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Brewer's: Loggerheads

Fall to loggerheads; to squabbling and fisticuffs. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LoggetLogan A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

Brewer's: Logget

A sweetmeat, a toffy cut into small manchets, a little log of toffy. Common enough in Norfolk. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LogistillaLoggerheads A B C…

Brewer's: Logan

or Rocking Stones, for which Corn wall is famous. Pliny tells us of a rock near Harpasa which might be moved with a finger. Ptolemy says the Gygonian rock might be stirred with a stalk of…

Brewer's: We Three

Did you never see the picture of “We Three” ? asks Sir Andrew Aguecheek- not meaning himself, Sir Toby Belch, and the clown, but referring to a public-…

Brewer's: Divide and Govern

Divide a nation into parties, or set your enemies at loggerheads, and you can have your own way. A maxim of Machiavelli, a noted political writer of Florence (1469-1527). “Every city or…

Brewer's: Michon

according to Cotgrave, is a “block, dunce, dolt, jobbernol, dullard, loggerhead.” Probably michon, Mike (an ass), mikel, and cousin Michel, are all from the Italian miccio, an ass. (See…

Where in the World Is Diego Garcia?

A strategic U.K. and U.S. airbase with a dark history by Borgna Brunner British Indian Ocean Territory, a dependency of the United Kingdom, includes Diego Garcia. Related Links Iraq…

Movies and Film: Two Chinas, Two Cinemas

Two Chinas, Two CinemasMovies and FilmAsian Film HistoryTwo Chinas, Two CinemasHong Kong: Cantonese, Kung-Fu, and a New WaveBenching the Benshi: Japan's Illustrious CenturyThe Master: The Art of…