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Anne | May 30th, 2008 | No Comments »A villainous scheme or plan. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers the whole plan or scheme.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A villainous scheme or plan. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers the whole plan or scheme.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device. A humbug; a jocular imposition, or deception. To hum and haw; to hesitate in speech, also to delay, or be with difficulty brought to consent to any matter or business,
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
All in a twitter; in a fright. Twittering is also the note of some small birds, such as the robin, &c.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A proud minx, a vain capricious woman.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.