thief in a candle
Anne | June 19th, 2007 | No Comments »Part of the wick or snuff, which falling on the tallow, burns and melts it, and causing it to gutter, thus steals it away.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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top heavy
Anne | June 18th, 2007 | No Comments »Drunk.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
vamper
Anne | June 15th, 2007 | No Comments »Stockings.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
