An old hare hoar,
And an old hare hoar,
Is very good meat in lent
But a hare that is hoar
Is too much for a score,
When it hoars ere it be spent.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 4. Mercutio sings this bawdy song making sexual jokes about the Nurse. It is full of double meanings and puns, with "hare" also meaning prostitute. "Hoar" means grey with age and sounds the same as "whore." The misogynistic Mercutio is taunting the Nurse by calling her an unattractive old whore who is a waste of money.