ZOUCH, or SLOUCH, a slovenly ungenteel man, one who has a stoop in his gait; a slouched hat, a hat with its brims let down, or uncocked.

ZOC, or SOC, a blow; I gid him a zock, I gave him a blow (West country).

ZNEES, frost or frozen; zneesy weather, frosty weather.

ZNUS, the same as znees.

ZOUNDS, an exclamation, an abbreviation of God's wounds. ZUCKE, a wethered stump of a tree.

FINI S.

[Now ready, at all London Booksellers.]

The Original Edition of Joe Miller's Fests. 1739.

JOE MILLER'S JESTS;

OR

THE WIT'S VADE MECUM,

BEING

A COLLECTION OF THE MOST BRILLIANT JESTS, THE POLITEST REPARTEES, THE MOST ELEGANT BONS MOTS,

(An interesting specimen of remarkable facsimile, 8vo, half morocco, old Dutch paper sides, price 9s. 6d.)

LONDON:

PRINTED BY T. READ,

1739.

**The book is well known, or rather the Jests are, for the veritable first edition of Joe Miller is one of the rarest books in the English language. With regard to the contents of Joe Miller's Fests, the plain-spoken words are neither better nor worse than those in any other similar collection of the period. It is to be regretted that the author did not employ expressions a little less coarse than he has done; his wit and pungency, however, it is impossible to deny. Only a very few copies of this humourous book have been reproduced.