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Word: puttock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be like to be Menelaus, Thersites remarks "to be an ass, were nothing, be is both ass and ox; to be an ox, were nothing, he is both ox and ass. To be a dog, a mule a cat, a finch, a toad, a lizzard, an owl, a puttock, or a herring without a toe. I would not care, but to be Menelaus, I woud conspire against destiny." Scratching her head, pulling at her suit of rags and slobbering over a bottle of brew, Fasolino's Thersites is convulsive. Excellently staged by Evett, Faselino flits from audience to stage...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Shakespeare Straight & Tragic | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

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