castor

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Latin.) A beaver; hence, a hat.


"I trembled, I own, where the bravest would shrink,

Each moment expecting some horrid disaster;

Then my head gave a spin, and I lost--what d'ye think?"

Said St. Peter, "Most likely your castor."--New York Sunday Courier.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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