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Brewer's: Make the Ice
(To). To near the whale-fishing ground. To make for the ice is to steer in that direction. “About the end of April we neared the fishing ground, or, to be more technical, `made the ice.” C…Brewer's: Make-weight
A bit [of meat, cheese, bread, or other article] thrown into the scale to make the weight correct. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MakeshiftMake-wage A B C…Hispanic Population and the 2010 U.S. Census
What information did the 2010 U.S. Census provide about the Hispanic population? by Jennie Wood According to the 2010 U.S. Census, of the 308.7 million people who lived in the U.S. on April 1…Brewer's: Soldats
(Des). Money Shakespeare, in The Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. 2, has “Money is a good soldier, sir, and will on.” Doubtless the French use of the word is derived from the proverbial truth…Brewer's: Wag Beards
(To). “'Tis merry in hall when beards wag all” —i.e. when feasting goes on. Then was the minstrel's harp with rapture heard; The…Haggai: 1
Haggai Chapter 1 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son…State of the Union Address: Calvin Coolidge (December 4, 1928)
Calvin Coolidge (December 4, 1928) To the Congress of the United States: No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect…Brewer's: Hangmen
and Executioners. (1) BULL is the earliest hangman whose name survives (about 1593). (2) JOCK SUTHERLAND. (3) DERRICK, who cut off the head of Essex in 1601. (4) GREGORY. Father and son,…Old Age, Disability, and Survivors Insurance
Nine out of ten workers in the U.S. are in employment or self-employment covered by the retirement, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance programs. The major groups not covered are:A…Tobit: 2
Tobit Chapter 2 1 Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks,…Trending
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