Aphthous stomatitis (Canker sore). shallow ulcer with a white or yellow center and red border; seen on the inner side of the lip and cheeks or on the tongue; it begins with a burning or tingling sensation and slight swelling; painful; usually lasts 7-10 days and heals without a scar. î î î.
It was all a cheap publicity stunt. One of the regulation features of early ballparks, supposedly, was a gigantic billboard advertising Bull Durham tobacco, inevitably located out in left field, near the pitchers' warm-up area. Hence the bullpen was the pen near the Bull. (Which, frankly, sounds like a lot of bull to me.)
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Clues to the origin of going to hell in a handbasket, meaning deteriorating rapidly or utterly, are, unfortunately, scarce as hens' teeth. The eminent slang historian Eric Partridge, in his Dictionary of Catchphrases, dates the term to the early 1920's.ating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Clues to the origin of going to hell in a handbasket, meaning deteriorating rapidly or utterly, are, unfortunately, scarce as hens' teeth. The eminent slang historian Eric Partridge, in his Dictionary of Catchphrases, dates the term to the early 1920's.