CUNDUM. The dried gut of a sheep, worn by men in the
act of coition, to prevent venereal infection; said to have
been invented by one colonel Cundum. These machines
were long prepared and sold by a matron of the name of
Philips, at the Green Canister, in Half-moon-street, in the
Strand. That good lady having acquired a fortune, retired
from business; but learning that the town was not well
served by her successors, she, out of a patriotic zeal for the
public welfare, returned to her occupation; of which she
gave notice by divers hand-bills, in circulation in the year
1776. Also a false scabbard over a sword, and the oil-skin
case for holding the colours of a regiment.