1853. Wh. Melville, Digby Grand, vi. St. Agatha clears the two with
a tremendous rush, and, after one of the finest races on record, is
landed a winner by a neck.
1854. Whyte Melville, General Bounce, xx. ‘I landed a hundred gold
mohurs by backing his new lot for the Governor-General’s Cup.’
1865. Daily Telegraph, 20 June. M. Van Grootvens finished the day’s
sport by winning a steeplechase with Vixen—this being the second
stake, together £1,000 I hear, which he has landed with the mare
since he purchased her of Mr. Roe.
1883. Daily Telegraph, 29 Sept. I’d make a similar wager and be
more sure of landing the stake.
1891. Licensed Vict. Gaz., 20 March. Had the French filly landed,
what a shout would have arisen from the ring!
To land out, verb. phr. (American).—To decamp.
1882. McCabe, New York, xxiii. 393. When he was tired of me he
landed out, an’ I’ve never seen him since.
To see how the land lies, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To see how matters
stand. See quot. 1690.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Landlord. How lies the land?
How stands the reckoning?
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Who has any land in Appleby, phr. (old).—See quot.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Landlord, Who has any lands in
Appleby? a Question askt the Man at whose Door the Glass stands
long. [Also Grose (1785)].
Land-broker, subs. (American thieves’).—An undertaker.—Matsell (1859).
Land-carack, subs. (old).—A mistress.
1629. Davenant, Albovine, iii. Grim. I must be furnished too. Cuny.
With a mistress? Grim. Yes, enquire me out some old land-carack.
Land-crab, subs. (American).—A landsman.
Landed Estate, subs. phr. (common).—1. The grave; Darby’s dyke (q.v.).