10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERSKINKER»
Discover the use of
underskinker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
underskinker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The First Part of King Henry IV
But, sweet Ned - to sweeten which name of Ned I give thee this pennyworth of
sugar, clapped even now into my hand by an underskinker, one that never spake
other English in his life than 'Eight shillings and sixpence', 20 and 'You are ...
William Shakespeare, Herbert Weil, Judith Weil, 1997
2
A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Neither has it any connexion with Orndern, or Arn- dern, q. v. UNDERSKINKER.
Under -drawer; from under and skinker. See Skink. I give thee this pennyworth of
sugar, clapt even now into my hand by an underskinker, one that never spake ...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1872
3
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
But, sweet Ned, — to sweeten which name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of
sugar, clapped even now into my hand by an underskinker, one that never spake
other English in his life than — 'Eight shillings and sixpence,' and — 'You are ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Burdett Hemingway, 1917
4
The First Part of King Henry IV
24 puny (1) junior or inferior in rank, like an 'underskinker', 19, (2) raw,
inexperienced (not necessarily small or thin). 27 precedent example (of how the
drawer speaks English). This reading from F appears to correct the qq version, '
present'; ...
William Shakespeare, Judith Weil, Herbert Weil, 2007
5
Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His ...
... 'simpleton twice over'); *under- skinker 'assistant barman': clapt euen now into
my hand by an vnder Skinker, (1H4 2.5.22-3, Hal), OED Underskinker; wafer-
cake f'fragile', because wafers are thin and fragile: mens Faiths are Wafer-Cakes,
...
Norman Blake, Norman Francis Blake, 2006
6
The Fair Maid of the West, Parts I and II.
The city is hard by, 15 and I'll see and I can be entertained to my old trade of
drawing wine. If 't be but an underskinker I care not ; better 3. pepper'd] ruined. 3.
by this] by this time. 8. baker's legs] see Pt. I, II.i.37 n. 12. satisfy colon] appease ...
Thomas Heywood, Robert Kean Turner, 1967
7
The Heart of His Mystery: Shakespeare and the Catholic Faith ...
Here the Prince, still talking to Poins, is appalled by the verbal poverty of the
people with whom he has to deal: ... to sweeten which name of Ned I give thee
this pennyworth of sugar, clapped even now into my hand by an underskinker,
one that ...
Waterfield John Waterfield, John Waterfield, 2009
8
The Yale Shakespeare: The first part of King Henry the ...
But, sweet Ned, — to sweeten which name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of
sugar, clapped even now into my hand by an underskinker, one that never spake
other English in his life than — 'Eight shillings and sixpence,' and — 'You are ...
William Shakespeare, 1917
But, sweet Ned – to sweeten which name of Ned I give thee this pennyworth of
sugar, clapped even now into my hand by an underskinker, one that never spake
other English in his life than 'Eight shillings and sixpence', and 'You are welcome'
...
Peter Davison, Stanley Wells, William Shakespeare, 2007
10
The New English Drama, with Prefatory Remarks, Biographical ...
Bring sugar in white paper, not in brown." (2) Schenken, Dutch, is to fill a glass or
cup; and Schenker-is a cup-bearer, one that waits at table to fill the glasses. An
underskinker is, therefore, as Dr. Johnson has explained it, an underdrawer.
William Oxberry, William Hazlitt, 1819
