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Brewer's: King of the Beggars
or Gipsies. Bamfylde Moore Carew, a noted English vagabond (1693-1770). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the ForestKing of the Bean A B C D E F…Brewer's: King Cash
what the Americans call the “Almighty Dollar.” Now birth and rank and breeding Hardly saved from utter smash, Have been ousted, rather roughly, By the onslaught of King Cash. Truth (…Brewer's: King Cole
(See Cole.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King CottonKing Cash A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: King Cotton
Cotton, the staple of the Southern States of America, and the chief article of manufacture in England. The expression was first used by James H. Hammond in the Senate of the United States…Brewer's: King of Dalkey
A burlesque officer, like the Mayor of Garratt, the Mayor of the Pig Market, and the Mayor of the Bull-ring (q.v.). Dalkey is a small island in St. George's Channel, near the coast of…Brewer's: King Estmere
(2 syl.) of England was induced by his brother Adler to go to King Adland, and request permission to pay suit to his daughter. King Adland replied that Bremor, King of Spain, had already…Brewer's: King of the Forest
The oak, which not only braves the storm, but fosters the growth of tender parasites under its arms. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the…Brewer's: King Franconi
Joachim Murat; so called because he was once a mountebank like Franconi. (1767-1815.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King HornKing Estmere A B C D E F…Brewer's: King of the Herrings
(The). The Chimæra, or sea-ape, a cartilaginous fish which accompanies a shoal of herrings in their migrations. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the…Brewer's: King Horn
or Childe Horn. The hero of a metrical romance by Mestre Thomas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King LogKing Franconi A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Trending
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