Ram-chicken [was: True Blue]
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Nov 14 14:24:29 UTC 2006
At 11/13/2006 05:54 PM, JL wrote:
>Assuming that "ram-chicken" simply means "rooster," it antedates the
>modern use of "chicken" in OED (1812) by about two generations.
For the other half of this compound, I wonder whether there is any
correlation with my (or Hugh Rawson's, or Kenneth Silverman's) 1665
"ram-beggur". Although I doubt it -- I can't think of one that works myself.
Joel
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