10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JAWHOLE»
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jawhole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
jawhole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tammas Bodkin: or the Humours of a Scottish tailor. By W. D. ...
Nor did the mischief end even wi' that, bad as it was, for ayont his Reverence,
was the jawhole, whereinto him, an' me, an' the divots played plouter, garrin' the
fulzie jaup up in :1.' directions, fylin' a grand table-claith 0' Wattie Wabster's ...
William Duncan Latto, 1868
2
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal
Talr care 0' your fit and the bear trough " cried one; “ it's just a man's length frae
the jawhole." “ But the jawhole's no ower half that to the bottom,” added another, “
see there is the less danger.' Tam was out of danger and out of hearing both, ere
...
Before the door of Saunders Jaup, a feuar of some importance, “ who held his
land free, and caredna a bodle for any one,” yawned that odoriferous gulf,
ycleped, in Scottish phrase, the jawhole, in other words, an uncovered common
sewer.
4
Waverley Novels: St. Ronan's Well ; [2]
Before the door of Saunders Jaup, a feuar of some importance, “ who held his
land free, and caredna a bodle for any one,” yawned that odoriferous gulf,
ycleped, in Scottish phrase, the jawhole, in other words, an uncovered common
sewer.
5
The Saturday Magazine: Being in Great Part a Compilation ...
... o' the jawhole,-and remind ane 0' us 0' the auld proverb, a willfu' waste, makes
a waqfu' want. Wha's yon, think ye, coming owre the crafti—nae less than nine 0'
them i—My word, we'll hae a rare merry feet-washing.”-—And Mrs. Dinwoodie ...
... to her thumb nail) 'look out o' e jawhole, and remind am: 0' us 0' the auld
proverb, a. willfu' waste 'make: a wacfu' want. Wha's yon, think yc, coming owre
the craft? —Me less than nine 0' them ?—My word, we'll line a rare merry
feetwashing.
7
REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS: NINETEEN VOLUMES
The close unaired house, with its fixed windows, built on a damp undrained site,
with the dunghill against its side walls, and its "jawhole" for the deposit of every
kind of fluid filth in front ; its inmates, consequently, constantly, when at home, ...
8
The Public Health, with National Pecuniary Gain Versus ...
We have turned this famous old English river, which only two invaders have seen
since Julius Caesar, into the stinking "jawhole" of a Scotch fishing hamlet. Its
waters carry sickness instead of health with them. If we still refuse to build sewers
, ...
9
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the ...
his own greyhounds, and pursued him so close, that in order to obtain a
moment's breathing to reverse the charm, Michael, after a very fatiguing course,
was fain to take refuge in his own jawhole, (Anglice, common sewer.) In order to
revenge ...
10
The Works: ¬The lay of the last minstrel ; p. 2
Michael, ' after a very fatiguing course, was lain to take refuge in his own jawhole,
(angelica, common newer). In order to revenge himself of the witch of Falsehope,
Michael, one morning in the ensuing harvest, went to the hill above the house ...
