< Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

THE
DICTIONARY
OF
PHRASE AND FABLE.


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Chapters (not listed in original)
  • O.
  • O.
  • O'
  • O'
  • O.H.M.S
  • O.K.
  • O. P. Riot
  • O tempora! O mors!
  • O Yes! O Yes! O Yes!
  • Oaf
  • Oak
  • Oak and Ash
  • Oak-tree
  • Oaks
  • Oaks Famous in Story
  • Oakum
  • Oannes
  • Oar
  • Oars
  • Oasis
  • Oath
  • Oaths
  • Oats
  • Ob. and Sol
  • Obadiah
  • Obambou
  • Obelisk
  • Obelus
  • Obermann
  • Oberon
  • Oberthal
  • Obidah
  • Obidicut
  • Oblism
  • Obiter dictum
  • Object
  • Obolus
  • Obsequies
  • Obstacle Race
  • Obstinate
  • Obverse
  • Oby
  • Occam
  • Occam's Razor
  • Occasion
  • Occult Sciences
  • Oceana
  • Ochiltree
  • Octavian
  • Octavo
  • Ocypus
  • Od
  • Odd Numbers
  • Odd and Even
  • Odd's or Ods
  • Odds
  • Ode
  • Odhærir
  • Odin
  • Odium Theologicum
  • ODoherty
  • Odor Lucri
  • Odorico
  • Odour
  • Odour of Sanctity
  • Odrysium Carmen
  • Odur
  • Odyle
  • Odyssey
  • Œdipus
  • Œil
  • Œil de Bœuf
  • Off
  • Off-hand
  • Off his Head
  • Off the Hooks
  • Off with his Head! So much for Buckingham!
  • Offa's Dyke
  • Og
  • Og
  • Oghams
  • Oghris
  • Ogier the Dane
  • Ogleby
  • Ogres
  • OGroat
  • Ogygian Deluge
  • Oi Polloi
  • Oignement de Bretaigne
  • Oignons dEgypte
  • Oil
  • Oil of Palms
  • Oil on Troubled Waters
  • Oil the Knocker
  • Ointment
  • Olaf or Olave
  • Old Bags
  • Old Blade
  • Old Bonâ Fide
  • Old Boots
  • Old Dominion
  • Old England
  • Old Faith Men
  • Old Fogs
  • Old Fox
  • Old Gentleman
  • Old Glory
  • Old Gooseberry
  • Old Grog
  • Old Hands
  • Old Harry
  • Old Humphrey
  • Old Mortality
  • Old News
  • Old Noll
  • Old Noll's Fiddler
  • Old Port School
  • Old Reeky
  • Old Rowley
  • Old Salt
  • Old Scratch
  • Old Song
  • Old Style—New Style
  • Old Tom
  • Old Women
  • Old World
  • Old as Adam
  • Old as Methuselah
  • Old as the Hills
  • Old Age Restored to Youth
  • Old Dogs will not Learn New Tricks
  • Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
  • Old Man Eloquent
  • Old Man of the Moon
  • Old Man of the Mountain
  • Old Man of the Sea
  • Oldbuck
  • Oldcastle
  • Oldenburg Horn
  • Oldest Nation
  • Oleum Adde Camino
  • Olibrius
  • Olifaunt
  • Oligarchy
  • Olindo
  • Olio or Oglio
  • Olive
  • Olive Branches
  • Oliver
  • Oliver or Olivier
  • Olivetans
  • Olivia
  • Olla Podrida
  • Ollapod
  • Olympia
  • Olympiad
  • Olympian Jove
  • Olympic Games
  • Olympus
  • OLynn
  • Om
  • Oman's Sea
  • Ombre
  • Omega
  • Omens
  • Omeyinger Saga
  • Omnibus
  • Omnium
  • Omnium Gatherum
  • Omorca
  • Omphale
  • On dit
  • On the Loose
  • On the Shelf
  • One-horse System
  • One-horse Universities
