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The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper

Phraseologism: The last of the Mohicans.

Meaning: The last representative of any social group, a supporter of any ideas that have outlived their time, outdated rules, etc. (jokingly ironic).

Origin: From English: "The Last of the Mohicans". The title of a novel (1826) by the American writer James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851). Its protagonist is the last representative of an extinct North American Indian tribe.

Random phraseology:

Skeleton in the closet.

Meaning:

Everyone has their own secret.

Origin:

By the name of S. Maugham's novel "Pies and Beer, or the Skeleton in the Cupboard". The appearance of the expression is associated with medicine. Physicians in Britain were not allowed to work on dead bodies until 1832, when Parliament passed the Anatomy Act. Until then, the only bodies available for medical autopsy were those of executed criminals. Although the execution of criminals was by no means uncommon in XNUMXth-century Britain, it was unlikely that a particular physician would have had many corpses in his possession over his career history. For this reason, it was common practice for a doctor, who had the good fortune to dissect the corpse of an executed criminal, to keep the skeleton for research purposes. Public opinion at the same time did not allow doctors to keep the skeletons in sight, so they were forced to keep them away from prying eyes. For this reason, many suspected that doctors kept skeletons somewhere, and one of these places could be a closet.

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