dead men's shoes

  • 21shoe — noun 1》 a covering for the foot having a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle.     ↘a horseshoe. 2》 a drag for a wheel. 3》 a socket on a camera for fitting a flash unit. 4》 a metal rim or ferrule, especially on the runner of a sledge. 5》… …

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  • 22Mary Elizabeth Braddon — British novelist (1835–1915) Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley s Secret. Contents 1 Life …

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  • 23Dear Lydia — Infobox Single Name = Dear Lydia Artist = Reverend and The Makers from Album = The State Of Things Released = 2007 Format = CD Recorded = 2006 Sheffield UK Genre = Indie, Funk, Electro Length = 2:37 Label = Wall of Sound | Wall of Sound (record… …

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  • 24John Lymington — Infobox Writer name = John Richard Newton Chance imagesize = 110px pseudonym = John Lymington, John Drummond, David C. Newton, Jonathan Chance birthdate = 1911 birthplace = Streatham Hill, London deathdate = August 3, death year and age|1983|1911 …

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  • 25General Board of the United States Navy — The General Board of the U.S. Navy in November, 1947. From left to right: Colonel Randolph M. Pate; Admiral Walter F. Boone; Admiral Charles H. McMorris; Admiral John H. Towers; Rear Admiral Charles B. Momsen; Captain Leon J. Huffman; Commander J …

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  • 26ill — see it’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest ill gotten goods never thrive he that has an ill name is half hanged it’s ill waiting for dead men’s shoes ill weeds grow apace it’s an ill wind that blows nobody a …

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  • 27Braddon, Mary Elizabeth — ▪ British writer married name  Mary Elizabeth Maxwell  born October 4, 1837, London, England died February 4, 1915, Richmond, Surrey       English novelist whose Lady Audley s Secret (1862) was the most successful of the sensation novels of the… …

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  • 28Erben — 1. Erben ist leicht erwerben. 2. Erben macht keine Blattern. – Kirchhofer, 240. 3. Es erbet wol einer dess andern Geld, aber nicht sein Glück. – Petri, II, 244. 4. Es erbt das Erbe allweg vor sich auf den Nächsten. – Graf, 193, 57; Ortloff,… …

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  • 29shoe — see if the shoe fits, wear it it’s ill waiting for dead men’s shoes for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost …

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  • 30wait — see all things come to those who wait time and tide wait for no man it’s ill waiting for dead men’s shoes …

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