The Works of Shakespeare ...Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1899 |
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... word as meaning ( from " hackneyed " ) " become cheap or vulgar . " They do so believing the reference is to James's ... word . Their earliest use of the word in the sense of " to make common , vulgar , or stale , " is 1745. The words ...
... word as meaning ( from " hackneyed " ) " become cheap or vulgar . " They do so believing the reference is to James's ... word . Their earliest use of the word in the sense of " to make common , vulgar , or stale , " is 1745. The words ...
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... word is French court , with suffix " al " or " ald , " applied to several stumpy articles . The old Forest laws enacted that " no mean man shall have or keep . . . Greyhounds . But the little dogs , because it manifestly appears there ...
... word is French court , with suffix " al " or " ald , " applied to several stumpy articles . The old Forest laws enacted that " no mean man shall have or keep . . . Greyhounds . But the little dogs , because it manifestly appears there ...
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... word ] See 11. ii . 132 . pass - word . A 6. mum ] " Mum's the word " is a very old saying , meaning silence . " The word is said to be an abbreviation or variant of " mumble . " " There was amonge them then no worde but mum , " Skelton ...
... word ] See 11. ii . 132 . pass - word . A 6. mum ] " Mum's the word " is a very old saying , meaning silence . " The word is said to be an abbreviation or variant of " mumble . " " There was amonge them then no worde but mum , " Skelton ...
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