Difference between revisions of "'Twas he was the dacent gaylabouring youth."
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* '''gay:''' dissipated; pleasure-loving; whorish; licentious; homosexual | * '''gay:''' dissipated; pleasure-loving; whorish; licentious; homosexual | ||
| − | * '''gaying instrument:''' the penis → [[stiff]] and [[Priam]] | + | * '''gaying instrument:''' the penis → [[stiff]] and [[Priam Olim]] |
** [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/dcvgr10.txt Grose's ''Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue''] | ** [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/dcvgr10.txt Grose's ''Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue''] | ||
* '''daylabourer:''' a worker who is paid on a daily basis | * '''daylabourer:''' a worker who is paid on a daily basis | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 11 July 2006
- ’Twas he was the dacent gaylabouring youth → the second of four comments by the Four Old Men (×)
- decent → pronounced daysent in parts of Ireland
- gay: dissipated; pleasure-loving; whorish; licentious; homosexual
- gaying instrument: the penis → stiff and Priam Olim
- daylabourer: a worker who is paid on a daily basis
