10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOBWIG»
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1
The American Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language
Bob, Bob, it. samtig (tat plaz kosli; bobwig. Bobbin, Bób-in, n. a smel pes от wad
on hwic tred iz wsnd for makin las. RoBCHF.itRY, Bób-cor-i, n. a pin amún qildren
. Bobolink, Bób-o-ligk, n. de pópyqjar nam ov de rjs herd. Bobtail. feób-tal, га. a ...
Daniel S. Smalley, Alexander John Ellis, 1855
2
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
He asked £20 O. T. for the best. “Light Grizzels are £15, dark Grizzels are £12
10s.” Under date of 1731 we read of the loss of “a horsehair bobwig,” and
another with crown hair, each with gray ribbon, an Indian hair bobwig with a light
ribbon ...
3
Lucy Arden; or, Hollywood Hall. A new edition
This fellow was T horley, who, having adopted various means of disguise, such
as a bobwig and false eyebrows, came on board in the evening, and recognizing
Willoughby, with whom he was in constant correspondence, had leagued with ...
4
A History of English Dress, etc
The pigtail followed the introduction of the above fashion, together with the tiewig
and bobwig— the latter of which, as we are informed, being sometimes worn
without powder. Thus, in 1753, No. 101 of “The Adventurer,” contains the
following ...
Francis EDWARDS (Tailor.), 1840
5
Johnson's English Dictionary, as Improved by Todd and ...
The words repeated at the end of a stanza. L' Estrange. A blow. Axham. A term in
ringing. A worm used for a bait in angling. Walton. A bobwig. Slienstone. BURy*.
bob. 0.1. A sneering joke. Beaumont and Ftecher. BOBA NCE», b6-banse'. B. ».
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Henry John Todd, 1830
6
A Dictionary of the English Language
'To BOB, (bob) v. ». To play backward and forward ; to bob for fish, a term in
angling. BOB, (bob) n. s. Something that hangs so as to play loosely ; a blow ; a
worm used for a bait in angling ; a bobwig. BOBBIN, (bob'-bin) n. s. A small pin of
...
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson, 1828
7
The Evening Fire-side, Or Weekly Intelligence in the Civil, ...
These changes I meditated on the morrow, and- consequently proceeded to a
barber's shop- to begjh with my bobwig. Strap was busily engaged in
recommending some elegant tresses to two or three youthful ladies, and setting
forth with ...
8
The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction ...
A young fellow with a. bobwig and a block silken bag tied to it. "—Si>1:cr1n~on:
ib. "I have seen enough to confute all the bolrlfacod atheists of this age."—B|<.\.\
nun.L: ib. "Before milkwhite, now purple with love's wound."—Sii.u<.: ib. “ For
what ...
9
Duplicity: a comedy ... The second edition
But pray, who is this miraculous lady, Mr. Osborne? for you seem to know
something of her. Oshorne; Do you remember, Sir Harry, a gawky girl, that
stalked round the rooms, and stared prodigiously---she that was stuck to the fide
of a bobwig'd ...
According to a native of Derby, ' he was tall, straight, slender, and handsome ;
dressed in a green bonnet laced with gold, a white bobwig, a Highland plaid, and
broadsword.' " On their first coming to Derby (says the same history) it was judged
...
John Burke, Bernard Burke, 1846
