A good friend of mine, Captain Bill Pescena (aka Billbo of the Nine Fingers) gave me an interesting book today; it is a dictionary of rarely used and/or obscure words. In it I discovered two very interesting creatures that are sorely in need of resurrection:
- The Bicorne: a medieval monster grown fat by feeding on patient husbands.
- The Chichevache: an incredibly skinny medieval monster that feeds solely on patient wives.
Mrs. Bosch informs us that neither of these creatures feeds at our house, and I have to agree. No, really, I
have to.
Byrne, Josefa Heifetz.
Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words. Secaucus: Citadel Press and University Books, 1974.
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