Let's Talk Dessert
Popular around the holidays is the term "nutty as" one of these, like the Scottish Dundee variety
A fruitcake
The composition & arrangement of dancing
Choreography
Dr. Joseph Warren, called the first martyr of the Revolution, was killed at this June 17, 1775 Boston battle
The Battle of Breed's or Bunker Hill
To put this animal body part on someone means to have him followed
Tail
To overeat, or a deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
Gorge
"The proof is" here likely referred to a meat dish back in the day; to us, it sounds much sweeter
The pudding
The study of the physical & biological aspects of the seas
Oceanography
In December 1778 the British navy easily captured this port; soon all of Georgia was under British control
Savannah
There's a tradition of watching these birds follow their mother through school buildings in Reading, Mass. & Hopkins, Minn.
Ducklings
An acronym for a confusing situation, its first 2 letters stand for "situation normal"
Snafu
To make bad news easier to bear; it's also done to sweeten some donuts
Sugarcoat
The art of motion-picture photography
Cinematography
In the early hours of April 19, 1775, he returned to Lexington to retrieve papers from John Hancock's trunk
Paul Revere
Andy Jassy says before taking over as Amazon CEO he was Jeff Bezos' this, following him closely & watching every move
Shadow
It's a slang synonym for zero, or a brand of lighter
Zippo
Fair skin is described as this mixture of fruit & dairy, used by Ringo Starr as a descriptive in "You're 16"
Peaches and cream
The art & profession of making maps
Cartography
No one knows where exactly in New York City this hero of the Revolution was hanged as a spy Sept. 22, 1776
Nathan Hale
At 94, this British naturalist reached 1 million followers in 5 hours when he joined Instagram in 2020
David Attenborough
It can mean nifty or foppish
Dandy
If you boast & come up short, you may have to eat this metaphorical pastry
Humble pie
The sociological study of populations
Demography
Major battles in this state included Kings Mountain & a cattle-grazing area known as Cowpens
South Carolina
William Blake depicted the biblical Naomi telling her widowed daughters-in-law she's leaving, this one will follow her
Ruth
It's the French name for the type carved from a single block of wood
Sabot