WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND. A married couple, where
the woman is bigger than her husband.
WOMAN'S CONSCIENCE. Never satisfied.
WOMAN OF ALL WORK. Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands.
WOOLBIRD. A sheep. CANT.
WOOL GATHERING. Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or absorbed in thought.
WOOLLEY CROWN. A soft-headed fellow.
WORD GRUBBERS. Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse.
WORD PECKER. A punster, one who plays upon words.
WORD OF MOUTH. To drink by word of mouth, i.e. out
of the bowl or bottle instead, of a glass.
WORLD. All the world and his wife; every body, a great
company.