Archive for July, 2006

Knight of the whip

Anne | July 25th, 2006 | No Comments »

A coachman.

Knight of the rainbow

Anne | July 24th, 2006 | No Comments »

A footman: from the variety of colours in the liveries and trimming of gentlemen of that cloth.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Knight of the thimble, or needle

Anne | July 21st, 2006 | No Comments »

A taylor or stay-maker.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Knight of the sheers

Anne | July 20th, 2006 | No Comments »

A taylor.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.