>Wasn't Mrs. Byrne the one who thought that "cornobbled" meant getting hit with a fish?

no, no, no.... if you're guine to be argumentative you've got to pay more attention. Mrs. Byrne's dictionary reads "hit with a fist"; the web site which mirrors her dictionary read "hit with a fish" (this is where WW found it), and they've acknowledged their typo -- based on Wright's dictionary, she had it right in the book. the fish thing, it would appear, is just a... well, fishy coincidence.

HTH.

http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/