| | ''Dildo'' in this sense is the same sort of thing as "hey diddle diddle" in the Mother Goose nursery rhyme: some wording that is rhythmic, and rhymes, but has no meaning apart from its use in the verse. | | ''Dildo'' in this sense is the same sort of thing as "hey diddle diddle" in the Mother Goose nursery rhyme: some wording that is rhythmic, and rhymes, but has no meaning apart from its use in the verse. |
| − | However, having said that, it is not possible to strictly distinguish the meaning of ''dildo'' here from its better-known, vulgar meaning, since that meaning did also exist in Shakespeare's time. For example, see the lewd verse "Choise of Valentines or the Merie Ballad of Nash his Dildo," T. Nashe, c.1593, which can be found at the Project Gutenberg website:<br> | + | However, having said that, it is not possible to exclude the better-known, vulgar meaning, since that meaning did also exist in Shakespeare's time. For example, see the lewd verse "Choise of Valentines or the Merie Ballad of Nash his Dildo," T. Nashe, c.1593, which can be found at the Project Gutenberg website:<br> |