The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.0900 Friday, 6 May 2005
From: Gerald E. Downs <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 5 May 2005 18:56:49 EDT
Subject: 16.0860 'Quondam'
Comment: Re: SHK 16.0860 'Quondam'
Norman Hinton said that Grose's dictionary has
>the earliest appearance of the supposed Col. Cundum,
A footnote to "Panegyric" printed in 1728 attributes the invention to "a
certain Colonel . . . ." The 1741 printing expanded the footnote:
Colonel Condom was the Inventor of What is vulgarly
called a C----m, alias Armour, by the Girls of the Town,
and who generally carry this Defense about them, at
1 s. each.
In 1708 "Condon" said to be famed for the invention of the "Condon", for
whom it was named. The title of Dr. was given to "C----n ' in 1724,
though the device is called a 'Condum." I think the inventor was
invented in the attempt to bring the word to the public domain, but we
are still left with the mystery of its beginnings.
Gerald E. Downs
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