Pretty bobbish. Pretty well (in spirits and health), from bob, brisk. (See above.) A very ancient expression. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BobbitBobbery…
A pretty kittle of fish. A pretty muddle, a bad job. Corruption of “kiddle of fish.” A kiddle is a basket set in the opening of a weir for catching fish. Perhaps the Welsh hidl or hidyl, a…
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A naughty boy was he,
He would not stop at home,
He could not quiet be—
He took
In his knapsack
A book
Full of vowels
And a…
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Say that you love me not, but say not so
In bitterness. The common executioner,…
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