subs. (American).—1. A fool: also RALPH SPOONER.—B. E. (c. 1696); GROSE (1785).
2. (printers’).—A mischief-mongering deus ex machinâ: the supposed author of the tricks played on a recalcitrant member of a CHAPEL (q.v.).
subs. (American).—1. A fool: also RALPH SPOONER.—B. E. (c. 1696); GROSE (1785).
2. (printers’).—A mischief-mongering deus ex machinâ: the supposed author of the tricks played on a recalcitrant member of a CHAPEL (q.v.).
