jobbernowl

• "Keep thy jobbernowl to thysel '," said the indignant Betty, when she had made sure of this favour. —  Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
• Zeuxis, who killed himself with laughing at the sight of the antique jobbernowl of an old hag drawn by him. —  Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4
• "But listen: Creed's a dhrivlin 'jobbernowl that orders his comin's be th' hang av th 'moon, an' his goin's be th 'dhreams av his head. —  The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
• She then wrapped him up in a gaberdine, bound his noddle with a goodly clean biggin, clapped over it a felt such as those through which hippocras is distilled, at the bottom of which, instead of a cowl, she put three obelisks, made him draw on a pair of old-fashioned codpieces instead of mittens, girded him about with three bagpipes bound together, bathed his jobbernowl thrice in the fountain; then threw a handful of meal on his phiz, fixed three cock's feathers on the right side of the hippocratical felt, made him take a jaunt nine times round the fountain, caused him to take three little leaps and to bump his a-- seven times against the ground, repeating I don't know what kind of conjurations all the while in the —  Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
• a faggot-stick or his sword to the rascal's jobbernowl, give him the gentle lash, or make him cut a caper out at the window, by way of correction. —  Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4

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