flustered
Monday, December 31st, 2007Drunk.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Archive for December, 2007
rovers
Friday, December 28th, 2007Pirates, vagabonds.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
rotan
Thursday, December 27th, 2007A coach, cart, or other wheeled carriage.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Coming! So is Christmas.
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007Said of a person who has long been called, and at length answers, Coming!
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
LOL. But Christmas is here! Hope you have a merry one!
waits
Monday, December 24th, 2007Musicians of the lower order, who in most towns play under the windows of the chief inhabitants at midnight, a short time before Christmas, for which they collect a christmas-box from house to house. They are said to derive their name of waits from being always in waiting to celebrate weddings and other joyous events happening within their district.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
nod
Friday, December 21st, 2007He is gone to the land of nod; he is asleep.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
tuzzy-muzzy
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007The monosyllable.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
turnip-pated
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007White or fair-haired.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
