Apparently he was an advocate for financial austerity, so his name became connected with cheap or discount things. A silhouette was an affordable type of portrait.
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A lot of common words come from people’s names. Guillotine, shrapnel, stent, just to name a few.
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Sir John Henry Penis-pump
Mr This Sort Of Thing Is My Bag Baby
Lord Baldwin Cockring.
daguerreotype, mesmerizing
Gasoline and diesel too apparently.
Nice find! I had always assumed it was French for shadow or something along those lines.
It is french for outline.
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