By the society's standard scale (10 being the perfect rose), the Sterling Silver ranks a paltry 4.2, as a rose of questionable value.. And while Hollywood is showing the roses growing on Chelsea rooftops, the Sterling probably can't cut it in New York.
For an unknown reason the bag was also known as a âjewing bagâ and was hung from a hammock ring or perhaps a hook or peg next to his bunk in the forecastle. These bags generally were companions to the sailorâs sea bags or sea chests.
This interesting surname may be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and bags, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century cod(e) meaning bag. It may also be a metonymic occupational nickname for a fishmonger, deriving from the Middle English codde meaning fish.