Careful Words

prop (n.)

prop (v.)

The very staff of my age, my very prop.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.

You take my house when you do take the prop

That doth sustain my house; you take my life

When you do take the means whereby I live.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.