British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 264
er head-dress resembled agallows—and she was consequently scorned by the wholecompany, who said she carried a gibbet upon her head. i» HENRY VI., 1422-1461 163 However, these diatribes and animadversions had about aslittle effect in discouraging this fashion as the proverbialwater upon the ducks…
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