jack ketch
Anne | January 25th, 2008 | No Comments »JACK KETCH. The hangman; DERRICK and KETCH.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Archive for January, 2008
jack in an office
Anne | January 24th, 2008 | No Comments »An insolent fellow in authority.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
jack in a box
Anne | January 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »A sharper, or cheat. A child in the mother’s womb.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
jack at a pinch
Anne | January 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »A poor hackney parson.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
