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Baconian Theory

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The theory that Lord Bacon wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare.

 

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

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Backgammon
Background
Back-hander
Back-speer (To)
Back-stair Influence
Backwardation (Stockbrokers term)
Backward Blessing (Muttering a)
Backwater
Bacon
Baconian Philosophy
Baconian Theory
Bactrian Sage
Bad
Bad Blood
Bad Books
Bad Debts
Bad Form
Bad Lot (A)
Bad Shot (A)
Badaud
Badge of Poverty