Generally used to mean the leftovers, the worthless part that remains after you've got what you want. chaff The stuff left over after harvesting wheat. changeling An infant, usually strange or ugly, substituted for another in the crib or in the nursery. charlatan A fake or a phony; a ...
Was he playing with that meaning? I don’t know. It’s possible, but if he did, there is no reason to think he took the association from Baret. The two words are synonyms. Shakespeare didn’t have to read Baret to know that. ...
Generally used to mean the leftovers, the worthless part that remains after you've got what you want. chaff The stuff left over after harvesting wheat. changeling An infant, usually strange or ugly, substituted for another in the crib or in the nursery. charlatan A fake or a phony; a ...