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Brewer's: Stimulants of Great Men
BONAPARTE took snuff when he wished to stimulate his intellect, or when he was greatly annoyed. BRAHAM (the singer) drank bottled porter. The REV, WILLIAM BULL, the Nonconformist, was an…Brewer's: Stinkomalee'
So Theodore Hook called University College, London. the fun of the sobriquet is this: the buildings stand on the site of a large rubbish store or sort of refuse field, into which were cast…Brewer's: Stipulate
(3 syl.). The word is generally given from the Latin stipula (a straw), and it is said that a straw was given to the purchaser in sign of a real delivery. Isidore (v. 24) asserts that the…Brewer's: Stir Up Sunday
The last Sunday in Trinity. So called from the first two words of the collect. It announces to schoolboys the near approach of the Christmas holidays. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Words of Six or More Letters
Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Agave, MAGUEYAlkaloid: Crystalline, ESERIN, ESERINEAlligator, CAYMANAmphibole, EDENITE, URALITEAnt: White, TERMITEAntelope: African, DIKDIK, DUIKER,…Brewer's: Stirrup Cup
A “parting cup,” given in the Highlands to guests on leaving when their feet are in the stirrups. In the north of the Highlands called “cup at the door.” (See Coffee.) Lord Marmion's…Brewer's: Stirrup-Oil
A beating; a variety of “strap oil” (q.v.). The French De l'huile de cotret (faggot or stick oil). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StiverStirrup Cup A B C…Brewer's: Stirrup
(A). A rope to climb by. (Anglo-Saxon,. sti'g-ra'p, a climbing rope. The verb sti'g-an is to climb, to mount.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stirrup…Brewer's: Stiver
Not a stiver. Not a penny. The stiver was a Dutch coin, equal to about a penny. (Dutch, stuiver.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StockStirrup-Oil A B C D…Brewer's: Stock Exchange Slang
See each article: Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stock, Lock, and BarrelStock 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…Trending
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