subs. (various phrases).—KING OF SPAIN’S (or SPANISH) TRUMPETER = a braying ass, i.e., Don Key (GROSE); ‘His TRUMPETER is dead’ (see TRUMPET); ‘He would make a good TRUMPETER, for he smells strong’ (GROSE): ‘of one with fœtid breath.’
subs. (various phrases).—KING OF SPAIN’S (or SPANISH) TRUMPETER = a braying ass, i.e., Don Key (GROSE); ‘His TRUMPETER is dead’ (see TRUMPET); ‘He would make a good TRUMPETER, for he smells strong’ (GROSE): ‘of one with fœtid breath.’
