A womper-upper.
"The Italian by-word, the woman is the fire, the man
is the roast meate, in commeth the devile, and he playeth the cooke."
William Fulbrecke, The pandectes of the law of nations (1602).
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
About Me
- Richard Voorhees
- Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.
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