The Cambridge communication concerning James Gordon is accompanied by an amusing list of names derived from “men and things.”
Personages and their Callings at
Cambridge in 1825.
| A King | is | a brewer |
| A Bishop | a tailor |
| A Baron | a horse-dealer |
| A Knight | a turf-dealer |
| A Proctor | a tailor |
| A Marshall | a cheesemonger |
| An Earl | a laundress |
| A Butler | a picture-frame maker |
| A Page | a bookbinder |
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| A Pope | an old woman |
| An Abbott | a bonnet-maker |
| A Monk | a waterman |
| A Nun | a horse-dealer |
| A Moor | a poulterer |
| A Savage | a carpenter |
| A Scott | an Englishman |
| A Rose | a fishmonger |
| A Lilly | a brewer |
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| A Crab | a butcher |
| A Salmon | a linendraper |
| A Leech | a fruiterer |
| A Pike | a milkman |
| A Sole | a shoemaker |
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| A Wood | a grocer |
| A Field | a confectioner |
| A Tunnell | a baker |
| A Marsh | a carrier |
| A Brook | a turf-dealer |
| A Greenwood | a baker |
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| A Lee | an innkeeper |
| A Bush | a carpenter |
| A Grove | a shoemaker |
| A Lane | a carpenter |
| A Green | a builder |
| A Hill | a butcher |
| A Haycock | a publican |
| A Barne | a grocer |
| A Shed | a butler |
| A Hutt | a shoeblack |
| A Hovel | a draper |
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| A Hatt | a bookseller |
| A Capp | a gardener |
| A Spencer | a butcher |
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| A Bullock | a baker |
| A Fox | a brazier |
| A Lamb | a sadler |
| A Lion | a grocer |
| A Mole | a town-crier |
| A Roe | an engraver |
| A Buck | a college gyp. |
| A Hogg | a gentleman |
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| A Bond | a grocer |
| A Binder | a fruiterer |
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| A Cock | a shoemaker |
| A Hawk | a paperhanger |
| A Drake | a dissenting minister |
| A Swan | a shoemaker |
| A Bird | an innkeeper |
| A Peacock | a lawyer |
| A Rook | a tailor |
| A Wren | a bricklayer’s labourer |
| A Falcon | a gentleman |
| A Crow | a builder |
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| A Pearl | a cook |
| A Stone | a glazier |
| A Cross | a boatwright |
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| A Barefoot | an innkeeper |
| A Leg | a mantua-maker |
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| White | a shoemaker |
| Green | a carpenter |
| Brown | a fishmonger |
| Grey | a painter |
| Pink | a publican |
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| Tall | a printer |
| Short | a tailor |
| Long | a shopkeeper |
| Christmas[701, 702] | an ironmonger |
| Summer | a carpenter |
| Sad | a barber |
| Grief | a glazier |
| Peace | a carpenter |
| Bacon | a tobacconist. |
A Hard-man
A Wise-man
A Good-man
A Black-man
A Chap-man
A Free-man
A New-man
A Bow-man
A Spear-man
A Hill-man
A Wood-man
A Pack-man
A Pit-man
A Red-man
A True-man.
FLORAL DIRECTORY.
Lilac. Syringa vulgaris.
Dedicated to St. Julia.
May 24.