Suppose you screeve? or go cheap-jack?
Or fake the broads? or fig a nag?
Or thimble-rig? or knap a yack?
Or pitch a snide? or smash a rag?
Suppose you duff? or nose and lag?
Or get the straight, and land your pot?
How do you melt the multy swag?
Booze and the blowens cop the lot.
(From Francois Villon's “Straight Tip to All Cross Coves” as translated by William Ernest Henley)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
What's in a name?
What do these names mean to you? Post a personal anecdote, of about 100 words:
1) Tally-Ho 2) Bee 3) Bicycle 4) (Insert name of your favourite Casino card) 5) Other
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