The Vulgar Tongue on Nostr: DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK. A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an ...

DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK. A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See OTOMY.--He looked as pleasant as the pains of death.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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