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Brewer's: Swell Mob
The better-dressed thieves and pickpockets. A “swell” is a person showily dressed; one who puffs himself out beyond his proper dimensions, like the frog in the fable. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Batrachomyomachia
(pronounce Ba-trak'o-my'o-makia). A storm in a puddle; much ado about nothing. The word is the name of a mock heroic poem in Greek, supposed to be by Pigres of Caria, and means The Battle…Brewer's: Sly-Boots
One who appears to be a dolt, but who is really wide awake; a cunning dolt. “The frog called the lazy one several times, but la vain; there was no such thing as stirring him, though the…The Devil's Dictionary: F
by Ambrose Bierce EGFFAIRYFAITHFAMOUSFASHIONFEASTFELONFEMALEFIBFICKLENESSFIDDLEFIDELITYFINANCEFLAGFLESHFLOPFLY-SPECKFOLLYFOOLFORCEFOREFINGERFOREORDINATIONFORGETFULNESSFORKFORMA…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Living or Dead?, II
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIIII Every one knows that, even when there is no sign, life is often secretly present, and may begin again in an apparently dead body. Kadambini was not dead;…Brewer's: Play
“This may be play to you, `tis death to us.” The allusion is to the fable of the boys throwing stones at some frogs. (Roger L'Estrange.) As good as a play. So said King Charles when he…Brewer's: Log
An instrument for measuring the velocity of a ship. It is a flat piece of wood, some six inches in radius, and in the shape of a quadrant. A piece of lead is nailed to the rim to make the…Brewer's: John Bull
The national nickname for an Englishman, represented as a bluff, kindhearted, bull-headed farmer. The character is from a satire by Dr. Arbuthnot. In this satire the Frenchman is termed…Brewer's: Scythian Defiance
When Darius approached Scythia, an ambassador was sent to his tent with a bird, a frog, a mouse, and five arrows, then left without uttering a word. Darius, wondering what was meant, was…Brewer's: Troxartas
[bread-cater ]. King of the mice and father of Psycarpax, who was drowned. Fix their council ... Where great Troxartas crowned in glory reigns ... Psycarpax' father, father now no more'…Trending
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