Hatchet-faced, adj. (old colloquial: now recognised).—See quots. For
synonyms, see Ugly-mug.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hatchet-fac’d, Hard favor’d,
Homely.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hatchet Face, a long thin face.
1865. Sala, Trip to Barbary, p. 130. The man in black baize with
the felt képi, and who had a hatchet face desperately scarred with
the small-pox, looked from head to heel a bad egg.
1888. J. Runciman, The Chequers, p. 7. His hatchet face with its
piggish eyes, his thin cruel lips, his square jaw, are all
murderous.
Hatch, Match, and Dispatch Column, subs. phr. (journalistic).—The
births, marriages, and deaths announcements. Also Cradle, Altar and
Tomb Column.
Hatchway, subs. (common).—1. The mouth. For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. Also Fore-hatch. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable.
Hate-out, verb. (American).—To boycott; to send to Coventry.
18(?). S. Kercheval, History of Virginia. The punishment for
idleness, lying, dishonesty, and ill-fame generally, was that of
hating the offender out, as they expressed it. It commonly resulted
in the reformation or banishment of the person against whom it was
directed. If a man did not do his share of the public service, he
was hated-out as a coward.
Hatfield, subs. (common).—A drink, whose chief ingredients are gin and
ginger-beer.
1883. Daily News, 5 July, p. 5, c. 1. There are, we believe, all
sorts of strong waters in the mild-looking and seductive hatfield,
while the majority of ‘cups’ are distinctly ‘mixed.’
Hatful, subs. (colloquial).—A large quantity; a heap.
1859. Punch, lxxx., vi., 236. If they had trusted their own
judgment they would have won a hatful.
1864. M. E. Braddon, Henry Dunbar, ch. xxii. He was in a very good
temper however, for he had won what his companions called a hatful
of money on the steeple-chase.
Hatpeg, subs. (common).—The head. For synonyms, see Crumpet.
Hatter, subs. (Australian).—A gold-digger working alone.
1881. A. Bathgate, Waitaruna, p. 88. He is what they call a hatter,
that is he works alone.
1885. Chambers’ Journal, 2 May, p. 286. Some prefer to travel, and
even to work, when they can get it, alone, and these are known to
the rest as hatters.
1890. Illustrations, p. 158. The former occupant was what is known
as a hatter, i.e., a digger living by himself.
1890. Marriott Watson, Broken Billy. He was looked upon as a
hatter, that is to say, a man who has lived by himself until his
brain has been turned.
Who’s your hatter? phr. (streets).—A catch-cry long out of vogue.
Mad as a hatter, phr. (colloquial).—Very mad.
1863. Marshall [Title, of a farce]. Mad as a Hatter.
Hat-trick, subs. (cricket).—Taking three wickets with three consecutive
balls: which feat is held to entitle the bowler to a new hat at the
cost of the club.
1888. Sportsman, 28 Nov. Mr. Absolom has performed the hat trick
twice, and at Tufnell Park he took four wickets with four balls.
1892. Cassell’s Sat. Jour. 21 Sept., p. 13, c. 2. On one occasion I
succeeded in doing the hat trick.
1892. Woolwich Polytechnic Mag., 20 May. Three of these wickets
were taken in succession, thus accomplishing the hat-trick.
Hat-work, subs. (journalists’).—Hack work; such stuff as may be turned
out by the yard without reference to quality.
1888. H. Rider Haggard, Mr. Meeson’s Will, c. 1. And
five-and-twenty tame authors (who were illustrated by thirteen tame
artists) sat—at salaries ranging from one to five hundred a year—in
vault-like hutches in the basement, and week by week poured out
that hat-work for which Meeson’s was justly famous.
Haulable, adj. (University).—Used of a girl whose society authorities
deem undesirable for the men: e.g., she’s haulable = a man caught with
her will be proctorised.
Haul-bowline, subs. (nautical).—A seaman. For synonyms, see
Strawyarder.
Haul-devil, subs. (common).—A clergyman. For synonyms, see Devil-dodger
and Sky-pilot.
Haul Devil, Pull Baker. See Devil.
Haut-boy (or Ho-boy), subs. (American).—A night scavenger; a jakesman
or gold-finder (q.v.).
Have, subs. (common).—1. A swindle; a take-in (q.v.); a do (q.v.). For
synonyms, see Sell.
2. in. pl. (common).—The moneyed classes; as opposed to the Have-nots,
their antipodes.
1893. National Observer, Feb. 25, ix., 357. A body whose policy is
to make the Have-nots as comfortable and objectionable as possible
at the cost in coin and comfort of the Haves.