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• Knave —    A popular vocative in the seventeenth century, but one which went out of fashion soon afterwards.    The word had long been in use, at first meaning a boy, then a young male servant, and finally a rogue. Shakespeare used ‘knave’ vocatively in… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• King, Queen, Knave — infobox Book | name = King, Queen, Knave title orig = Король, дама, валет (Korol , dama, valet) translator = Dmitri Nabokov and Vladimir Nabokov image caption = author = Vladimir Nabokov illustrator = cover artist = country = language = Russian… …   Wikipedia

• Crest of a Knave — Studio album by Jethro Tull Released September 11, 1987 …   Wikipedia

• Curb Your Tongue, Knave — Infobox Album Name = Curb your tongue, knave! Type = live Longtype = Artist =Smothers Brothers Released = November 1, 1963 Recorded = Genre = comedy Length = Label = Mercury Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Think Ethnic! 1963 This album …   Wikipedia

• A Kestrel for a Knave — is a novel by Barry Hines, published in 1968. It is set in Barnsley, Yorkshire and tells of Billy Casper, a young working class boy troubled at home and at school, who only finds solace when he finds and trains a kestrel whom he names Kes .The… …   Wikipedia

• Curb Your Tongue, Knave! — Live album by Smothers Brothers Released November 1, 1963 …   Wikipedia

• Crest of a Knave — Album par Jethro Tull Sortie 11 septembre 1987 Durée 48:50 Genre hard rock, rock progressif Producteur Jethro Tull Label …   Wikipédia en Français

• Bursting Out — Live album by Jethro Tull Released 22 September 1978 …   Wikipedia

• Jack-out-of-office — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To speak out — Speak Speak, v. i. [imp. {Spoke}({Spake}Archaic); p. p. {Spoken}({Spoke}, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Speaking}.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English