{"id":7575,"date":"2018-01-05T08:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2017-12-28T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T00:05:04","slug":"clement-skitts-word-of-the-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/clement-skitts-word-of-the-day-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Clement Skitt’s Word of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“When I get my fams on the cunning shaver who left me with this fakement, I’ll annoint him with the oil of gladness.”<\/p>\n

OR: ‘When I get my hands on the cheat who left me with this forgery, I will beat him to a pulp.’<\/p>\n

Let’s break it down:<\/p>\n

FAMS:<\/strong> Hands. Famble cheats; rings or gloves.
\nCUNNING SHAVER:<\/strong> a sharp fellow, one that trims close, i.e. cheats ingeniously
\nFAKEMENT:<\/strong> A counterfeit signature. A forgery. Tell the macers to mind their fakements; desire the swindlers to be careful not to forge another person’s signature.
\nOIL OF GLADNESS:<\/strong> I will anoint you with the oil of gladness; ironically spoken for, I will beat you.<\/p>\n

-all from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue<\/em> by Francis Grose<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“When I get my fams on the cunning shaver who left me with this fakement, I’ll annoint him with the oil of gladness.” OR: ‘When I get my hands on the cheat who left me with this forgery, I will beat him to a pulp.’ Let’s break it down: FAMS: Hands. Famble cheats; rings or… Continue reading Clement Skitt’s Word of the Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[219],"class_list":["post-7575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-clement-skitt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10258,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/08\/31\/slang-at-the-internet-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":7575,"position":0},"title":"Slang at the Internet Archive","author":"leems","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been a little while since Clement Skitt showed up on the bean, but you may have gleaned from Clement Skitt's word of the day that I have a bit of an affinity for vintage slang. 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