Ram-beggur

[Baker, John]

        Might the intent have been ram-beggar (i.e., one who begs for
sex), where ram (after Farmer & Henley) means sex or a penis and beggur
is a variant spelling of beggar?

John Baker


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Farmer & Henley also have "ram" as
"(venery) An act of coition: hence, as a verb, to possess a woman; cf.
RAMROD ['the penis; see PRICK']"

Of course, it's not so much the sex of the possessum that's relevant
here, but that of the possessor (or at least the equipment thereof).

LH

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