Archive for February, 2008

rusty guts

Anne | February 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

A blunt surly fellow: a jocular misnomer of resticus.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

dunegan

Anne | February 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

A privy. A water closet.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

dark cully

Anne | February 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

A married man that keeps a mistress, whom he visits only at night, for fear of discovery.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

None of our heroes, of course…

bellows

Anne | February 20th, 2008 | No Comments »

The lungs.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.