Class Names and Nicknames
Class Names and Nicknames
A N unmarried female originally received the designation of Spinster from her employment at the distaff or spindle. According to the…
Class Names and Nicknames: French
The designation Tailor is an Anglicized form of the French Tailleur, derived from the verb tailler, to cut. [For Tallyman see TALLY, in the…
Class Names and Nicknames: Policemen
Beefeaters is a vulgar perversion of Buffetiers, as the Yeoman of the Guard were styled during the reign of Henry VIII., on account of…
Class Names and Nicknames: Hume
A Humbug is one whose representations, though sounding plausible enough, are not to be relied upon. The origin of this word is as follows…