See Also: vergaloo(medicine)
vergaloo(dictionary)
Melville, Herman(encyclopedia)
Melville (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Melville Island(encyclopedia)
Melville, Herman(dictionary)
Fuller, Melville (Weston)(encyclopedia)
Viscount Melville Sound(encyclopedia)

Melville, Herman (oh) and vergaloo (iou)


Melville, Herman (oh)



(1819-91) a US writer who wrote about his experiences as a sailor. He wrote Moby-Dick, one of the most famous American novels. He also wrote Billy Budd, a story which Benjamin Britten used in his opera of the same name.

vergaloo (iou)



vergaloo noun. US. E19.
[Alt. of VIRGOULEUSE, prob. taken as pl.]
A variety of pear, the white doyenne.