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Brewer's: Man ... Monkey
The Bodouins affirm that the monkeys of Mount Kara were once human beings, thus transformed for disobedience to their prophet. The Arabs have a similar tradition, that the monkey (Nasnâs)…Rey, H. A.
(Encyclopedia) Rey, H. A., 1898–1977, German-American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Hamburg as Hans Augusto Reyersbach. He and his wife, Margret Rey, 1906–1996, b. Hamburg as…macaque
(Encyclopedia) macaquemacaqueməkäkˈ [key], name for Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca, related to mangabeys, mandrills, and baboons. All but one of the 19 species are found in Asia from…Marx Brothers
(Encyclopedia) Marx Brothers, team of American movie comedians. The members were Julius (1890?–1977), known as Groucho; Arthur (1888?–1964), originally Adolph and known as Harpo; Leonard (1887?–1961…Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of
(Encyclopedia) Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier, b. Ditchley, Oxfordshire. Most notorious and dissolute of the Restoration rakes, he lost the favor of Charles II…Brewer's: Monkey
(A). 500. (See Marygold.) Monkey = the Devil; an imp of mischief. Hence, a meddlesome child is spoken to as “you little monkey;” and is called “a regular imp,” or “imp of mischief.” The…Brewer's: Man-jack
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Man-Mountain
or Quinbus Flestrin. So Gulliver was called Lilliput. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ProposesMan ... Monkey A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…guenon
(Encyclopedia) guenon: see monkey.guereza
(Encyclopedia) guereza: see monkey.Trending
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