Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Lacking linen or decent apparel; beggarly.
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lack-linen’.
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knaves, rogues and stewed prunes
The Bard had a nasty streak.
swaggering rascal, lack-linen, scurvy companion, ape of death, sanguine coward, bed-presser, huge hill of flesh, horseback-breaker, mouldy rogue, braggart vile, damned furious wight, bull's pizzle and 30 more...
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Killjoy et al
Namely, compounds consisting of a verb with a direct object immediately after it, without inflection
killjoy, lickspigot, quakebuttock, throttlebottom, scattergood, scapegrace, swillbowl, tosspot, breakfast, cutthroat, pickpocket, dreadnought and 84 more...
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Unsavoury Types
insults, epithets, etc.
drotchel, drossel, drazel, flutch, lollard, scobberlotcher, ragabash, faineant, cad, buffoon, martinet, tosspot and 116 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lack-linen.
plethora Well... perhaps I will. Apr 2, 2008
bilby A few Shakey lists around. By all means plethora, make a new and bestest one :-) Apr 2, 2008
plethora Is there a list somewhere of Shakespearean insults? There should be. Apr 2, 2008
plethora My favourite of Will's insults is ape of death Apr 2, 2008
reesetee That Will always did have a way with words. Apr 1, 2008
chained_bear I like "you moldy rogue." Apr 1, 2008
bilby "I scorn you, scurvy companion. What, you poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate! Away, you moldy rogue, away!"
- 'Henry IV, part 2', William Shakespeare. Apr 1, 2008