The Routledge Dictionary of Historical SlangRoutledge, 2003. 9. 2. - 1066페이지 Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914. |
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... C.19–20. Adumbrated in 1595 by Shakespeare's 'then comes answer like an Absey booke'. Always coll. a-cockbill . Free; dangling free; nautical coll (–1887). A.D. A drink: male dancers' coll (–1909) inscribed on dance-programmes; Entries A.
... C.19–20. Adumbrated in 1595 by Shakespeare's 'then comes answer like an Absey booke'. Always coll. a-cockbill . Free; dangling free; nautical coll (–1887). A.D. A drink: male dancers' coll (–1909) inscribed on dance-programmes; Entries A.
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... Shakespeare, Massinger, B.E., Grose. 2. Also, in late C.18–19, a mendicant pretending to be an old naval rating cast on the streets. cf. ABRAM. 3. (Only Abram man.) A thief of pocket-books: c. (–1823); †by 1870. Abra(ha)m-sham . A ...
... Shakespeare, Massinger, B.E., Grose. 2. Also, in late C.18–19, a mendicant pretending to be an old naval rating cast on the streets. cf. ABRAM. 3. (Only Abram man.) A thief of pocket-books: c. (–1823); †by 1870. Abra(ha)m-sham . A ...
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... Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona: punning ale+melancholy. Cf. LEMONCHOLY. alligator . See HALLIGATOR. 2. One who, singing, opens his mouth wide: ca 1820–50. alligator pear . An avocado pear: South African coll (–1892). By ...
... Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona: punning ale+melancholy. Cf. LEMONCHOLY. alligator . See HALLIGATOR. 2. One who, singing, opens his mouth wide: ca 1820–50. alligator pear . An avocado pear: South African coll (–1892). By ...
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... Ex its shortlived S.E. sense (a prison) comes STEEL. 2. Early in C.19, among criminals, Bastile was applied as a nickname to Coldbath Fields Prison, demolished ca 1890. basting . A thrashing: in Shakespeare and till ca 1660, A-Z 235.
... Ex its shortlived S.E. sense (a prison) comes STEEL. 2. Early in C.19, among criminals, Bastile was applied as a nickname to Coldbath Fields Prison, demolished ca 1890. basting . A thrashing: in Shakespeare and till ca 1660, A-Z 235.
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Eric Partridge. basting . A thrashing: in Shakespeare and till ca 1660, coll; then virtually S.E. Grose records it as give (a person) his basting(s). bat . A prostitute favouring the night: C17–early 19. 2. Pace: from ca 1800; dial ...
Eric Partridge. basting . A thrashing: in Shakespeare and till ca 1660, coll; then virtually S.E. Grose records it as give (a person) his basting(s). bat . A prostitute favouring the night: C17–early 19. 2. Pace: from ca 1800; dial ...
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