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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... soon—by 1890 or so—reached the Army. They derive from the commonness of some phrase, as in 'Happy Day' and 'Hooky Walker'; from an historical or a vocational association, as in 'Pedlar Palmer', 'Dusty Miller', and 'Shoey Smith'; from a ...
... soon—by 1890 or so—reached the Army. They derive from the commonness of some phrase, as in 'Happy Day' and 'Hooky Walker'; from an historical or a vocational association, as in 'Pedlar Palmer', 'Dusty Miller', and 'Shoey Smith'; from a ...
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... soon titled Mr Hoyle's Games of Whist..., 12th edition, 1760; then as Hoyle's Games Improved, 1786; in C.19, there appeared innumerable re-editings, improvements, enlargements, abridgements. cf. ACCORDING TO COCKER. account, go on the ...
... soon titled Mr Hoyle's Games of Whist..., 12th edition, 1760; then as Hoyle's Games Improved, 1786; in C.19, there appeared innumerable re-editings, improvements, enlargements, abridgements. cf. ACCORDING TO COCKER. account, go on the ...
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... soon S.E. cf. the L. actum est de. all-overish . Having an indefinite feeling of general indisposition or unease: from ca 1840: coll. Perhaps ex U.S., where it is recorded as early as 1833. all-overishness . The state of feeling ...
... soon S.E. cf. the L. actum est de. all-overish . Having an indefinite feeling of general indisposition or unease: from ca 1840: coll. Perhaps ex U.S., where it is recorded as early as 1833. all-overishness . The state of feeling ...
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... soon coll. 3. Within ambs-ace, almost: late C.17–early 19, coll in C.18–19. amen-chapel . 'The service used in Winchester School [sic] upon Founder's Commemorations, and certain other occasions, in which the responses and Amens are ...
... soon coll. 3. Within ambs-ace, almost: late C.17–early 19, coll in C.18–19. amen-chapel . 'The service used in Winchester School [sic] upon Founder's Commemorations, and certain other occasions, in which the responses and Amens are ...
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... soon > gen. anchor to the windward of the law, let go an . To keep within the letter of the law: nautical: late C.18–mid-19. ancient mariner . A sea-gull: nautical: C.19–20. Sea-gulls are 'supposed to possess the souls of dead sailormen ...
... soon > gen. anchor to the windward of the law, let go an . To keep within the letter of the law: nautical: late C.18–mid-19. ancient mariner . A sea-gull: nautical: C.19–20. Sea-gulls are 'supposed to possess the souls of dead sailormen ...
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