Legree

Legree
See: Simon Legree

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • Legree — Simon see SIMON LEGREE n …   English World dictionary

  • Legree — See: SIMON LEGREE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Legree — See: SIMON LEGREE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Legree — /li gree /, n. Simon. See Simon Legree. * * * …   Universalium

  • Legree — Le•gree [[t]lɪˈgri[/t]] n. lit. Simon Simon Legree …   From formal English to slang

  • Legree — /li gree /, n. Simon. See Simon Legree …   Useful english dictionary

  • Legree, Massa —    A transferred name in The Middle Man, by David Chandler. A man says to a woman: ‘Don’t ever try to see my wife again.’ We are told that the woman to whom this was addressed ‘pretended to cower’. She then replies: ‘Yassuh, Massa Legree, Ah sho… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom Defies Simon Legree (1852) — ▪ Primary Source       Few attacks upon slavery were as effective as Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin. First written as a serial for the abolitionist journal National Era beginning in 1851, it appeared in book form in 1852. It was an… …   Universalium

  • Mark LeGree — LeGree during a Seattle Seahawks preseason game in 2011 No.       San Francisco 49ers Safety Personal informat …   Wikipedia

  • Simon Legree — {n.}, {informal} A strict person, especially a boss, who makes others work very hard. * /Don t talk on the job; the boss is a real Simon Legree./ * /Everybody avoids the foreman. He acts like a Simon Legree./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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