Rudge (Barnaby).
A half-witted lad, who had for his companion a raven. (Dickens: Barnaby Rudge.)
A half-witted lad, who had for his companion a raven. (Dickens: Barnaby Rudge.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.