-
spelling is sobriquet. Two
earlier variants are
soubriquet and sotbriquet. The
first variant, "
soubriquet",
dates from the 15th
century and is
rarely used...
-
years 1999 and 2000 and many
other awards.
Robinson also
earned tabloid soubriquet "Axeman of
Albert Square"
after sacking a
large number of
characters in...
- but
Claverhouse posthumously was made a
Jacobite hero,
acquiring the
soubriquet "Bonnie Dundee". The
Graham family was
descended from King
Robert III...
- was
Wandsworth Electrical Manufacturing Company;
these were
given the
soubriquet 'bunnie incinerators'.
However they were not common, and
women were more...
-
David Neligan (14
October 1899 – 1983),
known by his
soubriquet "The Spy in the Castle", was a
figure involved in the
Irish War of
Independence (1919–21)...
-
seclusion hidden away in
Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland,
giving rise to the
soubriquet of the
Monster of Glamis, or the
Horror of Glamis.
Rumours of
Thomas Lyon-Bowes'...
- In 1966
Treacher and Merv
Griffin recorded an
album together under the
soubriquet 'Alf & 'Alf
entitled Songs of the
British Music Hall. When in 1969 Griffin...
- 2009 the word was
normally written as "Staaien". One
regularly applied soubriquet is "Hel van Stayen" ("**** of Stayen"), used on
behalf of top
teams that...
- were
interred in the
family burial ground at
South Leith Church. The
soubriquet of the 'Spread Eagle' was
given to him by a Mr McLean, a
merchant of Leith...
- At the
suggestion of
fellow artist Stanhope Forbes,
Birch adopted the
soubriquet "Lamorna" to
distinguish himself from
Lionel Birch, an
artist who was...
