[Ads-l] Why not cut your stick? 1813

[Stephen Goranson]

OED cut v, 44. has “to cut one’s stick,” take one’s departure, be off, go (slang)… from 1825

Othello-Travestie... 1813,    (Act I p. 8) has Roderigo supposedly say, “Why not cut your stick?” with note b, which is taken up (p. 165) by supposed critical remarks:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Othello_travestie_in_Three_Acts_With_Bur/yqZfAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=stick
Stephen Goranson

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