tootlemonde has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 0 lists, listed 0 words, written 6 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
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Comments by tootlemonde
Tootlemonde commented on the word coze
Coze = A quiet chat. A cozer "would sit on dark, faded leather and talk in a low, deep voice, chuckling at his own mischief".
November 5, 2015
Tootlemonde commented on the word thribble
In Elizibethian times, 'thribble' meant "to muddle through" - Carry on...
November 5, 2015
Tootlemonde commented on the word bodkin
One obsolete definition of 'bodkin' was "a person wedged in between two others when there was room for two or two and a half at the most". Remember that on your next airplane flight.
November 5, 2015
Tootlemonde commented on the word curioso
It used to be that a 'curioso' was a person who took care, inquired, studied, was expert. They practiced curioso.... now obsolete in soooo many ways. Sigh.
November 5, 2015
Tootlemonde commented on the word brandle
'Brandle' once meant to "befuddle with brandy".
November 5, 2015
Tootlemonde commented on the word niffle
A 'niffle' is a "human trifler, a man of straw and self-conceit... in the popinjay class... To call a person a niffle is to put them in their place, which is next to nowhere." - Ivor Brown, Assoc. Editor of the London Observer (1951 Time Magazine article) Could be a VERY useful word.
November 5, 2015