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Clutch
Invented in King John“ | And why rail I upon commodity? | |
| But for because he hath not woo'd me yet: | ||
| Not that I have the power to clutch my hand, | ||
| When his fair angels would salute my palm; | ||
| But for my hand, as unattempted yet, | ||
| Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich. | ||
| Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail | ||
| And say there is no sin but to be rich; | ||
| And, being rich, my virtue then shall be | ” |
Big Willy Shakes knew Middle English pretty well, so we're guessing he got this word from the word cloke (which meant claw). Clutch neologism, Will. |
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