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Tuesday 16 December 2014

how to cozen a throttlebottom with brabble

From: Puppies and Flowers















Here's a few archaic words that need to be revived:

brabble: (verb) to quarrel about trifles; esp. to quarrel noisily, brawl, squabble about minutia (can also be used as a noun, as in: "Enough of this useless grabble!")

cozen: to swindle by artful deception

maunder: to grumble; to drivel; to mutter

ruth: pity; remorse; sorrow (as "full of ruth," the opposite of "ruthless," I guess...)

tentiginous: lust-provoking

throttlebottom: harmless incompetent who holds public office

toft: a small hill

tosticated: fuddled; perplexed

trig: stone placed under a wheel to keep it from rolling


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