old man's friend — pneumonia It is an illness which allows the elderly to die quickly and without much pain. Penicillin may now preserve them for more lingering, painful, and degrading deaths … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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The Old Curiosity Shop — For adaptations of the novel, see The Old Curiosity Shop (disambiguation). For the Seattle business, see Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. The Old Curiosity Shop … Wikipedia
Old Man of the Sea — After being shipwrecked Sinbad is enslaved by the Old Man of the Sea . In Greek mythology, the Old Man of the Sea was a primordial figure who could be identified as any of several water gods, generally Nereus or Prothacular, but also Tritonylors … Wikipedia
The Old Tune — is a free translation of Robert Pinget’s 1960 play La Manivelle ( The Crank ) in which Samuel Beckett transformed Pinget’s Parisians, Toupin and Pommard into Dubliners, Cream and Gorman. Its first radio broadcast was by the BBC on 23rd August… … Wikipedia
The Old Manse — Old Manse U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark … Wikipedia
The Adventure of the Creeping Man — The Adventure of the Creeping Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes . ynopsisMr. Trevor Bennett comes to… … Wikipedia
The Invisible Man (film) — The Invisible Man Theatrical poster Directed by James Whale Produced by … Wikipedia
The Old Guitarist — is a painting by Pablo Picasso, painted in 1903, just after the suicide death of Picasso s close friend, Casagemas. Picasso s “Blue Period” spanned the years of 1901–1904, and was followed by his “Rose Period”. These periods were both precursors… … Wikipedia
Old Man Ban — is one of the main protagonists in the series Qin s Moon. His hardworking attitude often clashes with Tian Ming s easy going and lazy attitude and often situations between them turn into hilarious outbursts of shouts and force. His knowledge of… … Wikipedia
The Old Straight Track — is a book by Alfred Watkins that was first published in 1925 describing ley lines in the United Kingdom. The full title is The Old Straight Track: Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones . After he first suggested ley lines in 1921,… … Wikipedia
