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Dreng

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A servant boy, similar to the French garçon and Latin puer. A Danish word, which occurs in Domesday Book.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Drawing-room
Drawing the Cork
Drawing the King’s (or Queen’s) Picture
Drawing the Nail
Drawlatches
Drawn
Drawn Battle
Dreadnought
Dream Authorship
Dreamer
Dreng
Dress your Jacket (or hide)
Dresser
Drink
Drink Deep
Drinke and Welcome
Drink like a Fish (To)
Drinking Healths
Drinking Song
Drinking at Freeman’s Quay
Drive