To pull about is to towse; to wriggle is to squirm. A thing that is good for nothing is a wastrel, and when a man has had enough he is said to have got his whack. A fool is described as a ninny, a term which Shakespeare employs in ‘The Tempest.’ If a man pulled another’s hair or ears, he would be said to lug him. Ears are also called lug:, as in an early play we have the following: ‘Dare you think your clumsy lugs as proper to decide As the delicate ears of justice?’
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