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bilby commented on the word thingstable
"Mr Thingstable: Mr Constable: a ludicrous afectation of delicacy in avoiding the pronunciation of the first syllable in the title of that officer, which in sound has some similarity to an indecent monosyllable."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 11, 2008