Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Wag Beards (To).

Wad’man (Widow).

Wages.

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Wag Beards (To).

“’Tis merry in hall when beards wag all”—i.e. when feasting goes on.

“Then was the minstrel’s harp with rapture heard;

The song of ancient days gave huge delight;

With pleasure too did wag the minstrel’s beard,

For Plenty courted him to drink and bite.”

Peter Pindar: Elegy to Scotland.

Wad’man (Widow).

Wages.

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