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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... common name. 2. In full, ANDREW MILLAB. A ship, esp. of war: rhyming s. (–1864); ob. 3. Hence, a revenue cutter; Australian smugglers': ca 1870–1900. But this, like sense 2, may abbr. Andrew Miller's (or -ar's) lugger, 'a king's ship ...
... common name. 2. In full, ANDREW MILLAB. A ship, esp. of war: rhyming s. (–1864); ob. 3. Hence, a revenue cutter; Australian smugglers': ca 1870–1900. But this, like sense 2, may abbr. Andrew Miller's (or -ar's) lugger, 'a king's ship ...
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... Railway passengers': ca 1860–1910. 2. The Animal. 'A disguised, or flippant, reference amongst boon companions to the tavern, used in common when the sign is zoological...but more esp. The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 84.
... Railway passengers': ca 1860–1910. 2. The Animal. 'A disguised, or flippant, reference amongst boon companions to the tavern, used in common when the sign is zoological...but more esp. The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 84.
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Eric Partridge. used in common when the sign is zoological...but more esp. referring to the Elephant and Castle ...; until (1882) this place was exceptionally dubbed “Jumbo”,' Ware. animal, go the whole . A U.S. phrase adapted by Dickens ...
Eric Partridge. used in common when the sign is zoological...but more esp. referring to the Elephant and Castle ...; until (1882) this place was exceptionally dubbed “Jumbo”,' Ware. animal, go the whole . A U.S. phrase adapted by Dickens ...
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... common suffixes. autem. , adj. Married, esp. in the two c. terms, autem cove, a married man, and autem mort, a married woman: C.17–18. Perhaps ex ALTHAM, a wife. author-baiting . Summoning an unsuccessful dramatist before the curtain ...
... common suffixes. autem. , adj. Married, esp. in the two c. terms, autem cove, a married man, and autem mort, a married woman: C.17–18. Perhaps ex ALTHAM, a wife. author-baiting . Summoning an unsuccessful dramatist before the curtain ...
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... common as a barber's chair' (Grose). From ca 1570; †by 1890. See e.g. Burton's Anatomy and Motteux's translation of Pantagruel. (The whole phrase=very common, fit for general use.) barber's clerk . A person overdressed: from ca 1830 (ob ...
... common as a barber's chair' (Grose). From ca 1570; †by 1890. See e.g. Burton's Anatomy and Motteux's translation of Pantagruel. (The whole phrase=very common, fit for general use.) barber's clerk . A person overdressed: from ca 1830 (ob ...
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