Flutterby™! : Dildo 2004-05-12 19:43:10.789902+02

Dildo

2004-05-12 19:43:10.789902+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

But you first hear "dildo" from such writers as Middleton and Shakespeare himself. (Winter's Tale 4.4: "He hath songs for man or woman of all sizes; no milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. He has the prettiest love-songs for maids; so without bawdry, which is strange; with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings...") Both the Middleton and the Shakespeare sound quite suggestive, "without bawdry" notwithstanding. But the first straight-up (so to speak) description of a dildo as a sex toy is courtesy of Thomas Nashe, in "The Choise of Valentines" (circa 1592):

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