*Double Puff*, _subs. phr._ (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—_See_ quot.
1886. _Stonyhurst Mag._, iii. 18. DOUBLE PUFF, ... a game played after
the fashion of “tip and run,” except that instead of a wicket and
tennis ball a Stonyhurst cricket bat is used, and a ball about the
size of an ordinary BANDY (_q.v._) ball, made of soft material and
covered with sheepskin, which made it very hard to hit far, and still
harder either to catch, or to pick up and throw in.... The distance
between the wickets is not as long as in wicket cricket; and the rule
about bowling is the same as in Stonyhurst cricket, namely, under-arm
and not waiting till the batsman is ready. It used to be played a good
many years ago on Sunday afternoons, between Vespers and supper; and
the community used to come out in large numbers to play it.
*Double-ruled*, _subs._ (Harrow).—Punishment paper. [Ruled
double like a copy-book.]
*Dough*, _subs._ (general).—Pudding.
*Doul*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury and Durham).—A fag. Also as _verb_.
Obsolete at Durham. _Cf._ DOWLINGS.
1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_ [Shrewsbury], p. 250. Four boys
are “put on” by rotation every week as general fags for the head
common room, whose duties in modern days consist chiefly in fetching
and carrying. These fags are called DOULS (δουλος) in the classical
Shrewsbury vernacular.
*Dove*, _subs._ (Cambridge: obsolete).—A member of St.
Catharine’s College.
1889. C. WHIBLEY, _Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit_, p. xxix. It is
said that the members of St. Catharine’s Hall were first of all called
“Puritans” from the derivation of the name of their patroness from
καθαίρειν. The “dove” being the emblem of purity, to change a name
from “Puritans” to DOVES was but one short step.
*Dowlings*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—Football.
1883. PASCOE, _Life at our Public Schools_. There are four or five
compulsory games a week (football) known as DOWLINGS (δουλος).
*Down.* TO BE DOWN, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To be engaged in
fagging: as in the cricket field, &c. A COLLEGE usage.
Also _see_ GO and SEND.
*Draw.* TO DRAW ROUND, _verb. phr._ (Felsted).—Originally to
bustle about; to chastise in a jocular way. Later, and
usually = to smack on the face or head.
*Dreep* (or *Dreip*), _subs._ (Royal High School, Edin.).—A
curiously dressed person: _e.g._ “That’s a funny-looking
DREEP.”
*Dribbler*, _subs._ (Sherborne).—A weak-minded person.
*Drifty*, _adj._ (Felsted: obsolete).—Cold: _e.g._ “a DRIFTY
day.”
*Drive*, _verb_ (Felsted).—To be late, or nearly late, for a
roll-call. Also as _subs._: _e.g._ “He did a drive.”
_Intj._ (Felsted).—A contemptuous retort, signifying that a
piece of news is stale: originally DRIVE UP! [The original
usage.]
*Dry-bob*, _subs._ (Eton).—A boy who goes in for cricket rather
than boating. _See_ WET-BOB.
1839. BUCKLAND [_Macmillan’s Mag._ (Nov. 1889), “Eton Fifty Years
Ago”]. It was the ambition of most boys to be a wet-bob, and to be “in
the boats.” The school was divided between wet-bobs and DRY-BOBS, the
former taking their pleasure on the river, and the latter in the
cricket-field.
*Duchess’ Rooms* (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A section of the old
College once inhabited by a Dowager Duchess of Norfolk.
1885. _Stonyhurst Mag._, ii. 100. The whole of this building ... stood
in what is now the back court.... It was entirely of wood and plaster,
in the style denominated “post and pattern.” The Duchess of Norfolk,
the last of the Shireburns, daughter of Sir Nicholas, resided in it,
hence the name of THE DUCHESS’ ROOMS by which it was last known. She
faced the front of the wooden building with stone, and inserted sash
windows, a style then coming into fashion.
*Dubs*, _adj._ (Winchester).—Double.
*Duck*, _subs._ 1. (Winchester).—The face. TO MAKE A DUCK = to
grimace. [DUCK (var. dial.) = to bow.]