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to play second fiddle
is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, and Boyle, 1799).
The site is now occupied by offices and business houses.
Called " Basinghall Postern" in Maitland, 1775, II. 906, and described as an open passage with a Gate.
is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.