the workers suggested that U.S. actually stood for Uncle Sam. This epithet rapidly became a synonym for the United States, its usage being reinforced as a wartime rebuttal to Great Britain’s trademark of John Bull. In 1868, Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist forHarper’s Weekly, depicted...
The Ebenezer stone, and the place it stood which was also named Ebenezer, is for Christians a symbol of God's help, eternal presence and faithfulness, and also a symbol of a new beginning. For some Christians, and 'ebenezer' can be anything (a cross, a hymn, the Bible) which reminds ...
C. visitors to Britain are very grateful to the policemen for their great help D. the British policemen tell the visitors about the views of their country (3) “If you want to know the time ask a policeman.”This means ___. [ ] A. the British policemen like to tell the time...
Step aside, Molly — Polly is coming along as the next great nickname for Mary. The myriad of pop culture associations — from Pollyanna to Orange is the New Black— work in your favor here, as the name isn’t overly tied to a single reference. Polly is rising in Great Britain but wa...
I think that a great name for this black flying steel bird would be “SR-71” after Lockheed’s famous “Blackbird” supersonicstealthy spy plane. Additionally, “Lockheed” might be a good aviation name for Corviknight. According to Sw&Sh leaks, Corviknight is supposed to be the “fly...
Oyster State(from the Chesapeake oyster, once considered a great pride for the state) Maryland Slogans Seize the Day Off (formerlyAmerica in Miniature ) formerlyMore Than You Can Imagine ) Capitol Annapolis Maryland Postal Code MD Maryland Resident's Name ...
The Great Deceiver The Old One The Peacock of Angels The Prince of Darkness Are there any good names of the devil we haven’t mentioned? A word for the devil in your country, language, culture, or religion that’s not on this list, kindly share them with us in the comments section be...
“bobby”.The first name comes from the verb“cop”meaning“to take”or“capture”, and the second comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, a 19th century politician, who was the founder of the police force.An early nickname for the policeman was“peeler”, but this name had died...
The first written record of the name "Oregon" comes to us from a 1765 proposal for a journey written by Major Robert Rogers, an English army officer. It reads, "The rout... is from the Great Lakes towards the Head of the Mississippi, and from thence to the River called by the Indian...
U.S. and I would guess probably Canada, too, for boys’ names, especially newly popular boys’ names, is two syllables ending in ‘n’ — so you have Jackson and Jayden and all the things that rhyme with Aiden and Mason,” says Evans, author of “The Great Big Boo...