or all souls, masons, St. Patrick, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE.
1785. G. A. STEVENS, Songs, Comic and Satyrical, ‘The Sentiment Song.’
| Lads pour out libations from bottles and bowls, | |
| THE MOTHER OF ALL-SAINTS is drank by All-Souls. |
1788. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. MOTHER OF ALL SAINTS. The Monosyllable. Ibid. MOTHER OF ALL SOULS. The same. Irish. Ibid. MOTHER OF ST. PATRICK. The same. Irish.
1823. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. MOTHER OF MASONS—a toast—not among their secrets in lodge, whatever it be at home.
