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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... terms, beginning with come, including come it, come out, come the..., and ending with come Yorkshire, precede comedy-merchant. Phrases in which the headword comes last precede those in which it comes first; thus bell, sound as a ...
... terms, beginning with come, including come it, come out, come the..., and ending with come Yorkshire, precede comedy-merchant. Phrases in which the headword comes last precede those in which it comes first; thus bell, sound as a ...
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Eric Partridge. TECHNICAL. TERMS. Back-slang . See Slang, pp. 276–7. The earliest reference to it which I have seen occurs in G.W.M.Reynolds'sPickwickAbroad, 1839, p. 587 (footnote). Cant. is the 'secret' speech of the underworld. This ...
Eric Partridge. TECHNICAL. TERMS. Back-slang . See Slang, pp. 276–7. The earliest reference to it which I have seen occurs in G.W.M.Reynolds'sPickwickAbroad, 1839, p. 587 (footnote). Cant. is the 'secret' speech of the underworld. This ...
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... 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.
... 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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... term—the American equivalent is, or used to be, bens—for his tools. Allslops . Allsopp & Sons' ale: not upper-classes': from ca 1900. It had a slump in quality at one time; the name has unjustly stuck. ally-beg. *. Comfort of a bed; a ...
... term—the American equivalent is, or used to be, bens—for his tools. Allslops . Allsopp & Sons' ale: not upper-classes': from ca 1900. It had a slump in quality at one time; the name has unjustly stuck. ally-beg. *. Comfort of a bed; a ...
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... term—occurs the illuminating: 'Who are these? Some inhabitants of Whitefryers; some bullies of Alsatia.' Alsatia=Alsace, a 'debateable ground' province. In C.18–19 Alsatia meant any asylum for criminals, any low quarter, while squire of ...
... term—occurs the illuminating: 'Who are these? Some inhabitants of Whitefryers; some bullies of Alsatia.' Alsatia=Alsace, a 'debateable ground' province. In C.18–19 Alsatia meant any asylum for criminals, any low quarter, while squire of ...
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