subs. phr. (old).—A babbler; one with the GIFT OF THE GAB (q.v.).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew. FOREMAN OF THE JURY, he that engrosses all the talk to himself.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
subs. phr. (old).—A babbler; one with the GIFT OF THE GAB (q.v.).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew. FOREMAN OF THE JURY, he that engrosses all the talk to himself.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
