yurl

Updated: May 1, 2025

I explained that she was a great lady and was to marry a marquess, that is a much more important person than an earl. He knew what an earl was, for of course he had heard of the 'Yurl, meaning that old rascal Ridgeley. A marquess, however, was outside his ken, and the information was wasted. "Why didna y' marry 'er y'rsel', Master Noll, and bring 'er back 'ere, then Jin wud 'a' bin all rate?"

George W. Gough - The Yeoman Adventurer

"His Viscountess!" repeated Barnabas, staring, "do you mean that the Viscount is actually married?" "'T ain't my fault, sir no fear, it ain't. 'E went and done it be'ind my back s'morning as ever was, 'e did. I didn't know nothin' about it till it was too late, 'e done it unbeknownst to me, sir, 'e did, an' she done it too a' course, an' the Yurl went an' 'elped 'em to do it, 'e did.

Jeffery Farnol - The Amateur Gentleman