Dick
While Dick is a time-honoured contraction of the name Richard, it is also an euphemism for penis, and in modern times it is frequently used as an insult.A contemptible or stupid person is often referred to as a 'dickhead', although usually not in their hearing!
Dick is also a slang term used to refer to a private investigator or detective. It is a shortened form of detective.
Jones, Lycurgus B.,
'Twas his severe advocacy
His views of life were painfully
He dwelt on marriage sanctity.
He frequently went on a spree;
On this especial subject he
Did lay his hands not lovingly
Of wedlock was his guaranty.
But Mrs. Jones declined to see
And quietly got a decree
With his known idiosyncrasy?
And drew the weapon of Bowie.
He did what Sickles did to Key,--
In fact, on persons twenty-three
The witnesses and referee,
Died in that wholesale butchery.
And then when Jones, Lycurgus B.,
Twelve jurymen did instantly
CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL
(ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING)
Oh, come, my beloved, from thy winter.html">winter abode,
For the waters have fallen, the winter has fled,
How the fences and tules once more.
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