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Brewer's: Counsel
Keep your own counsel. Don't talk about what you intend to do. Keep your plans to yourself. “Now, mind what I tell you, and keep your own counsel.” —Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap.…Brewer's: Dead Hand
(A). A first-rate. One that would dead-beat. (See Mortmain.) “First-rate work it was too; he was always a dead hand at splitting.” —Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, xv. Source:…Brewer's: Water-hole
The big water-hole. The bed of the sea; the ocean. “We've got to the big water-hole at last ... Tis a long way across.” —Boldrewood: Robbery under…Brewer's: Millwood
(Sarah). The courtesan who enticed George Barnwell to robbery and murder. (See Barnwell.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MiloMillstones of Montisci A B C…Brewer's: Month of Sundays
(A). An indefinite long time; never. (See Never.) “Such another chance might never turn up in a month of Sundays.” —Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. xl. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Gamaliel.
In the Talmud is rather a good story about this pundit. Caesar asked Gamaliel how it was that God robbe'd Adam in order to make Eve. Gamaliel's daughter instantly replied, the robbery was…Brewer's: Launched into Eternity
Hanged. “He ate several oranges on his passage, inquired if his lordship was ready, and then, as old Rowe used to say, `was launched into eternity.'” —Gilly Williams to Lord Harrington. (…Brewer's: Hectors
Street bullies and brawlers who delighted in being as rude as possible, especially to women. Robbery was not their object, but simply to get talked about. (See Hawkubites.) Source:…Brewer's: Government Men
Convicts. “[He] had always been a hard-working man ... good at most things, and, like a lot more of the Government men, as the convicts were called, ... had saved some money.” —Boldrewood…Chauncey Judd
by Israel P. Warren Published in 1874 Reprinted from the original by The Perry Press Naugatuck, Conn. 1906 Contents Preface Special Notice Returning From Mill The Tories…Trending
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