Month: October 2017

Are you an “arsworm” (“a little diminutive Fellow”) or a “bundletail” (“a short Fat or squat Lass”)? Dictionaries of slang have been delighting lexicographers, lowlives and librarians since the …

Carroll may have taken his inspiration for the Mad Hatter from a man named Theophilus Carter. An Oxford cabinet maker and furniture dealer, he was known for standing outside …