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Brewer's: Zif
Hypothetical stock, entered in “salted accounts,” to give a colourable balance “to the good.” (Hebrew ziphr, a book.) (Vidocq: Les Voleurs, vol. ii. pp. 81, 87.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Grethel
(Gammer). The hypothetical narrator of the Nursery Tales edited by the brothers Grimm. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gretna Green MarriagesGretchen A B C…Brewer's: Imponderables
(Latin, things without weight). Heat, light, electricity, and magnetism were, it was at one time supposed, the phenomena of imponderable substances; that of heat was called caloric. This…Brewer's: Gander-cleugh
Folly cliff; that mysterious land where anyone who makes a “goose of himself” takes up his temporary residence. The hypothetical Jedediah Cleishbotham, who edited the Tales of My Landlord…Brewer's: Geoffrey Crayon
The hypothetical author of the Sketch Book. Washington Irving, of New York (1783-1859). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GeologyGentleman of Paper and Wax A…Brewer's: Romulus
We need no Romulus to account for Rome. We require no hypothetical person to account for a plain fact. Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf; Atalanta by a she-bear. Source:…Brewer's: Land o'the Leal
(The). The Scotch Dixey Land (q.v.). An hypothetical land of happiness, loyalty, and virtue. Caroline Oliphant, Baroness Nairne, meant heaven in her exquisite song so called, and this is…Brewer's: Hamet
The Cid Hamet Benengeli. The hypothetical Moorish chronicler from whom Cervantës professes to derive his adventures of Don Quixote. “Of the two bad cassocks I am worth ... I would have…Brewer's: Harris
Mrs. Harris. An hypothetical lady, to whom Sarah Gamp referred for the corroboration of all her statements, and the bank on which she might draw to any extent for self-praise. (Dickens:…Brewer's: Tommy Atkins
(A). A British soldier, as a Jack Tar is a British sailor. The term arose from the little pocket ledgers served out, at one time, to all British soldiers. In these manuals were to be…Trending
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