Tom Turdman
A Night-Man's Scavengings
Monday, July 29, 2013
Vanish, Foyst!
John Marston (1576–1634),
The Dutch Courtezan
3.3.50-51, in
The Works of John Marston
, ed. A.H. Bullen, Vol. II (London: John C. Nimmo, 1887), p. 61:
Every man's turd smells well in's own
nose. Vanish, foyst!
Foyst = foist = fist. See
Oxford English Dictionary
, under fist,
n.
2
: "A breaking wind, a foul smell, stink."
"Vanish, foyst!" is a useful exclamation to utter when someone breaks wind.
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