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yarb commented on the word whipperginnie
Very deuout asses they were, for all they were so dunstically set forth, & such as thought they knew as much of Gods minde as richer men, why inspiration was their ordinarie familiar, and buzde in theyr eares like a Bee in a boxe euerie houre what newes from heauen, hell, and the lands of whipperginnie...
- Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594
March 6, 2010