10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSTROPULOUS»
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: N to Raz
O-be-easy,. 85. Obstropulous. 1678. Butlee, Mud., in. u. 1241. To pass for deep
and learned scholars, Although hut paltry oe-and-sollees : As if th' unseasonahle
fools Had heen a coursing in the schools. O-BE-EASY. TO SING ' O BE EASY,' ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1902
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1811 Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue:
Vulgar misnomer of OBSTREPEROUS: as, I was going my rounds, and found this
here gemman very obstropulous,whereofI comprehended himasan auspicious
parson. OCCUPY.Tooccupy a woman;to havecarnalknowledge of her.
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
To put in one's oar ; to intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked : as, To be sure,
you must put in your oar 1 Obstropulous. Vulgar misnomer of obstreperous: as, I'
was going my rounds, and found this here gemman very obstropulous. Occupy ...
OBSTROPULOUS. Vulgar misnomer of OBSTREPEROUS: as, I was going my
rounds, and found this here gemman very obstropulous, whereof I
comprehended him as an auspicious parson. OCCUPY. Tooccupy awoman; to
have carnal ...
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Buckish Slang, University ...
Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence Francis Grose. OAR. To
put in one's oar; to intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked: as, To be sure, you
must put in your oar! OBSTROPULOUS. Vulgar misnomer of OBSTREPEROUS: ...
VI 7 Now I ll gie tha a bit o' my mind an' tha weant be taakin' oflience, Fur thou be
a big scholard now wi' a hoonderd haacre o' sense— But sich an obstropulous'
lad—naay, naay—fur I minds tha sa well, / Tha'd niver not hopple' thy tongue, ...
Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron Hallam Tennyson Tennyson, 1899
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Obstropulous. A vulgar corruption of obstreperous. New England. It is of cis-
atlantic origin. By hearsay, [the Count and Countess] are a topping sort of people,
and pretty much like the Boston folks, full of notions. At times he is obstropulous.
John Russell Bartlett, 1877
8
Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate
Now I'll gie tha a bit o' my mind an' tha weant be taakin' offence, Fur thou be a big
scholard now wi' a hoonderd haacre o' sense — But sich an obstropulous 1 lad
— naay, naay — fur I minds tha sa well, Tha'd niver not hopple 1 thy tongue, an' ...
Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, 1902
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The poetical works of Alfred, lord Tennyson ...
VI Now I'll gie tha a bit o' my mind an' tha weant be taakin' offence, Fur thou be a
big scholard now wi' a hoonderd haacre o' sense — But sich an obstropulous 1
lad— naay, naay — fur I minds tha sa well, Tha'd niver not hopple 2 thy tongue, ...
Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, 1896
VI Now I'll gie tha a bit o' my mind an' tha weant be taakin' offence, Fur thou be a
big scholard now wi' a hoonderd haacre o' sense— But sich an obstropulous' lad
—naay, naay—fur I minds tha sa well, Tha'd niver not hopple2 thy tongue, an' ...
Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, 1899
