- skip - Brewer’s

Alibi Clock (An)

,

1887. A clock which strikes one hour, while the hands point to a different time, the real time being neither one nor the other.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

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

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Alfonso
Alfonso XI.
Alfred’s Scholars
Algarsife
Algebra
Algrind
Alhambra
Ali
Alias
Alibi (elsewhere)
Alibi Clock (An)
Aliboron
Alice
Alice Brand
Alichino (wing-drooped)
Alick and Sandie
Alicon
Alien Priory (An)
Alifanfaron
Al ilat
Aliprando (in Jerusalem Delivered)