Gewgaws
11Västerlånggatan — ( sv. The Western Long Street) is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward between the squares Mynttorget and Järntorget, it follows the course of the city s now demolished 13th century defensive wall.The… …
12Sleuth (2007 film) — Infobox Film name = Sleuth caption = Promotional film poster director = Kenneth Branagh producer = Kenneth Branagh Simon Halfon Jude Law Simon Moseley Marion Pilowsky Tom Sternberg Ben Jackson co producer writer = Harold Pinter (screenwriter)… …
13Thomas Quinlan (impresario) — Thomas Quinlan, (born 10 March 1881, Bury died 20 November 1951, Holborn) was a musical impresario, best known for founding the Quinlan Opera Company. Early life and career Thomas Quinlan was the son of Dennis Quinlan, a Railway Clerk, and Ellen… …
14Mose Allison — bei einem Konzert in Los Gatos John Mose Allison Jr. (* 11. November 1927 im Tallahatchie County, Mississippi) ist ein US amerikanischer Jazz Pianist und Sänger. Er fing während seiner Schulzeit an Piano zu spielen und spielte Trompete, während …
15Mose Allison — en concert à Los Gatos en Californie. Mose Allison (John Mose Allison. Jr.) est un pianiste américain (accessoirement trompettiste, il chante aussi fréquemment), né à Tippo, Mississippi, le 1er novembre 1927 …
16bric-a-brac — /brik euh brak /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) miscellaneous small articles collected for their antiquarian, sentimental, decorative, or other interest. Also, bric à brac. [1830 40; < F, MF: lit., at random, without rhyme or reason;… …
17frippery — /frip euh ree/, n., pl. fripperies. 1. finery in dress, esp. when showy, gaudy, or the like. 2. empty display; ostentation. 3. gewgaws; trifles. [1560 70; < F friperie, OF freperie, equiv. to frepe rag + erie ERY] * * * …
18Booker T. Washington: The Road to African American Progress (1895) — ▪ Primary Source On September 18, 1895, African American Booker T. Washington delivered a speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, that made him a national figure. He was introduced by former Georgia… …
19gewgawed — adjective /ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/ Covered in or decorated with gewgaws. , 1972: The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross timber or falcons perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer,… …
20fritter away — verb To squander or waste. “There is little need,” said the monk, with a meaning look, “to fritter away the time in gewgaws.” …
