Links

Old English Dictionary

Old English Slang

Vulgar Tongue

English Proverbs

Quotations by Source

Quotations By Index

Australian Words

Austral English

Flash Language

Sailor's Word Book

Digger Dialects

Scots Language

Cynic's Word Book

English-Greek


English Dictionaries

Asian Languages

European Languages

Other Languages

Computing Dictionaries

Financial Dictionaries

  		 
logo

Dictionary of Quotations

Indexed by Keyword

 

Auto-complete Whole word in term Whole word in term or definition    Help

Terms 1 to 10 of 757    next »
Jack . All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. {Proverb.}
Jack . If Jack were better, Jill would not be so bad. {Proverb.}
Jack . Jack at a pinch. {Proverb.}
Jack . Jack is as good as Jill. {Proverb.}
Jack . Jack of all trades and master of none. {Proverb.}
Jack . Jack shall pipe and Jill shall dance. {G.}
Jack . Jack will never be a gentleman. {Proverb.}
Jack . Jack's as good as his master. {Proverb.}
Jack . Jack-o'-both sides is, before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties. {Proverb.}
Jack . There is a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, to keep watch for the life of poor Jack. {Dibdin.}
 
Old English 'word lottery' pick

Smothered mate : Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.
 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev.James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
wirdz™ Dictionary engine © JHC Technology Limited 2006-2021


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z