  • One Step from the Sublime to the Ridiculous
  • One too Many for Him
  • One Touch of Nature Makes the whole World Kin
  • Onion Pennies
  • Only
  • Onslow
  • Onus
  • Onus Probandi
  • Onyx
  • Opal
  • Opal of Alphonso XII.
  • Open Air Mission
  • Open Question
  • Open Secret
  • Open, Sesamë
  • Open the Ball
  • Ophelia
  • Opinicus
  • Opium-eater
  • Oppidan of Eton
  • Optimë
  • Optimism
  • Opus Majus
  • Opus Operantis
  • Opus Operatum
  • Or Ever
  • Oracle
  • Oracle
  • Oracle
  • Oracle of the Church
  • Oracle of the Holy Bottle, Bacbuc
  • Oracle of Sieve and Shears
  • Oracles
  • Orange Lilies
  • Orange Lodges
  • Orange Peel
  • Orange-tawny
  • Orange Blossoms Worn at Weddings
  • Orangeman
  • Orania
  • Orator Henley
  • Orbilian Stick
  • Orc
  • Orca
  • Orchard
  • Orcus
  • Ordeal
  • Ordeal
  • Order!
  • Order of the Cockle
  • Order of the Day
  • Orders
  • Orders of Architecture
  • Ordigale
  • Ordinary
  • Ordinary
  • Oread
  • Oreilles
  • Orelio
  • Orellana
  • Orfeo and Heurodis
  • Orgies
  • Orgoglio
  • Orgon
  • Oriana
  • Oriande
  • Oriel
  • Orientation
  • Oriflamme
  • Origenists
  • Original Sin
  • Orilo or Orillo
  • Orinda
  • Orion
  • Orkborne
  • Orkneys
  • Orlando
  • Orlando Furioso
  • Orlando Innamorato
  • Orleans
  • Ormandine
  • Ormulum
  • Ormusd or Ormuzd
  • Oromasdes
  • Oroöndats
  • Orosius
  • Orotalt
  • Orpheus
  • Orpheus of Highwaymen
  • Orrery
  • Orsin
  • Orsini
  • Orson
  • Orthodox Sunday
  • Orts
  • Ortus
  • Ortwine
  • Orvietan
  • Os Sacrum
  • Osbaldistone
  • Oseway
  • Osiris
  • Osmand
  • Osnaburg
  • Osprey or Ospray
  • Ossa
  • Osseo
  • Ossian
  • Ostend Manifesto
  • Oster-Monath
  • Ostler
  • Ostracism
  • Ostrich
  • Ostrich Brains
  • Ostrich Eggs in Churches
  • Ostrich Stomachs
  • Ostringers, Sperviters, Falconers
  • Oswald's Well
  • Othello
  • Othello's Occupation's Gone
  • Other Day
  • Othman, Osman, or Othoman
  • Otium cum Dig.
  • Otos
  • OTrigger
  • Oui
  • Out
  • Out-Herod Herod
  • Out and Out
  • Out in the Fifteen
  • Out in the Forty-five
  • Out of Harness
  • Out of Pocket
  • Out of Sorts
  • Out of the Wood
  • Outis
  • Outrigger
  • Outrun the Constable
  • Outworks
  • Ouzel
  • Ovation
  • Over
  • Over
  • Over and Over Again
  • Over Edom will I cast my Shoe
  • Over the Left
  • Overdo
  • Overreach
  • Overture
  • Overy
  • Ovid
  • Owain
  • Owen Meredith
  • Owl
  • Owl
  • Owl-light
  • Owl in an Ivy Bush
  • Owl was a Baker's Daughter
  • Owlery
  • Owlglass
  • Ox
  • Ox-eye
  • Ox of the Deluge
  • Oxford
  • Oxford Blues
  • Oxford Boat Crew
  • Oxford Movement
  • Oxford Stroke
  • Oxgang
  • Oyer and Terminer
  • Oyster
  • Oyster
  • Oyster Part
  • Oyster and Huitre
  • Oysters
  • Oz.


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