Jan and Hubert Van Eyck (probably)
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/bio/e/eyck_van/hubert/biograph.html
Peter Cudmore wrote:
> Why would anyone bother to go to the trouble of saying "slut's wool" when
> "dust" is so much more convenient?
>
> What is the most long-winded slang term for a single-syllable subject?
>
> P
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
>> Sent: 30 August 2007 21:25
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Dust Bunnits
>>
>> Further:
>>
>> "Beggar's velvet, house moss and slut's wool were all slang terms once
>> used to describe dust, pertaining to its enduring legacy as the
>> discarded, the insignificant and the lowly cohabitant of the common."
>>
>> http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/lisabosse/lizzie.htm
>>
>> ... but it isn't referenced.
>>
>> R.
>>
>
>
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