Rags and tatters. A jagged edge is one that is toothed. Hark, hark! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags and some in jags, And some in silken gown. Nursery…
Rhyming slang for “heart,” as “it made my raspberry beat.” (See Chivy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RasselasRasiel A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
(rhyme with cloudy). A ruffian brawler, a “rough,” a riotous or turbulent fellow, whose delight is to make a row or disturbance. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
Bills of mortality. George Crabbe, author of The Borough, has a poem in three parts, in ten-syllable verse with rhymes, entitled The Parish Register. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
(A). A small tuft or clump. Strange that this word, so universally known, has never been introduced into our dictionaries, to the best of my knowledge. Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet…
A Latin hymn in rhyme, ascribed to Robert, King of France; also to Archbishop Langton. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Veni, Vidi, ViciVeni, Creator…
An extended “Biblia Pauperum” (q.v.) with the subject of the picture explained in rhymes. Called in Latin “Speculum huma'næ salvationis.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
(1) Poetry is to contain only such words as are in common use by well-educated Parisians. (2) A word ending with a vowel must in no case be followed by a word beginning with a vowel. (3)…
Rhyming slang for “money.” (See Chivy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sugared WordsSugar-lip A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…
(rhymes with dull). A dupe, one easily cheated. (See Bejan.) The most notorious geck and gull That e'er invention played on. Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, v. 1. Source: Dictionary of…
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