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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... latter developing ex auburn corrupted, for (as in Shakespeare) abra(ha)m, later abramcoloured, =auburn, hence fair. cf. the abrannoi (naked) of Hungarian Gypsy. 3. For sham Abram, see ABRA(HA)M-SHAM. abram , v. To feign sickness: ?ca ...
... latter developing ex auburn corrupted, for (as in Shakespeare) abra(ha)m, later abramcoloured, =auburn, hence fair. cf. the abrannoi (naked) of Hungarian Gypsy. 3. For sham Abram, see ABRA(HA)M-SHAM. abram , v. To feign sickness: ?ca ...
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... latter ca 1840–1900. Moncrieff in Tom and Jerry, 1821, speaks of 'the angelics at Almack's'. angel's food . Strong ale: ca 1575–1620. Harrison's England, II, viii. angel's foot-stool . A sail carried over the moon-sail by American ...
... latter ca 1840–1900. Moncrieff in Tom and Jerry, 1821, speaks of 'the angelics at Almack's'. angel's food . Strong ale: ca 1575–1620. Harrison's England, II, viii. angel's foot-stool . A sail carried over the moon-sail by American ...
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... latter as s., a confirmed rogue, from ca 1650; playfully, C.18–19. In c., arch= principal; confirmed; extremely adept. Arch-doll or DOXY, however, is the wife of an arch-COVE: Grose, 2nd ed. archdeacon . Merton ale, stronger brew ...
... latter as s., a confirmed rogue, from ca 1650; playfully, C.18–19. In c., arch= principal; confirmed; extremely adept. Arch-doll or DOXY, however, is the wife of an arch-COVE: Grose, 2nd ed. archdeacon . Merton ale, stronger brew ...
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... latter year he drew, miraculously, with Heenan); Manchon. audit . Abbr. audit ale, a brew peculiar to Trinity College, Cambridge, and several other Cambridge and Oxford colleges; made orig. for drinking on audit days: mid-C.19–20; coll ...
... latter year he drew, miraculously, with Heenan); Manchon. audit . Abbr. audit ale, a brew peculiar to Trinity College, Cambridge, and several other Cambridge and Oxford colleges; made orig. for drinking on audit days: mid-C.19–20; coll ...
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... latter form prob. suggested the former. balsam. *. Money: late C.17–18, c.; C.19– early 20, s. B.E.; Grose; Ware, prob. wrong in stating that it was 'orig. confined to dispensing chemists'. Ex its healing properties. bam. ; bamb (C.18). A ...
... latter form prob. suggested the former. balsam. *. Money: late C.17–18, c.; C.19– early 20, s. B.E.; Grose; Ware, prob. wrong in stating that it was 'orig. confined to dispensing chemists'. Ex its healing properties. bam. ; bamb (C.18). A ...
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