Difference between revisions of "Flash"
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* '''flash:''' showy; vulgar; of, like or pertaining to criminals (''slang''); fashionable (''archaic'') | * '''flash:''' showy; vulgar; of, like or pertaining to criminals (''slang''); fashionable (''archaic'') | ||
| − | '''Lord of the Lash''': U.S. Senator Charles Sumner described the two factions of the American Civil War as "between the cotton-planters and flesh-mongers of Louisiana and Mississippi and the cotton-spinners and traffickers of New England, — between the lords of the lash and the lords of the loom." | + | * '''Lord of the Lash''': U.S. Senator Charles Sumner described the two factions of the American Civil War as "between the cotton-planters and flesh-mongers of Louisiana and Mississippi and the cotton-spinners and traffickers of New England, — between the lords of the lash and the lords of the loom." |
Latest revision as of 08:15, 29 August 2016
- flash of lightning → complementing Thon's thunder
- flash: to expose oneself indecently in public
- flash: showy; vulgar; of, like or pertaining to criminals (slang); fashionable (archaic)
- Lord of the Lash: U.S. Senator Charles Sumner described the two factions of the American Civil War as "between the cotton-planters and flesh-mongers of Louisiana and Mississippi and the cotton-spinners and traffickers of New England, — between the lords of the lash and the lords of the loom."
