home

blessing

A small quantity over and above the measure, usually given by hucksters dealing in peas, beans, and other vegetables.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 20th, 2008 at 3:23 am and is filed under Word of the Day, 1811 VT. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Share This

Leave a Reply

« dicked in the nob
blind »