> Yes, yes, yes, a wonderful list of lively words. It is fun sitting in the
> stands, watching a tournament, or a 'tour of meants', like this. Thank you
> linesmen, thank you ballboys ...
>
> Andrew
Ah, Andrew, what an elegant allusion on your part to the early cant meaning
of "tour" as "look out or watch" -- 'Bing out, bien morts, and tour, and
tour,' indeed!
Back to Robert Copland's _High Way to the Spital House_ (where he spells the
term "tear") and to try to work out the meaning of flowches and clewners.
(The text is available here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=hI4gAAAAMAAJ&dq=copland+hye&as_brr=1
... for anyone who does not already have it on his or her shelves.)
R. Rodent
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