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Wide-awake

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Felt hats are so called by a pun, because they never have a nap at any time; they are always wide awake.

 

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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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Whitworth Gun
Whole Duty of Man
Whole Gale (A)
Whom the Gods Love Die Young [Herodotos]
Wick, Wicked
Wicked Bible
Wicked Prayer Book (The)
Wicked Weed (The)
Wicket-gate
Wicliffe (John)
Wide-awake
Widenostrils
Widow
Widow (in Hudibras)
Widow Bird
Widow’s Cap
Widow’s Piano
Widow’s Port
Wieland
Wife
Wig