The world of lurchers:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=lurchers&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
tweedier than you'd ever dared to guess.
Roger
On 12/14/06, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My dictionary historical slang (penguin) -lurcher -a rogue-but' lurcher of
> the law' 'a bum bailiff or his setter-Grosse 1780-1840
> P lurcher P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Day
> Sent: 14 December 2006 09:06
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> Subject: Re: lurch merchant
>
> A Lurcher is a dog - a grey-hound cross - used to hunt game. I don't
> think it's illegal, but if memory serves, it's used by poachers.
>
> Roger
>
> On 12/14/06, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Quoting Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > > Nobody yet has helped me with the odd phrase 'lurch merchant'...
> > >
> > > Max:
> > >
> > > Possibly "con-man".
> > >
> > > 20thC Australian slang has "lurcher", a rascal, a villain, from 16thC
> > > "lurch" n a cheat or swindle / v to deceive, get the better of. (Green,
> > > _Cassell/Slang_). Thus a lurch merchant (cf piss artist, spin meister,
> > > bullshit merchant) would be one who engaged in cheating and swindling.
> > >
> > > Robin
> >
> > Thanks, Robin, that makes sense.
> >
> > I have to push aside the opening line of an Auden 30s lyric:
> >
> > O lurcher-loving collier...
> >
> > [=greyhound or whippet fancier, as I recall]
> >
> > [forget what comes after that]
> >
> > Max
> >
> >
> >
> >
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