My hat, I must say, fits just fine;
it shields my bald head from sunshine.
So be nice, I bid
to my much-loved lid,
although it's a cheap four-and-nine.
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Author Notes
four-and-nine (n.) a hat, in particular a cheap or poor quality one.
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Thanks for reading.
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