Archive for August, 2006

light house

Anne | August 31st, 2006 | No Comments »

A man with a red fiery nose.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Heh.

light-heeled

Anne | August 30th, 2006 | No Comments »

Swift in running. A light-heeled wench; one who is apt, by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat on her back, a willing wench.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

light-fingered

Anne | August 29th, 2006 | No Comments »

Thievish, apt to pilfer.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

lickspittle

Anne | August 28th, 2006 | No Comments »

1811 Vulgar Tongue

A parasite, or talebearer.

Merriam-Webster

A fawning subordinate : toady