Word of the Day: CALLYMOOCHER

ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin

EXAMPLE
“…OLIVER. I do, thou upstart callymoocher, I do. ‘Tis well known to thee I have been twice alecunner, thou mushrump that shot up in one night with lying with thy mistress….”

From: The Mayor of Quinborough: A Comedy
By Thomas Middleton, a1627

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