Hughes Thomas

Tom Brown at Rugby


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cover: come out from his hiding-place.

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Pillion: a seat, for a woman, attached to the hinder part of a saddle.

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Fetish: an idol.

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Full-bottomed wig: this was a large wig worn by all men of fashion in the last century.

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Valeted: served; (from valet, a gentleman's private servant).

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Stickleback: a small fish.

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Pop-joying: nibbling by fish.

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Float: a cork or bit of wood attached to a fish-line.

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Petty sessions: a criminal court held by a justice of the peace.

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Dragoons: soldiers who serve on foot or on horseback, as occasion requires.

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Old gamester: a person skilled in the game of single-stick or back sword.

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Wiltshire and Somersetshire: counties west of Berkshire.

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Statute feasts: festivals established by law.

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Booths: temporary sheds, etc., for the sale of refreshments, pedlers' goods, and the like.

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Cricket: the English national game of ball.

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Tutelage: guardianship.

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Lancet windows: high, narrow windows of the earliest Gothic architecture.

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Pottered: walked slowly, sauntered.

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"Cheap Jacks": pedlers.

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Legitimate: lawful.

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Fairings: ribbons, toys, and other small articles sold for presents.

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Buckskins: buckskin breeches.

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Top-boots: high boots.

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Fustian: coarse cloth.

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Stuff: woollen.

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Pipe and tabor: fife and drum.

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Caravans: show wagons.

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Pan-pipe: several pipes or fifes fastened together in a row, and blown by an attendant or "satellite," in the Punch and Judy show.

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Purely: nicely.

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Minds: remember.

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Wench: a young peasant girl.

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Martinmas: the feast of St. Martin, Nov. 11.

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Aim: intend.

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Tuppence: two pence or four cents; the English penny, being equal to two cents.

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Quaint: odd, old-fashioned.

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Muzzling in a flour-tub: running their heads into a tub of flour to fish out prizes.

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Half-sovereign: ten shillings ($2.50).

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Down shepherd: a shepherd on the downs or chalk hills.

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Chaff: make fun, ridicule.

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Wooy: why.

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He: here, him.

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Arra: any.

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Poaching: game-stealing.

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Wordsworth's "Peter Bell."

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Castor: a tall silk hat.

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Basket-handle: a handle protected by wicker-work.

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Feint: to pretend to make a thrust or to give a blow.

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Umpire: judge or referee.

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'ee: thee, you.

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A'nigst: near.

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Summut: something or somewhat.

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Vlush: flush.

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Twod: a toad.

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Veathers: feathers.

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Blethering: talking nonsense.

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Shovel: a broad-brimmed hat turned up at the sides. It was formerly much worn by clergymen of the Church of England.

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Wos-bird: a bird that steals corn.

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Sir Roger de Coverley: a typical old country gentleman of delightful simplicity of character. See Addison's "Spectator."

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Gi's: give us.

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A: he.

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Wur: where.

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Tie: a contest in which neither side gains the victory.

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Life-guardsman: one of the Queen's body-guard.

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"Vizes": a contraction of Devizes, a town in Wiltshire.

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Yeast: a novel by Charles Kingsley.

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Grapnel: a grappling hook.

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Bona fide: real.

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Priggism: affectation, conceit.

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Skittles: the game of ninepins.

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Palaver houses: talk houses – the Houses of Parliament.

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West-End Clubs: clubs in the fashionable quarter of London.

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Old John: John Bull.

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Red-tape: official routine and formalism.

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Toady: flatter.

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Costermonger: a fruit and vegetable pedler.

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Country-sides: country districts.

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Turnspit: a kind of dog, formerly trained to turn a spit for roasting meat.

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Occult: secret or magical.

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Manor: the estate of a lord.

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