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| − | * '''chance-medley''': a chance | + | * '''chance-medley:''' the accidental killing of a person in a fight |
| + | ** '''''[[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." | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_medley Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * '' | + | * '''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 |
| − | * ''' | + | *'''chance cuddleys:''' what chance is there to cuddle when all this war is taking place? |
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 31 October 2023
- 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
- chance cuddleys: what chance is there to cuddle when all this war is taking place?
