Old meanings of words

[Munden]

Can anyone help with these please? 1 Now meaning something inferior which word was given to a rope of woven rushes? 2 Now meaning an absence of quality which word originally described tramps and vagrants in the 16th C? 3 Which word denoting an associate used to be a name for a hip pocket in men's trousers?

[Famous5]

How about riffraff for 2?

[Quizmonster]

A sidekick is an associate and 'kick' is an old word for a pocket. Hence, a sidekick once meant a side pocket rather than a hip pocket. Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure 'sidekick' is the word you're looking for, since there never was a word 'hip-kick' or 'back-kick'!

[Quizmonster]

PS Yeah...I know there's a back-kick in football!

[RevShirls]

I wonder if No 2 could be "poor" or "destitute" since there were poor houses and vagrants were often described as the poor or destitute. Check dictionary definitions of poor and destitute.

[daithebus]

Try Tatty