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Brewer's: Mother of Believers
Ay-e'-shah, the second and favourite wife of Mahomet; so called because Mahomet being the “Father of Believers,” his wife of wives was Mother of Believers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Mother of Books
Alexandria was so called from its library, which was the largest ever collected before the invention of printing. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of…Brewer's: Mother Bunch
(1) Mother Bunch whose fairy tales are notorious. These tales are in Pasquil's Jests, with the Merriments of Mother Bunch. (1653.) (2) The other Mother Bunch is called Mother Bunch's…Brewer's: Mother of Cities
[Amu-al-Bulud]. Balkh is so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of PearlMother of Books A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…Brewer's: Mother Country
One's native country, but the term applies specially to England, in relation to America and the Colonies. The inhabitants of North America, Australia, etc., are for the most part…Brewer's: Mother Douglas
A noted procuress, introduced in The Minor by Foote. She also figures in Hogarth's March to Finchley. Mother Douglas resided at the north-east corner of Covent Garden; her house was…Brewer's: Mother Earth
When Junius Brutus (after the death of Lucretia) formed one of the deputation to Delphi to ask the Oracle which of the three would succeed Tarquin, the response was, “He who should first…Brewer's: Mother Goose
A name associated with nursery rhymes. She was born in Boston, and her eldest daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Fleet, the printer. Mrs. Goose used to sing the rhymes to her grandson, and…Brewer's: Mother of the Gracchi
A hard, strong-minded, rigid woman, without one soft point or effeminate weakness. Always in the right, and maintaining her right with the fortitude of a martyr. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Mother Hubbard
The old lady whose whole time seems to have been devoted to her dog, who always kept her on the trot, and always made game of her. Her temper was proof against this wilfulness on the part…Trending
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