THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK

THE

PUBLIC SCHOOL WORD-BOOK

A CONTRIBUTION TO

A HISTORICAL GLOSSARY OF WORDS PHRASES

AND TURNS OF EXPRESSION OBSOLETE

AND IN PRESENT USE

PECULIAR TO

OUR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

TOGETHER WITH SOME THAT HAVE BEEN OR

ARE MODISH AT THE UNIVERSITIES

BY

JOHN S. FARMER

EDITOR OF “AMERICANISMS—OLD AND NEW,” “REGIMENTAL RECORDS

OF THE BRITISH ARMY,” AND (WITH W. E. HENLEY)

“SLANG AND ITS ANALOGUES,” ETC.

LONDON

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BY HIRSCHFELD BROTHERS

13 FURNIVAL STREET, E.C.

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