Difference between revisions of "Madrashattaras"
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| − | mad | + | * '''mad as a hatter:''' a phrase first recorded in America in 1836 and later in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel ''Pendennis'' (1850), and which probably refers to the physiological effects of mercurious nitrate, which is used in the making of felt hats |
| − | + | * '''The Mad Hatter:''' a character in Lewis Carroll’s ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) | |
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| + | * '''Maratha: an Indian Confederacy of Maharashtra which fought three Anglo-Maratha wars against the British: 1775-82, 1803-05 (in which Wellington was victorious at Assaye and Argaon) and 1817-18 | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | * '''Madras:''' a city and state in SE India, though not one associated with Wellington or the Maratha Confederacy | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130441&q1=Madras A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 5 September 2006
- mad as a hatter: a phrase first recorded in America in 1836 and later in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Pendennis (1850), and which probably refers to the physiological effects of mercurious nitrate, which is used in the making of felt hats
- The Mad Hatter: a character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
- Maratha: an Indian Confederacy of Maharashtra which fought three Anglo-Maratha wars against the British: 1775-82, 1803-05 (in which Wellington was victorious at Assaye and Argaon) and 1817-18
- Madras: a city and state in SE India, though not one associated with Wellington or the Maratha Confederacy
