pop'rin pear

myth commented on the word pop'rin pear

Now will he sit under a medlar tree,

And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit

As maids call medlars, when they laugh alone.

O Romeo, that she were, O that she were

An open-arse and thou a pop'rin pear!

- Shakespeare

Also: poperin pear

February 16, 2009