Note 303 — Chapter VI · DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.
Reading edition
Commonly thus pronounced (or rather “durrah,” with a soft d) for “darrah”; originally, perhaps, by way of a pun; as “durrah” is a common name for a parrot.
Reading edition
Commonly thus pronounced (or rather “durrah,” with a soft d) for “darrah”; originally, perhaps, by way of a pun; as “durrah” is a common name for a parrot.