Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Haberdasher's Guild
The wonderful HJ in Brussels captured this image from the Maison du Renard, the house of the haberdasher's guild.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Cap In Hand
From the custom of uncovering the head (abridged to ‘raising’ or merely ‘touching’ the cap) in sign of reverence, respect, or courtesy, come many expressions, such as to come with cap in hand, also cap-in-hand, attrib. phr., with cap and knee, bareheaded and bowing or kneeling, with cap and courtship, or cap and curtsey; and also the contextual use of cap, for the raising of the cap, respectful salute.
1889 C. M. YONGE in Monthly Packet Xmas 33, I don't care for those cap-in-hand ways of your people here. OED
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