Gelded ewes

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  • gilded youths: (jeunesse dorée) the name given to a body of young French dandies who, after the fall of Robespierre, strove to bring about a counterrevolution; today the term is used to describe any offspring living an affluent lifestyle
  • gelded: castrated
  • ewes: female sheep → and therefore incapable of being gelded
  • with all this gelded youth about I just feel like putting an end to myself: A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake
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