Wordie: Dudgeon: Comments

Comment by yarb, 3 months ago

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:00:38 +0000

One morning early, I gave in my accounts with a very sulky air; she took them from me in moody silence, and we parted in a sort of well-bred dudgeon.

- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 4 ch. 7

Comment by gangerh, 9 months ago

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:28:58 +0000

Yes, of course. And this is the other meaning of dudgeon - a wooden dagger handle.

Comment by frindley, 9 months ago

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:18:32 +0000

“I see thee still,
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Which was not so before.”
(Macbeth)