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Brewer's: Cage
To whistle or sing in the cage. The cage is a jail, and to whistle in a cage is to turn Queen's evidence, or peach against a comrade. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Nicolas Cage
Name at birth: Nicolas CoppolaNicolas Cage made his film debut in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but it was his role in the hit Valley Girl (1984) that launched his screen career. Cage was…Brewer's: Singing in Tribulation
Confessing when put to the torture. Such a person is termed in goal slang a “canary bird.” “ `This man, sir, is condemned to the galleys for being a canary-bird.' `A canary-bird!'…Brewer's: Canary-bird
(A). A jail-bird. At one time certain desperate convicts were dressed in yellow; and jail was the cage of these “canaries.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Why "spam"?
The Question: Why is unwanted e-mail referred to as "spam"? The Answer: There is no direct connection between SPAM lunchmeat and junk e-mail.…Alfred Lord Tennyson: The 'How' and the 'Why'
The 'How' and the 'Why' I am any man's suitor, If any will be my tutor: Some say this life is pleasant, Some think it speedeth fast: In time there is no present, In…precentor
(Encyclopedia) precentorprecentorprēsĕnˈtər [key] [Lat.,=one who sings first], the director of the music of a cathedral or a monastic church and also a cantor.finch
(Encyclopedia) finch, common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia. The true…Ralph Waldo Emerson: May-Day
May-DayDaughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching Barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a…alto
(Encyclopedia) alto, singing voice the range of which is lower than the soprano by the interval of a fifth. More generally, the term refers to the register in which this voice sings, i.e., the second…Trending
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