April 12, 2024
COMIC - From One Lobster to Another - 1906 - cigarette, cane, straw hat
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COMIC - From One Lobster to Another - 1906: According to the latest edition of Webster's dictionary, one meaning of "lobster" is "a gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable fellow." This meaning is supposed by most persons to be a modern development of slang. However, "lobster*? Was a favorite term of abuse among Englishmen of Queen Elizabeth's day. Some students think it probably was applied first to men with red faces. As signifying a soldier the term "lobster" is as old as Cromwell's day. Lord Clarendon, historian of the civil war in England, explains that it was applied to the roundhead cuirassiers "because of the bright iron shells with which they were covered." Afterwards British soldiers in their red uniforms were called "lobsters." Then came another development. The soldier in the red coat became a "boiled lobster," while the policeman" in blue was, of course, an "unboiled" or "raw lobster." Again, "to boil a lobster" was for a man to enlist in the army and put on a red coat." This Undivided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1906, is in good condition, but there is edge wear and some soiling.
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