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meaning - What is the oldest trick in the book? - English Language . . . It’s also the basis of the shell game, or ‘find the lady’ con trick Following the Pea through History by Whit Haydn The game of Thimble-Rig is mentioned as early as 1716 in John Gay’s Trivia, or, Walking the Streets of London, and the swindle certainly goes back much further
single word requests - What is the male equivalent of damsel . . . A damsel implies a young lady of noble birth or a maiden The word comes from the French Damoiselle (not in use nowadays, it has a strong Middle-Ages flavour) The male equivalent of a damoiselle in French is damoiseau And damoiseau has an entry in both the OED and wiktionary Quoting the OED : Damoiseau : [a OF damoiseau the masculine corresp to damoisel, damsel ] A young man of gentle
What is a state pair? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service -- she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as
Question #5e43d - Socratic Lady Macbeth kills herself because of the guilt she feels Macduff and his allies easily advance towards the castle because the Scottish people, who are afraid of Macbeth's brutality, put up no resistance
Feminine equivalent to mate - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Sorry darling might well get you some grief unless the lady is your wife, girlfriend or a friend although it was (and probably still is) commonly used in the South Sorry pet seems reasonably acceptable in Northern England along with Sorry lass if the lady is younger than you Sorry hen in Scotland seems to cause offence as often as it doesn't
How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina? Conclusion It is quite astonishing that the "young lady named Eva" limerick's takeoff on the street game of Beaver—a game that seems to have hastened the demise of the beard during the early decades of the twentieth century—has evidently had far more cultural staying power (as judged by popular slang) than the original game itself
meaning - Can you still call a woman handsome? - English Language . . . I have always tried to understand the use of the word handsome in letter to a lady friend, but refrained from doing so, because I didn't know whether the word would be a thoughtful gesture or insulting I have heard from many that the use of beautiful for a guy, when said by a woman, was also considered less than being referred to as handsome, but this one handsome beautiful woman said just