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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... 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 etymological puzzle. Is ...
... 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 etymological puzzle. Is ...
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... says it is c. 4. Late C.19 c., precisely a 'JEMMY': see CITIZEN. Daily Telegraph, 14 May 1883. 5. A qualified swimmer: Felsted School: ca 1870–90. Ex the Alders, a deep pool in the Chelmer. 6. A prominent belly: from ca 1890. So many ...
... says it is c. 4. Late C.19 c., precisely a 'JEMMY': see CITIZEN. Daily Telegraph, 14 May 1883. 5. A qualified swimmer: Felsted School: ca 1870–90. Ex the Alders, a deep pool in the Chelmer. 6. A prominent belly: from ca 1890. So many ...
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... who asks a stale riddle: 1896; ob. ask bogy . An evasive reply: nautical mid-C.18–19. Sea-wit, says Grose, for 'ask mine a–se'. cf. BOGY, and GOOSEBERRY-GRINDER. ask for it . To incur foolishly; be fooled unnecessarily, A-Z 119.
... who asks a stale riddle: 1896; ob. ask bogy . An evasive reply: nautical mid-C.18–19. Sea-wit, says Grose, for 'ask mine a–se'. cf. BOGY, and GOOSEBERRY-GRINDER. ask for it . To incur foolishly; be fooled unnecessarily, A-Z 119.
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... say, once a month.' Perhaps from the days of heretics burnt at the stake; A New Canting Dict. (1725), however, says that in this phrase, bacon 'in the Canting Sense, is the Prize, of whatever kind, which Robbers make in their ...
... say, once a month.' Perhaps from the days of heretics burnt at the stake; A New Canting Dict. (1725), however, says that in this phrase, bacon 'in the Canting Sense, is the Prize, of whatever kind, which Robbers make in their ...
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... says is 'too indecent for explanation': late C.18–19. Grose, 1st ed., has recorded the synonymous HUFFLE: neither word occurs in later edd. bags . Trousers: 'Cuthbert Bede', in Verdant Green, 1853. A low variant, from ca 1860 but ob ...
... says is 'too indecent for explanation': late C.18–19. Grose, 1st ed., has recorded the synonymous HUFFLE: neither word occurs in later edd. bags . Trousers: 'Cuthbert Bede', in Verdant Green, 1853. A low variant, from ca 1860 but ob ...
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