1811 Dictionary
of the Vulgar Tongue

A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
Q R S T
U V W X
Y Z ¤ ?

Random term RSS/XML Daily The Devil's Dictionary, the original Aesop's Fables The Devil's Dictionary X

Left-handed Wife

A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand.