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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... verging on S.E. Overbury, Earle, Smythe-Palmer. after four, after twelve . 4–5 p.m., 12–2 p.m.: C.19 Eton; the latter is in Whyte Melville's Goodfor Nothing. Perhaps rather j. than coll. after you with the push ! A London street c.p. ...
... verging on S.E. Overbury, Earle, Smythe-Palmer. after four, after twelve . 4–5 p.m., 12–2 p.m.: C.19 Eton; the latter is in Whyte Melville's Goodfor Nothing. Perhaps rather j. than coll. after you with the push ! A London street c.p. ...
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... S.E. Fielding, airy-fairy . As light or dainty as a fairy: coll, now verging on S.E.: 1869, W.S. Gilbert. Ex Tennyson's airy, fairy Lilian. Ajax . A jakes, a water-closet: late C.16–18. A spate A-Z 41.
... S.E. Fielding, airy-fairy . As light or dainty as a fairy: coll, now verging on S.E.: 1869, W.S. Gilbert. Ex Tennyson's airy, fairy Lilian. Ajax . A jakes, a water-closet: late C.16–18. A spate A-Z 41.
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... verging on S.E.Ouida, 1872. audit one's accounts , see ACCOUNTS... Auguste . A minor circus-clown, a 'feed' to the JOEY (3) or Chief Clown: circus: late C.19–20. Prob. from one so named. Auld Hornie . The devil. Mainly Scottish: C.18–20 ...
... verging on S.E.Ouida, 1872. audit one's accounts , see ACCOUNTS... Auguste . A minor circus-clown, a 'feed' to the JOEY (3) or Chief Clown: circus: late C.19–20. Prob. from one so named. Auld Hornie . The devil. Mainly Scottish: C.18–20 ...
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... verging on S.E. 2. Whence, victor: id.: Scott, 1820; now † except in dial. (mostly Scottish). bangy . Brown sugar: Winchester College, C.19; ex Bangalore. adj., brown, whence bangies, brown trousers: both, from ca 1855, Winchester ...
... verging on S.E. 2. Whence, victor: id.: Scott, 1820; now † except in dial. (mostly Scottish). bangy . Brown sugar: Winchester College, C.19; ex Bangalore. adj., brown, whence bangies, brown trousers: both, from ca 1855, Winchester ...
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... verging on (?achieving) S.E. barber's knock . 'A double knock, the first hard and the second soft as if by accident', F. & H. revised: ca 1820–60. barber's music . Harsh, discordant music (–1660); †by 1800. Coll bordering on S.E. (A ...
... verging on (?achieving) S.E. barber's knock . 'A double knock, the first hard and the second soft as if by accident', F. & H. revised: ca 1820–60. barber's music . Harsh, discordant music (–1660); †by 1800. Coll bordering on S.E. (A ...
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