 | Francis Grose - 1785 - 206 էջ
...Some derive it from the word donnez, which signifies give, but the true original meaning of the word, owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous in his business, that it became a proverb, when a man refused... | |
 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 էջ
...Some derive it from the word donnez, which fignifies give, but the true original meaning of the word, owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, ib extremely a£Hve, and fo dexterous in his bufinefs, that it became a proverb, when a man refufed... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 244 էջ
...some derive it from the word donnez, which signifies give. But the true original meaning of the word, owes its birth, to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous in his business, that it became a proverb, when a man refused... | |
 | 1817 - 422 էջ
...they are shagreen." ORIGIN OF THE WORD " Dun." —The true origin of this expression owes it bin li to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous at the management of his rough business, that it became a proverb,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1819 - 174 էջ
...the saying, " Nine Tailors make a Man" . . ORIGIN Or THE WORD Dun. The true origin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln : so extremely a«tive, and so very dexterous was this man, at the management of his 22 rough business,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1820 - 122 էջ
...Christianity to keep in memory the day. Origin of the word Dun. The true origin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln : so extremely active, and so very dexterous was this man, at the management of his rough business,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 էջ
...domez signifies give me, implying a demand of something due ; but the true original of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town ot Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous at the management of his rough business, that it... | |
 | 1869 - 746 էջ
...Some derive it from the word donnez, which signifies give ; but the true original meaning of the word owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active and so dextrous in his business that it became a proverb, when a man refused to... | |
 | Albert Plympton Southwick - 1886 - 300 էջ
...give me, implying a demand of something due ; but it is said that the true origin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, England, who lived in the days of Henry VII. , and was so extremely active, and so dexterous in the... | |
 | G. W. Niven - 1903 - 296 էջ
...signifies " give me," implying a demand of something due ; but the true original of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active and so dexterous at the management of his rough business that it became a proverb,... | |
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Some derive it from the word donnez, which signifies give, but the true original meaning of the word, owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous... 
