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The folk etymology of Peaky Blinder is that the gang members would stitch disposable razor blades into the peaks of their flat caps, which could then be used as weapons. However, as the Gillette company introduced the first replaceable safety razor system in 1903, in the United States, and the first factory manufacturing them in Great Britain ...
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
Frieda Pesky, a character from the TV series The Buzz on Maggie; Frida Suarez, a character from the television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera; Frida Villarreal, character in the telenovela Entre el amor y el odio; Frieda, a character from the children's film, Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Origin language and etymology Example(s) dacry(o)-of or pertaining to tears: Greek δάκρυ, tear dacryoadenitis, dacryocystitis-dactyl(o)-of or pertaining to a finger, toe Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos), finger, toe dactylology, polydactyly: de-from, down, or away from Latin de-dehydrate, demonetize, demotion dent-of or pertaining to teeth
Johnny Pesky's number 6 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2008. Pesky (right) and Bobby Doerr (left) at Fenway's 100th Anniversary. On his 87th birthday, September 27, 2006, the Red Sox honored Pesky by officially naming the right-field foul pole "Pesky's Pole", although it had already been unofficially known as such. On September 23, 2008 ...
The bottom portion of Pesky's Pole, with the Green Monster in the background and Fenway Park's right field seats in the foreground Pesky's Pole during a night game in 2007 Pesky's Pole is the name for the pole on the right field foul line, which stands 302 feet (92 m) from home plate, [ 70 ] the shortest outfield distance (left or right field ...
Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the study of the origin and evolution of words, including their constituent units of sound and meaning, across time. [2] In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics , etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. [ 1 ]
It was the most popular English dictionary of the eighteenth century until the publication of Samuel Johnson's massive dictionary in 1755. As an indicator of its popularity, the dictionary reached its 20th edition in 1763 [1] and its 27th edition in 1794. [2] Its last edition (30th) was in 1802. It was a little over 900 pages long.