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Brewer's: Partridge
The attendant of Jones, half–barber and half–schoolmaster; shrewd, but simple as a child. His simplicity, and his strong excitement at the play-house, when he went to see Garrick in Hamlet…Brewer's: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Time-serving courtiers, willing to betray anyone, and do any “genteel” dirty work to please a king. (Shakespeare: Hamlet.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…John Barrymore
John Barrymore(John Blythe)actorBorn: 2/15/1882Birthplace: Philadelphia Film and stage actor known for his acting skills and tempestuous personal life. In 1922 and 1923, he gave 101 performances as…John Barrymore Biography
John Barrymore(John Blythe)actorBorn: 2/15/1882Birthplace: Philadelphia Film and stage actor known for his acting skills and tempestuous personal life. In 1922 and 1923, he gave 101 performances as…Seuss on Stage
The Cat in the Hat is back on stage and in a national memorial by David Johnson Related Links Dr. Seuss BiographyDr. Seuss QuizReview: How the Grinch Stole Christmas Random House Dr. Seuss Site…August 2016: Earthquake Rocks Italy
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of August 2016…Brewer's: Don
is do-on, as “Don your bonnet.” (See Doff, Dup.) Then up he rose, and donned his clothes, And dupp'd the chamber door. Shakespeare: Hamlet, iv. 5. Don A man of mark, an aristocrat. At…Brewer's: Dout
A contraction of do-out, as don is of do-on, doff of do-off, and dup of do-up. In Devonshire and other southern counties they still say Dout the candle and Dout the fire. In some counties…Brewer's: Drink Deep
Drink a deep draught. The allusion is to the peg tankards. Those who drank deep, drank to the lower pegs. (See Peg.) “We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart.” —Shakespeare: Hamlet. i…Brewer's: Blast
In full blast. In the extreme. In America will be heard such a sentence as this: “When she came to the meeting in her yellow hat and feathers, wasn't she in full blast?” A metaphor from…Trending
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