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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7]

Name: Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7]
Author: Farmer, John Stephen, 1854-1916; Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

作者：Farmer, John Stephen, 1854-1916; Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
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MDCCCXCIII.
VOL. III.
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND ITS ANALOGUES.
3. (obsolete).—A jade.
1598. Florio, A Worlde of Wordes, [Cf., Flim-flam.]
2. (old).—A single stroke on the drum.—[Grose, 1785.]
2. (old).—A blow.
2. (common).—To pay; ‘to fork out.’ Cf., Flap the Dimmock.
3. (venery).—To possess a woman. For synonyms, see Greens and Ride.
2. (common).—A little girl. [Also a fledgling wild duck.]
3. (venery).—A very young prostitute; cf., sense 2.
4. (common).—A dustman’s or coal-heaver’s hat; a fantail (q.v.).
5. (in. pl.).—Very long-pointed shoes worn by ‘nigger’ minstrels.
6. (venery).—The penis. (For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick).
2. (colloquial).—A row; a dispute; a ‘drunk’; or spree. Cf., flare-up.
2. (common).—To swagger; to go with a bounce.
5. (old).—A peruke or perriwig.
4. (common).—In a set style. Also used substantively.
2. (common).—A brothel; a haunt of loose women.
2. (nautical). The gold braid on an officer’s cap.
2. (American thieves’).—An honest man.
3. (American). A lover’s dismissal; a jilting.
2. (American).—To fail; to give way. Also used substantively.
2. (coiners’).—A counterfeit half-crown. For synonyms, see Madza.
2. (old).—False dice. For synonyms, see Fulhams.
3. (old).—Base money.
2. (venery).—‘Cracked in the ring’; i.e., deflowered.
2. (American).—To clean out by unfair means.
2. (colloquial).—To strike with, or as with, a whip.
2. (football).—A shot in the air. See Made-flyer.
3. (American).—A small hand-bill; a Dodger (q.v.).
2. (venery).—To copulate in haste (Grose); to do a Fast-fuck (q.v.).
2. (venery).—To copulate. For synonyms, see Ride.
2. (common).—A jeer; a jibe; a personal allusion or attack.
2. (Scots).—To dance.
2. (popular).—A bribe or douceur.
3. (common).—A light blow, or snatch.
3. (American). A kind of tea-cake.
4. (nautical). The arm. For synonyms, see Bender.
5. (venery). The penis.
2. (common). See Flapper.
2. (common).—A suet dumpling in soup.
3. (political).—A vendible voter.
5. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick.
2. (American).—The Confederate bread rations during the Secession.
2. (colloquial).—White waves on the sea: White horses (q.v.).
2. (nautical).—To work off an advance of wages.
2. See Flogging Cully.
3. (university).—To pluck; to plough (q.v.).
2. (schools’).—A question, or a paper, too hard to master.
3. (bowling alley).—A ball that brings down all the pins.
2. (common)—A sudden fall or ‘flop’ down.
3. (common).—A collapse or breakdown.
4. (For flap or flip, old).—A light blow.
2. (pugilists’).—To knock down; to Floor (q.v.).
2. In pl. (conventional).—The menstrual flux. Cf., Flag, sense 3.
3. (common).—A contraction of ‘influenza.’
3. (venery).—The female pubic hair. For synonyms, see Fleece.
3. (theatrical).—To forget one’s part. Also To do a fluff.
3. (old).—A term of contempt.
2. (theatrical).—The trick, or habit, of forgetting words.
2. (schoolboys’).—To shirk.
2. (nautical).—A sea-dainty.
2. (American nautical).—A kind of bread pudding.—Nordhoff.
3. (old).—Oatmeal and water boiled to a jelly.—Grose (1785).
2. (theatrical).—To confuse, to queer (q.v.). Cf., Corpse.
2. (American.)—An ignorant dabbler in stock; an inexperienced jobber.
2. (common).—The act of spinning a coin.
2. (common).—To go in for a bout of pleasure.
2. (old.)—To salivate. Grose, (1785).
3. (trade).—A customer.
4. (common).—The act of spinning a coin. Cf., Flutter.
6. (common).—A policeman. For synonyms, see Beak and Copper.
2. (common).—Dextrous.
3. (venery).—Wanton. Fly-girl, -woman, or -dame = a prostitute.
2. (pugilistic).—To give way: as, china flies in the baking.
2. (vulgar).—To experience the menstrual flux.
2. (thieves’).—To go out by the window.
3. (lodging-house).—To evacuate from a window.
4. (colloquial).—To attempt; to set one’s cap at.
To let fly, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To hit out. [From cock-fighting.]
3. (common).—Used, or done-up; washed-out (q.v.).
5. (obsolete).—A term of opprobrium.
6. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (old).—A shoe. For synonyms, see Trotter-case.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (old: now recognised).—A breeches pocket; a watch pocket.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (colloquial).—To mystify; to perplex; to obscure.
2. (colloquial).—Dull; fatwitted; thick (q.v.).
2. (old).—A trick; a swindle; an imposture. Also Foyster and Foister.
2. (old).—To fart. Also to copulate (Urquhart).
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
3. (colloquial).—A high-class harlot.
2. (University).—A player of football according to Rugby rules.
Foot-hot, adv. (Old English).—In hot haste; hot-foot (q.v.)
