The Public School Word-book / A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

by John Stephen Farmer

Swink, ‘Marriage’ changed to ‘Mariage,’ “Mariage of Witt and Wisdome”

Tardy, double quote inserted after ‘TASK,’ ““I was TARDY TASK””

Touch, double quote inserted after ‘STONE,’ “of the CRICKET-STONE””

Waffle, colon changed to semi-colon after ‘weak,’ “is very weak; waffy”

Appendix, Fag-poker, ‘LAG’ changed to ‘FAG,’ “call of “FAG poker”

Appendix, Stonyhurst-football, ‘form’ changed to ‘forms,’ “in other forms of”