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Lobby card for the 1930 movie – The Big House big house. Main article: Prison. Prison [30] big one Death [31] big shot Someone of importance and influence; Big boss; see big cheese [32] big six From auto advertising, for the new and powerful six cylinder engines inferring a Strong man e.g. Go send our big six to collect the money [30] big ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
The Halligan can be used to knock down a wall in a house to get to another area. [13] The point can be used to break glass on a car or building for access or ventilation. [14] It can also be driven into a roof to provide a foothold for firefighters engaged in vertical ventilation. The fork end is routinely used to shut off gas meter valves.
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Immurement (from Latin im- 'in' and murus 'wall'; lit. ' walling in '), also called immuration or live entombment, is a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which someone is placed within an enclosed space without exits. [1] This includes instances where people have been enclosed in extremely tight confinement, such as within a coffin.
A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut". [4] Bracket (see also corbel) A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer
At Home: A Short History of Private Life is a history of domestic life written by Bill Bryson.It was published in May 2010. The book covers topics of the commerce, architecture, technology and geography that have shaped homes into what they are today, told through a series of "tours" through Bryson's Norfolk rectory that quickly digress into the history of each particular room.
Awful End (published in the US as A House Called Awful End) a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by Dreadful Acts. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award. [1] The German translation by Harry Rowohlt won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis ...