Difference between revisions of "Chance cuddleys"
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| − | * '''chance-medley:''' a | + | * '''chance-medley:''' the accidental killing of a person in a fight |
** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 681.10:''' "chance medley in Beaver street" | ** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 681.10:''' "chance medley in Beaver street" | ||
** '''Sheridan Le Fanu, ''The House by the Churchyard'' p. 152:''' "... who, after a moment's reflection, found it no more than chance medley." | ** '''Sheridan Le Fanu, ''The House by the Churchyard'' p. 152:''' "... who, after a moment's reflection, found it no more than chance medley." | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_medley Wikipedia] | ||
* '''cuddle:''' to fondle → contrasted with ''cudgel'' | * '''cuddle:''' to fondle → contrasted with ''cudgel'' | ||
Revision as of 02:20, 16 April 2010
- chance-medley: the accidental killing of a person in a fight
- cuddle: to fondle → contrasted with cudgel
- cudgel: to beat with a club → contrasted with cuddle
- Elizabeth Chudleigh: 18th century socialite; she married Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, in 1744; her second marriage in 1769 was to the 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, from whom she took the married name Pierrepont (French for "stone-bridge")
- cuddy: (Anglo-Irish) a night's hospitality
