E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Dud’man and Ramhead.
When Dudman and Ramhead meet. Never. Dudman and Ramhead (now spelt Ramehead) are two forelands on the Cornïsh coast, about twenty miles asunder. (See NEVER.)
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“Make yourself scarce! depart! vanish! or we’ll have you summoned before the mayor of Hal’gaver, and that before Dudman and Ramhead meet.”—Scott: Kenilworth, iv.
