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hiromichi
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 Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:55 am Post subject: Donnybrook |
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What are upper benjamins and loodies?
The annual (1204-1867) Donnybrook Fair in Donnybrook, Ireland (SE suburb of Dublin), famous for its brawls. In 1822, a typical fair day's complaints were "for broken heads, black eyes, bloody noses, squeezed hats, singed, cut and torn inexpressibles, jocks and upper benjamins, loodies, frocks, tippets, reels and damaged leghorns, together with sundry assaults, fibbings, cross buttocks, and ground floorings too numerous to mention."
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Mister Micawber
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(Upper) benjamin - A kind of upper coat for men. [Colloq. Eng.] (Webster, 1913)
Loody - a loose heavy frieze coat. (Munster.) (found Chapters of Dublin History (http://indigo.ie/~kfinlay/)
(courtesy of yourDictionary Agora)
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Philo Kevetch
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Hello hiromochi -
Your dictionary Agora - <<http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/agora/agori/cgi>>
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hiromichi
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Mister Micawber and Philo Kevetch, Thank you very much.
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