Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Eel.

 Ed’yrn.Eel. 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Eel.
 
A nickname for a New Englander.
        “The eels of New England and the corn-crackers of Virginia.”—Haliburton: Clockmaker.
   1
 


 Ed’yrn.Eel. 

 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Advertising · Terms of Use · © 2009 Bartleby.com