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Brewer's: Beauty of Buttermere
Mary Robinson, married to John Hatfield, a heartless impostor, executed for forgery at Carlisle in 1803. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Beauty SleepBeauty…Brewer's: Jiffy
In a jiffy. In a minute; in a brace of shakes; before you can say “Jack Robinson.” (French, vif, vife.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JigJib Topsail A B…Brewer's: In Re
(Latin). In the matter of; on the subject of; as In re Jones v. Robinson. But in rem, against the property or thing referred to. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Man Friday
(A). A useful and faithful servant, like the Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe. “Count von Rechberg ... was Prince Bismarck's `Man Friday.' ” —Athenoeum, 1881. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Philip Quarl
A castaway sailor, solaced off a desert island by a monkey. Imitation of Robinson Crusoe. (1727.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Philippe EgalitePhilip Nye…Brewer's: Quarll
(Philip). A sort of Robinson Crusoe, who had a chimpanzee for his “man Friday.” The story relates the adventures and sufferings of an English hermit named Philip Quarll. Source:…Brewer's: Tom, Dick, and Harry
A set of nobodies; persons of no note; persons unworthy notice. Jones, Brown, and Robinson are far other men: they are the vulgar rich, especially abroad, who give themselves airs, and…Brewer's: Stockwell Ghost
A supposed ghost that haunted the village of Stockwell, near London, in 1772. The real author of the strange noises was Anne Robinson, a servant. (See Cock Lane Ghost.) Source:…Brewer's: White Friars
The Carmelites. So called because they dressed in white. Whitefriars, London. So called from a monastery of White Friars which formerly stood in Water…1999–2000 NFL Single Game Highs for Receiving Yards
AFC Ct Yds TD Qadry Ismail, Bal. vs. Pit. (12/12) 6 258 3 Jimmy Smith, Jax. vs. NO (11/21) 9 220 1 Terry Glenn, NE vs. Cle. (10/3) 13 214 1 Marvin…Trending
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