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Brewer's: Carry Coals

(See Coals .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Carry Everything before OneCarry Arms! 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: Carthage of the North

Lubeck was so called, when it was the head of the Hanseatic League. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CarthagenaCartesian Philosophy A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Carthaginian Faith

Treachery. (See Punica Fides.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CarthusiansCarthaginem esse Delendam A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…

Brewer's: Caryatic Order

or Caryatidic Order. Architecture in which Caryatids are introduced to support the entablature. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CasabiancaCaryates A B C…

Brewer's: Cassi

Inhabitants of what is now Cassio hundred, Hertfordshire, referred to by Caesar in his Commentaries. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CassibelanCassation A B…

Brewer's: Cast Aside

(To). To reject as worthless. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cast DownCast Anchor 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…

Brewer's: Casus Belli

(Latin). A ground for war; an occurrence warranting international hostilities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CatCasuist A B C D E F G H I J K L…

Brewer's: Cat has nine Lives

(A). (See under Nine.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat i' the AdageCat and Tortoise 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: Catalogue Raisonne

(French). A catalogue of books arranged under subjects. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CatamaranCataian A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: Catch-Club

A member of the Catchclub. A bum-bailiff, a tipstaff, a constable. The pun is obvious. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CatchpennyCatch your Hare A B C D…