@paninid@histodons “Did you know that Romans used a sponge on a stick after pooping?”
“…and what will the lady be having this evening?”
“The check.”
“You haven’t ordered anything…?”
TO COAX. To fondle, or wheedle. To coax a pair of stockings; to pull down the part soiled into the shoes, so as to give a dirty pair of stockings the appearance of clean ones. Coaxing is also used, instead of darning, to hide the holes about the ancles.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
Part 2 of my #AtoZChallenge2024 reflection. I love the personal connection you find with #coins & the community. I wrote most of the posts in the weeks prior to the #AtoZChallenge. This was fortuitous as my mother passed away early in April. But those connections made it a joy to re-read each post & share it. Today's #coin is from day "D", #Denmark, & a park open when my ancesters lived there: https://coinofnote.com/25-ore-token-denmark-dyrehavsbakken/
TITTER TATTER. One reeling, and ready to fall at the least touch; also the childish amusement of riding upon the two ends of a plank, poised upon the prop underneath its centre, called also see-saw. Perhaps tatter is a rustic pronunciation of totter.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
Early medievalists: does anyone by chance have a copy of Frank Carey's typewritten list of MSS from St. Germain d'Auxerre? I've seen a dozen footnotes citing it but only as a photocopy at IRHT in France or the Vatican Library
-- Catal. I. 26.9 (int 22).
"MSS from the Scriptorium of Saint-Germain d 'Auxerre" (1956) 5pp
WorldCat doesn't know it. Not in IA or Google Books. Thanks!
@paninid I haven't asked around but I strongly suspect so. Such people are described in Israeli media as "liberal Jews", which would include "non-practicing" Jews. I've had debate run-ins with (this seems to me quite the oxymoron) atheist Jews who are in fact rabidly Zionist. I heard an author being interviewed in passing, didn't catch his name but his catch phrase is quite timely: something to the effect of--in a one-eyed world, the two-eyed are the marginalized.
DILDO. [From the Italian DILETTO, q. d. a woman's delight; or from our word DALLY, q. d. a thing to play withal.] Penis-succedaneus, called in Lombardy Passo Tempo. Bailey.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
You don’t want to miss this fantastic #AMA history fans! The American Archive of Public Broadcasting has come to AskHistorians to answer any and all questions about the historical content in their archive, and more! @amarchivepub@histodons
SPUNGE. A thirsty fellow, a great drinker. To spunge; to eat and drink at another's cost. Spunging-house: a bailiff's lock-up-house, or repository, to which persons arrested are taken, till they find bail, or have spent all their money:
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
@TheVulgarTongue@histodons Spunge, pretty sure Jack Vance used that … or it just sounds like something he would’ve liked. It is a good sounding one.
Spunge .. spunge!