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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... prison: id. absent-minded beggar . A soldier: semijocular coll: 1899–1902. Ex Kipling's poem. absentee . A convict: semi-euphemistic coll: ca 1810–60. absolutely true . Utterly false: Society: ca 1880. Ex title of book. absquatulate ...
... prison: id. absent-minded beggar . A soldier: semijocular coll: 1899–1902. Ex Kipling's poem. absentee . A convict: semi-euphemistic coll: ca 1810–60. absolutely true . Utterly false: Society: ca 1880. Ex title of book. absquatulate ...
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... . Fagin in Oliver Twist. But in late C.19–20, academy is also a hardlabour prison and (–1823) its inmates are academicians. academics . (University) cap and gown: from ca 1820; ob. The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 14.
... . Fagin in Oliver Twist. But in late C.19–20, academy is also a hardlabour prison and (–1823) its inmates are academicians. academics . (University) cap and gown: from ca 1820; ob. The Routledge dictionary of historical slang 14.
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... prison. 'In 1787,' says Grose, 'a person of that name was the gaoler, or keeper.' †by 1850. Akeybo . As in 'He beats Akeybo, and Akeybo beats the devil': proletarian (–1874); ob. cf. BANAGHAN; BANAGHER. Akeybo, however, remains an ...
... prison. 'In 1787,' says Grose, 'a person of that name was the gaoler, or keeper.' †by 1850. Akeybo . As in 'He beats Akeybo, and Akeybo beats the devil': proletarian (–1874); ob. cf. BANAGHAN; BANAGHER. Akeybo, however, remains an ...
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... prison window. angry boy . A BLOOD: late C.16–17. Greene; Beaumont & Fletcher. Anguagela . Language: central s. (–1909); ob., as all central s. is. angular party . A gathering or social group odd in number: coll, from ca 1870; ob ...
... prison window. angry boy . A BLOOD: late C.16–17. Greene; Beaumont & Fletcher. Anguagela . Language: central s. (–1909); ob., as all central s. is. angular party . A gathering or social group odd in number: coll, from ca 1870; ob ...
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... prison: low London (–1909). By euphemism. aweer . Aware: Cockney low coll (–1887). awful , esp. a penny awful. A PENNY DREADFUL, a blood-and-thunder tale. ca 1860–1900. awful , adj. A catch-intensive. Apparently C.18 Scottish, then U.S. ...
... prison: low London (–1909). By euphemism. aweer . Aware: Cockney low coll (–1887). awful , esp. a penny awful. A PENNY DREADFUL, a blood-and-thunder tale. ca 1860–1900. awful , adj. A catch-intensive. Apparently C.18 Scottish, then U.S. ...
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