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Brewer's: Macaroni
A coxcomb (Italian, un macceherone). The word is derived from the Macaroni Club, instituted by a set of flashy men who had travelled in Italy, and introduced Italian maccheroni at Almack's…Brewer's: Macare
(French). The impersonation of good temper, in Voltaire's allegory of Thelème and Macare. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MacaroniMacamut A B C D E F…Brewer's: Macaronic Latin
Dog Latin, or modern words with Latin endings. The law pleadings of G. Steevens, as Daniel v. Dishclout and Bullum v. Boatum, are excellent examples. (See Dog Latin.) Maearonic Latin is a…Brewer's: Yankee
A corruption of “English.” The word got into general use thus: In 1713 one Jonathan Hastings, a farmer at Cambridge, in New York, used the word as a puffing epithet, meaning genuine,…Vincent DeDomenico Biography
food inventorDied: Oct. 18, 2007 (Napa, California) Best Known as: inventor of Rice-A-Roni Inventor of Rice-A-Roni, one of the classic kitchen helpers of…First Pets Slideshow
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(Jean). The Jack Pudding of the French stage; very like the German “Hanswurst,” the Dutch “Pickel herringe,” and the Italian “Macaroni.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Mantel-piece
(A). A shelf over a fire-place, originally used for drying clothes. “Around the spacious cupola, over the Italian fire-places, is a ledge to which are affixed pegs, on which postillions…Brewer's: Jack Pudding
A buffoon who performs pudding tricks, such as swallowing a certain number of yards of black-pudding. S. Bishop observes that each country names its stage buffon from its favourite viands…Trending
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