egman.
A ‘stage rustic's’ blunder for enigma n.
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1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 70 No egma, no riddle, no lenuoy . View more context for this quotation
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n.1598- to be on occasionally on the edge
- to be on occasionally upon edge
- to be on one's feet
- to be on one's game
- to be on one's honour
- to be on one's last go-round
- to be on one's last goround
- to be on one's merry way
- to be on one's mettle
- to be on one's p's and q's
- to be on one's peremptors
- to be on one's promotion
- to be on or upon one's behaviour, or one's good behaviour
- to be on or upon sale
- to be on or upon the scamper
- to be on record
- to be on seat
- to be on someone's tail
- to be on someone's wheel
- to be on stint
- to be on stone
- to be on tenter(s
- to break into a laugh
- to break into arms
- to break into or to shatters