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1780 - The Newgate Calendar; see Example below From: The New and Complete Newgate Calendar;
Or, Villany Displayed in all its Branches By William Jackson Volume V, ?1795 An Account of the Singular Case of Robert Moody, who was Tried for a Rape, and Acquitted P. 314 I've had a couple of wee problems on my website, but hope to have it back to normal by tomorrow.
In the meantime, here's some people words (which I will eventually be adding to the site. ) • ABSCOTCHALATER one in hiding from the police • CALF'S HEAD a stupid, witless individual • DREADNOUGHT a person who fears nothing; one who is totally devoid of fear • FEATHER-BED AND PILLOWS a fat woman • GOOFY-FOOTER a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward • HIGH-SCHOOL HARRY an immature college male; a typical high-school student • KAYBECKER a French-speaking Canadian • LED-FRIEND a hanger-on, dependant, parasite • MIDNIGHT a term of contempt applied to one who is slow or behindhand with work • NESTLE-COCK the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; a mollycoddle, one who is fond of staying at home 1607 - The Revenger's Tragædie, Cyril Tourneur; see Example below From: The Best Plays of the old Dramatists
John Webster and Cyril Tourneur Edited by John Addington Symonds, 1888 The Revenger's Tragedy Act I Scene II P. 353 from Greek ϕιλο-, (filo) (friendly, dear) ϕιλ-, combining form from root of ϕιλεῖν to love, ϕίλος (philos) dear, friend + Greek κύων (kuon), κυν- dog 1815 - Notices of the Life of Lord Byron, Thomas Moore; see Example below From: Letters and Journals of Lord Byron
With Notices of His Life By Thomas Moore Volume I. 1830 Notices of the Life of Lord Byron Letter CCX To Mr. Moore, January 19, 1815 P. 602 1823 - Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised by Pierce Egan, 1823 "STALE DRUNK a person is said to be stale drunk when they feel languid after a night's debauch" From: Heads of the People;
Or, Portraits of the English With Original Essays by Distinguished Writers, 1841 The Coachman and the Guard by Nimrod P. 230/231 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 1. the cry or note of a raven (dialect) 2. a croaking; a prating (dialect) VERB 1. to croak; to make the harsh note of a raven or frog (dialect) 2. to grumble (dialect) 3. to prate, to gossip in a malicious way (dialect) 4. to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way (dialect) 5. to perch, to sit (dialect) 6. to lounge, to sit about gossiping (dialect) 7. to exult over with insult (dialect) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES echoic: cf. Icel. kr{uacu}nk the raven's cry ? 1790 - A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs etc., Francis Grose; "CRONK. The noise of a raven; also to prate. North." (for verb 6)
From: Lakeland Words A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as used in Cumberland and Westmoreland By B. Kirkby, 1898 P. 36 from older French vau-, vautneant, from vaut 3rd pers. sing. pres. of valoir to be worth + neant nothing 1621 - translation of S. Goulart's Wise Vieillard, or Old Man, Thomas Williamson;
see below from E-NED from window (n.) + -let 1592 - F. Colonna's Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Love in a Dreame; R.D.; see Example below From: The Strife of Love in a Dream
Being the Elizabethan Version of the First Book of the Hypnerotomachia of Francesco Colonna A New Edition by Andrew Lang, 1890 The Third Chapter P. 21 from Latin vulpīnus vulpine (adj.) 1721 - An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey; "Vulpinary, crafty, subtile, wily" From: The Scots Magazine
And Edinburgh Literary Miscellany New Series, Volume LXXXVI. For 1820. Part II Historical Notices of the Popular Superstitions, Traditions, and Customs of Tiviotdale. No. III. P. 129 from Gr. ζῳο-, combining form of ζῷον (zoon) animal + mania 1841 - (as per OED and the Historical Thesaurus of English) The Moneyed Man, or The Lesson of a Life, Horatio Smith; earlier Example (1807) shown below From: The Literary Panorama, and National Register:
A Review of Books. Register of Events, Magazine of Varieties Volume II, 1807 Additional Instances of Christian Paganics in France P. 787 from champ (n.) anything reduced to a pulp or soft mass (dialect) From: The Irish Monthly
A Magazine of General Literature Edited by the Rev. Matthew Russell Sixteenth Yearly Volume, 1888 A Little Scotch Catholic by Frances Mary Maitland P. 391 also pigesnie, piggesneyȝe, pigges-ny, piggesnye, pignie, pig-nye, pigseie, pigsney, pigsneye, pigsnie, pigsny, pigsnye, pigsy (dialect), pygges nye, pyggysny, pygsnie, pygsnye CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES From E-NED: Middle English from pigges pig's + neyȝe, variant of eyȝe, eye with prosthetic n, apparently derived from an eye, min eye; probably originating in children's talk and the fond prattle of nurses; the eye of the pig (as that of a bird in bird's-nie) is taken as a familiar type of a small eye; the expression is thus equivalent to pinke or pinkie nye, pinkeny, ‘tiny eye’, which was used in the same way as a term of endearment; but early examples showing pigges nye applied to the eye itself (sense 2) have not been found c 1386 - Miller's Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer; see below From: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Edited by Alfred W. Pollard Volume I. 1894 Miller's Tale P. 142 From: The Plays Of Philip Massinger
By W, Gifford The Second Edition. Volume the Third, 1813 The Picture (1629) Act II Scene I P. 144 16th & 17th century form of porcupine; porpentine was the form known to Shakespeare, who used it 7 times. in 4 of those times, used as the sign of an inn 1530 - in The Ancestor; A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities (1904) see Example below From: The Ancestor;
A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities Edited by Oswald Barron, Number XI. 1904 Thomas Wall's Book of Crests (1530) P. 180 Name of a blustering, bragging character in Villiers's burlesque ‘The Rehearsal’, who in the last scene is made to enter a battle and to kill all the combatants on both sides 1672 - The Rehearsal, George Villiers; see Example below From: The Rehearsal: A Comedy
By George, Late Duke of Buckingham 1796 Edition Act IV Scene I P. 57 ? from Latin anitergium arse-wiper From Halliwell: "ARSEWISPE Rider gives this word, which scarcely requires explanation, as the translation of the Latin anitergium" 1653 - The First Book of the Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Sir Thomas Urquhart; see Example below From: The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais
Volume I. Reprinted ? The First Book of Dr. Francis Rabelais Chapter XIII. How Gargantuas wonderful Understanding, became known to his Father Grangousier, b the Invention of a Torchecul or Wipebreech P. 45 from the scene between Fluellen and Pistol in Shakespeare's Henry V, where Fluellen forces Pistol to eat a leek 1599 - The Life of Henry the Fift, William Shakespeare; see Example below From: New Shakspere Society
Series II. Plays. The Chronicle History of Henry the Fifth Edited by Dr. B. Nicholson Published for the New Shakspere Society, 1875 The Life of Henry the Fift Actus Quintus P. 91 From: The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle,
Volume XVI. 1746 Exmoor Scolding; Or, A Devonshire Dialogue P. 354 |
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