Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Custard

A slap on the hand with a ferula. The word should be custid, unless a play is meant. (Latin, custis, a club or stick.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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