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− | * '''chance-medley''' | + | * '''chance-medley:''' a chance encounter, especially between knights errant in medieval romances |
+ | ** '''''[[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." | ||
− | * ''''' | + | * '''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") |
+ | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Pierrepont,_Duchess_of_Kingston-upon-Hull Wikipedia] | ||
− | * ''' | + | * '''cuddy:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') a night's hospitality |
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Revision as of 04:54, 8 November 2006
- chance-medley: a chance encounter, especially between knights errant in medieval romances
- 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."
- 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