subs. (thieves’).—The country. Also DEUSEAVILLE.
ENGLISH SYNONYM. Monkery.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. La camplouse; la cambrouse; le pasclin or pasquelin.
ITALIAN SYNONYMS. Longa (literally = an expanse); polverosa (literally = dusty); graziosa (literally = graceful).
1622. HEAD and KIRKMAN, ‘Canting Song.’
| This Doxie Dell can cut bien whids, | |
| And drill well for a win; | |
| And prig and cloy so benshiply, | |
| All the DEUSEA-VILE within. |
