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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... Contemporary English, 1927 a catch-phrase died L.Dawson's Nicknames and Pseudonyms, 1908 dialect; dialectal(ly) Dict. D.N.B. 'Ducange Anglicus' ed. E.D.D. Egan's Grose Eng. esp. ABBREVIATIONS. AND. SIGNS. Abbreviations and signs.
... Contemporary English, 1927 a catch-phrase died L.Dawson's Nicknames and Pseudonyms, 1908 dialect; dialectal(ly) Dict. D.N.B. 'Ducange Anglicus' ed. E.D.D. Egan's Grose Eng. esp. ABBREVIATIONS. AND. SIGNS. Abbreviations and signs.
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... to bear in mind, however, that in slang, cant, colloquialism, catch-phrase, and solecism, the first use goes back generally a few, occasionally many, years earlier. The boundary between historical and modern slang, for the purposes.
... to bear in mind, however, that in slang, cant, colloquialism, catch-phrase, and solecism, the first use goes back generally a few, occasionally many, years earlier. The boundary between historical and modern slang, for the purposes.
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... catch-intensive. Apparently C.18 Scottish, then U.S. (see Bartlett), and ca 1840 adopted in England. Lamb, 1834: 'She is indeed, as the Americans would express it, something awful.' Coll, as is the adv. awful(ly)=very: mid-C. 19–20. In ...
... catch-intensive. Apparently C.18 Scottish, then U.S. (see Bartlett), and ca 1840 adopted in England. Lamb, 1834: 'She is indeed, as the Americans would express it, something awful.' Coll, as is the adv. awful(ly)=very: mid-C. 19–20. In ...
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... catch, take, or steal (1818): a common school term, Farrar using it in 1862. 3. To beget or to conceive: C.15–17. All three senses, coll. 4. To dismiss or discharge (a person): 1848, Chaplain's Report of Preston House of Correction ...
... catch, take, or steal (1818): a common school term, Farrar using it in 1862. 3. To beget or to conceive: C.15–17. All three senses, coll. 4. To dismiss or discharge (a person): 1848, Chaplain's Report of Preston House of Correction ...
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... catch or take the . To forestall, anticipate opportunity: coll >, by 1800, S.E.; from ca 1640. ball is with you, the . It is your turn; it is 'up to' you: coll >, by 1910, S.E.; from ca 1850; slightly ob. ball-keeper . A fag looking ...
... catch or take the . To forestall, anticipate opportunity: coll >, by 1800, S.E.; from ca 1640. ball is with you, the . It is your turn; it is 'up to' you: coll >, by 1910, S.E.; from ca 1850; slightly ob. ball-keeper . A fag looking ...
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