Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... ( John Wesley , Works , 1755 ) 22. Jim Crow See 300. RACISM . 23. John Hancock A person's signature or autograph , especially on legal docu- ments ; also John Henry . The allusion is to John Hancock's bold , legible signa- ture , the ...
... ( John Wesley , Works , 1755 ) 22. Jim Crow See 300. RACISM . 23. John Hancock A person's signature or autograph , especially on legal docu- ments ; also John Henry . The allusion is to John Hancock's bold , legible signa- ture , the ...
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... John , and since Jack is the familiar form of John , the phrase was corrupted once again giv- ing rise to the current form every man Jack . Thackeray used the phrase in Van- ity Fair . Sir Pitt had numbered every " Man Jack " of them ...
... John , and since Jack is the familiar form of John , the phrase was corrupted once again giv- ing rise to the current form every man Jack . Thackeray used the phrase in Van- ity Fair . Sir Pitt had numbered every " Man Jack " of them ...
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... John Ehrlich- man , former White House adviser , was made public during the course of the Watergate investigations . Ehrlichman is reputed to have told John Dean that L. Patrick Gray , who at that time was undergoing confirmation ...
... John Ehrlich- man , former White House adviser , was made public during the course of the Watergate investigations . Ehrlichman is reputed to have told John Dean that L. Patrick Gray , who at that time was undergoing confirmation ...
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Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
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Términos y frases comunes
19th century allusion American expression American slang expression another's Anthony Trollope applied ball became blue Briticism British expression called Charles Dickens coined colloquial common commonly connotation contexts dead describe drink early 19th century England English especially expres expression alludes expression dates expression is derived expression refers figurative sense Frederick Marryat French frequently give hand hang head heard today hence horse implies indicate John John Heywood Jonathan Swift King least literal Lord meaning ment ness night nose obsolete one's oneself onym origin P. G. Wodehouse person phrase plausible play player political popular practice pression probably proverb related term Samuel Butler Shakespeare sion Sir Walter Scott situation slang term someone someone's thing Thomas tion tive Tyburn usage usually variant verb Webster's Third William word World War II