(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 03 2005 at 21:56:25
WEDDING
The emptying of a necessary-hovise, particularly in London. You have been at an Irish wedding, where black eyes are given instead of favours; saying to one who has a black eye.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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