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Brewer's: Blue Ruin
Gin. Called blue from its tint, and ruin from its effects. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue SquadronBlue Ribbon A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Blue Squadron
(The). One of the three divisions of the British Fleet in the seventeenth century. (See Admiral Of The Blue.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue…Brewer's: Blue Stocking
A female pedant. In 1400 a society of ladies and gentlemen was formed at Venice, distinguished by the colour of their stockings, and called della calza. It lasted till 1590, when it…Brewer's: Blue Talk
Indecent conversation, from the French, Bibliothèque Bleu. (Harlots are called “Blues” from the blue gown they were once compelled to wear in the House of Correction.) Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Blue Wonder
(A). The German Blaues Wunder, which means “a queer story,” as Du sollst dein blaues wunder schen, You will be filled with amazement (at the queer story I have to relate). A “blue wonder”…Brewer's: Blue and Yellow
(The). The Edinburgh Review; so called from its yellow and blue cover. The back is yellow, the rest of the cover is blue. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Prooshan Blue
(My). A term of great endearment. After the battle of Waterloo the Prussians were immensely popular in England, and in connection with the Loyal True Blue Club gave rise to the toasts, “…Brewer's: Prussian Blue
So called because it was discovered by a Prussian, viz. Diesbach, a colourman of Berlin, in 1710. It is sometimes called Berlin blue. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Travels in the Blue
A brown study; in cloudland. “Finding him gone for `travels in the blue,' I respected his mood, and did not resent his long mutism.” —Remington Annual, 1880, p. 61. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: True Blue
- that is, “Coventry blue,” noted for its fast dye. An epithet applied to a person of inflexible honesty and fidelity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894True-…Trending
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