The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #133492   Message #3029668
Posted By: John MacKenzie
11-Nov-10 - 03:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: I've Changed My Name
Subject: RE: BS: I've Changed My Name
Yes it is Jock.
I assumed that Rapaire was a fancy way of spelling repair, and that he was, as in Gilbert & Sullivan, a Wandring minstrel.
Ergo he was 'a thing of rags and patches', and in constant need of Rapaire!