Bridewell
Re: Bridewell
Completely new word to me, Magoo. It obviously hasn't crossed the border.
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Re: Bridewell
Profess or linguistics and obscurity JJ will no doubt tell us all (and I do mean ALL 
) about it.
) about it.Pervert
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Re: Bridewell
That should read professor of. I need my bed.
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Re: Bridewell
Ah, you see yourself as Hamish Macbeth, with dog. Beware, his manor was Plockton---midgey capital of the world!
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Re: Bridewell
dunno off the top of my head, but I got a coupla mates in the forces, ones been in for 30 years one for one year, the older one is from the north east so between them we should be able to find out.
gimme a day or so to try
gimme a day or so to try
we are Leeds.... , and we can still beat the mighty Chester
Re: Bridewell
Shorter Oxford Dictionary - a prison, a reformatory. After St. Bride's Well in London near which there was a prison.
There's a reference in Congreve's The Way of the World -
FOIBLE "Oh, that ever I was born! Oh, that I was ever married! A bride? Ay, I shall be a Bridewell bride. Oh! ... ".
Found with the assistance of google. It's a long time since I read this for A Level and I'm not sure precisely what it refers to, but see -
There's a reference in Congreve's The Way of the World -
FOIBLE "Oh, that ever I was born! Oh, that I was ever married! A bride? Ay, I shall be a Bridewell bride. Oh! ... ".
Found with the assistance of google. It's a long time since I read this for A Level and I'm not sure precisely what it refers to, but see -