Daunty, Gouty and Shopkeeper
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- daunt: to frighten
- jaunty
- gouty: Goethe did indeed suffer from gout
- shopkeeper: Shakespeare was the son of a glover. It is said that Napoleon referred to the English as 'shopkeepers' ('L'Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers'); nonetheless, the phrase's origin is probably closer to the islands, since it appears in 'The Wealth of Nations' (1776)
