CHESTNUT

FIRST WITCH

A sailor’s wife had CHESTNUTS

in her lap,

And munch’d, and munch’d,

and munch’d.

—Macbeth [Act I, sc. 3]

PETRUCHIO

And do you tell me of

a woman’s tongue

That gives not half so great a blow to hear

As will a CHESTNUT

in a farmer’s fire?

—Taming of the Shrew [Act I, sc. 2]

ROSALIND

I’ faith, his hair is of a good colour.

CELIA

An excellent colour: your CHESTNUT

was ever the only colour.

—As You Like It [Act III, sc. 4]