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* '''ewes:''' female sheep → and therefore incapable of being gelded | * '''ewes:''' female sheep → and therefore incapable of being gelded | ||
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| + | * '''with all this gelded youth about I just feel like putting an end to myself:''' ''A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake'' | ||
| + | ** [http://books.google.ie/books?id=t7VFVBFlsfUC&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:43, 22 October 2011
- gilded youths: (jeunesse dorée) the name given to a body of young French dandies who, after the fall of Robespierre, strove to bring about a counterrevolution; today the term is used to describe any offspring living an affluent lifestyle
- gelded: castrated
- ewes: female sheep → and therefore incapable of being gelded
- with all this gelded youth about I just feel like putting an end to myself: A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake
