(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 03 2005 at 17:23:21
Wise Men of Gotham

Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire ; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuckow ; a bush, called the cuckow's bush, is still shewn in support of the tradition. A thousand other ridiculous stories are told of the men of Gotham.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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