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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... euphemistically, the term is ineligible; but if used lazily, the term is s. affair of honour . A duel resulting in an innocent man's death: ca 1800–70. Coll. affidavit men . Professional witnesses ready to swear to anything: A-Z 31.
... euphemistically, the term is ineligible; but if used lazily, the term is s. affair of honour . A duel resulting in an innocent man's death: ca 1800–70. Coll. affidavit men . Professional witnesses ready to swear to anything: A-Z 31.
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... ca 1860 but ob., is BUM-BAGS. ca 1870–1910, GO-TO-MEETING bags, (a man's) best clothes, and 1850–90, HOWLING bags: trousers very LOUD in pattern or colour(s). bags!; bags I ! That's mine! Schoolboys' from ca 1860. A-Z 171.
... ca 1860 but ob., is BUM-BAGS. ca 1870–1910, GO-TO-MEETING bags, (a man's) best clothes, and 1850–90, HOWLING bags: trousers very LOUD in pattern or colour(s). bags!; bags I ! That's mine! Schoolboys' from ca 1860. A-Z 171.
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... man's willingness to marry; later, to do anything. Coll. Ex the character in David Copperfield, 1849–50. Barks . The Irish: either low or c. To judge by the anon. No. 747, in use ca 1845, but prob. much earlier. cf.: Barkshire . Ireland ...
... man's willingness to marry; later, to do anything. Coll. Ex the character in David Copperfield, 1849–50. Barks . The Irish: either low or c. To judge by the anon. No. 747, in use ca 1845, but prob. much earlier. cf.: Barkshire . Ireland ...
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... man's . To outwit or trick him: coll: C.15–16. beard, to one's . To a person's face; frankly; openly: coll; from ca 1780. beard without a razor, make a man's . To behead: coll: ca 1520–1700. beard-splitter . A frequenter of prostitutes ...
... man's . To outwit or trick him: coll: C.15–16. beard, to one's . To a person's face; frankly; openly: coll; from ca 1780. beard without a razor, make a man's . To behead: coll: ca 1520–1700. beard-splitter . A frequenter of prostitutes ...
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... Ex a butcher's shop on Christmas Eve. cf. MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB. beef, be in a man's . To wound him with a sword: late C.18–early 19. cf.: beef, be in a woman's , To have intercourse with The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 274.
... Ex a butcher's shop on Christmas Eve. cf. MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB. beef, be in a man's . To wound him with a sword: late C.18–early 19. cf.: beef, be in a woman's , To have intercourse with The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 274.
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