Search
Search results
Displaying 41 - 50
Patty Schemel Biography
musicianBorn: April 24, 1967Birthplace: Marysville, Washington At age 11, Patty Schemel learned how to play the drums. By age 15, she had formed her first band,…1997 Drama Desk Awards
The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 18, 1997.Outstanding PlayHow I Learned to DriveOutstanding MusicalThe LifeOutstanding Musical…Selected Essays in Black History: Hot-Foot Hannibal
The Case of the Negro A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South Hot-Foot Hannibal by Charles W. Chesnutt "I hate and despise you! I wish never to see you or speak to you again!" "…Pattypans
Pattypans"What's the matter, Daisy?" "The boys won't let me play with them." "Why not?" "They say girls can't play football." "They can, for I've done it!" and Mrs. Bhaer laughed at the…Brewer's: Black Douglas
William Douglas, Lord of Nithsdale. Died 1390. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black FlagBlack Doll A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Black Dog
A fiend still dreaded in many country places. (See Dog.) Black Dog. Base silver coin in the reign of Anne. Made of pewter double washed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Flanders' Babies
The wooden jointed dolls common in the early part of the nineteenth century, and now almost entirely superseded by “wax dolls.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Dole-fish
The share of fish allotted to each one of a company of fishermen in a catch. Dole = the part dealt to anyone. (Anglo-Saxon, dál or dæl, from the verb dael-an, to divide into parta.)…Brewer's: Dolly Shop
A shop where rags and refuse are bought and sold. So called from the black doll suspended over it as a sign. Dolly shops are, in reality, no better than unlicensed pawnshops. A black doll…Brewer's: Bartholomew Fair
Held in West Smithfield (1133–1855) on St. Bartholomew's Day. A Bartholomew doll. A tawdry, overdressed woman; like a flashy, bespangled doll offered for sale at Bartholomew Fair.…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
