Family Names
Family names, which vary from edition to edition, include:
- Bacon, the Butcher
- Block, the Barber
- Block, the Builder
- Bone (or Bones), the Butcher
- Brush, the Artist
- Bud, the Florist
- Bun, the Baker
- Bung, the Brewer
- Carriage, the Undertaker
- Chalk, the Teacher
- Chip, the Carpenter
- Chop, the Butcher
- Constable, the Policeman
- Creep, the Crook
- Deck, the Swabhand
- Dip, the Dyer
- Dose, the Doctor
- Field, the Farmer
- Flea, the vet
- Green, the Grocer (most likely a greengrocer)
- Grits, the Grocer
- Hardwatch, the First Mate
- Hearty, the Captain
- Hose, the Fireman
- Jumbo, the pilot
- Mug, the Milkman
- Parcel, the postman
- Pint, the Milkman
- Pipe, the plumber
- Plod, the Policeman
- Pots, the Painter
- Snoot, the First Class Passenger
- Snuffet, the Undertaker
- Sole, the Fisherman
- Soot, the Sweep
- Stamp, the Postman
- Stitches, the Sailmaker
- Tape, the Tailor
- Teeth, the dentist
- Test, the Teacher
- Trim, the Tailor
- Tuckin, the Chef
The eleven families indicated by italics are from Jaques's original edition.
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Famous quotes containing the words family and/or names:
“There are one or two rules,
Half-a-dozen, maybe,
That all family fools,
Of whatever degree,
Must observe if they love their profession.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Without infringing on the liberty we so much boast, might we not ask our professional Mayor to call upon the smokers, have them register their names in each ward, and then appoint certain thoroughfares in the city for their use, that those who feel no need of this envelopment of curling vapor, to insure protection may be relieved from a nuisance as disgusting to the olfactories as it is prejudicial to the lungs.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (1805–1875)