3. In plural (common).—The hands.
5. (old).—A spendthrift.
2. (venery).—To open up, or spread (q.v.).
2. (tailors’).—Hurrying and scamping (q.v.).
2. In pl. (obsolete),—The old-fashioned flap trousers.
2. (colloquial).—A four-wheeled cab; a growler (q.v.).
4. (colloquial).—To sham.
5. (American).—To play truant.
7. (theatrical).—To criticise a ‘brother pro’s’ performance.
8. (common).—To mend a boot by ‘capping’ it.
5. (painters’: obsolete).—Inclined to reddishness.
6. (common).—Strong-smelling. Said of a red-haired man or woman.
2. (old).—Hard cider.—Grose.
2. (thieves’).—Hence, to appropriate; to steal; ‘to stick to.’
4. (common).—Fasting; opposed to eating or drinking.
2. (old).—Trifling [Grose, 1785.]
2. (old).—A dance.
3. (venery).—The act of copulation. See Greens and Ride.
3. (venery).—To ‘have (q.v.) a woman.’ For synonyms, see Ride.
3. (popular).—A foot. For synonyms, see Creepers.
2. (common).—A dearth of work; to have a frost = to be idle.
2. (common).—A stink; stuffiness (in a room).
3. (old).—A cheat; a trick.
2. (venery).—The seminal fluid. For synonyms, see Cream.
2. (common).—A term of endearment, admiration, derision, etc.
Fuddle, subs. (common).—1. Drink. [Wedgwood: A corruption of fuzz.]
2. (common).—A drunken bout; a drunk.
2. (schoolboys’).—To copy; to crib; to dodge or escape.
3. (common).—To botch; to bungle; to muff (q.v.)
4. (schoolboys’).—To advance the hand unfairly at marbles.
2. (colloquial).—A sham; a make-believe (q.v.). [From sense 1.]
3. (schoolboys’).—A coward.
4. (colloquial).—To be nervous; to lose heart.
2. (thieves’).—A low thief.
3. (colloquial).—A coward.
4. (prostitutes’).—A girl that shirks her trade in bad weather.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (common).—Wine; white fustian = champagne; red fustian = port.
2. (old).—To be, or to make, drunk.
2. (vulgar).—Talk; idle babble. Also Gabb, Gabber, and Gabble.
2. (colloquial).—A voluble talker.
2. (common).—A pulpit. For synonyms, see Humbox.
3. (common).—The mouth. For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
2. (colloquial).—On the move, on the gossip.
3. (prison).—A hoax; an imposture. Cf., Fr., gaffe = joke, deceit.
4. (old sharpers’).—A ring worn by the dealer. [From gaffe = a hook.]
5. (American cock-pit).—A steel spur.
6. (anglers’).—A landing spear, barbed in the iron.
2. (theatrical).—To play in a gaff (q.v. sense 2).
3. (old).—A toss-penny; a gambler with coins. From gaffing (q.v.).
2. (old).—To hoax; to puff.
2. (18th century).—A chamber-pot.
3. (old).—A pipe.
4. (American).—A man. For synonyms, see Cove.
2. (cabmen’s).—Loitering about for ‘fares’; ‘crawling.’
3. (theatrical).—Dealing in gags (q.v.), sense 1. Also as ppl. adj.
2. (common).—A prostitute. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack and Tart.
3. (American).—A female rough.
2. (old).—A hodge-podge of scraps and leavings.
3. A mistress.
4. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
1663. Dryden, The Wild Gallant [Title.]
2. (colloquial).—To trapes (q.v.); to fuss; to bustle about.
2. (military).—An aide-de-camp.
Gallow-grass, subs. phr. (old).—Hemp. [i.e., halters in the rough.]
2. (common: generally in. pl. = Gallowses).—A pair of braces.
2. (common).—A corpse on, or from, the gallows.
2. (American thieves’).—Stealing (Matsell, 1859).
3. (old).—Lame; crooked; disabled: as in Game Leg.
2. (colloquial).—Frisky; plucky.
2. (thieves’).—To act as bonnet (q.v.) or cover (q.v.) to a thief.
2. (common).—A nickname for a lameter; a Hopping Jesus; (q.v.).
3. (Australian).—A fool.
3. (theatrical).—Old; ugly.
3. (journalists’).—The Standard.
2. (common).—An open-mouthed loiterer.
2. (venery).—The labia minora. [Garden-hedge = the pubic hair.]
2. (thieves’).—Fetters; handcuffs. For synonyms, see Darbies.
2. (old).—The fob-pocket.
2. (journalists’).—An impecunious author; a literary hack.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (printers’).—Bad rollers.
3. (common).—A rifle; specifically the Snider.
2. (colloquial).—Full of empty talk or gas (q.v.).
2. (common).—In drink. For synonyms, see Screwed.
2. (colloquial).—To move faster: as a teemster to his horses, ‘Gee up!’
3. (colloquial).—To stop: as ‘Gee whoa!’
2. (anglers’).—Angling.
2. (nautical).—A North Country collier.
3. See George.
2. (old).—A guinea; also more frequently Yellow George.
3. (old).—A penny.
2. (common).—A bed bug. For synonyms, see Norfolk Howard.
2. (venery).—To receive the sexual embrace: of women only.
2. (common).—To get drunk. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
3. (venery).—To enjoy the sexual favour.
2. (colloquial).—A fat man; forty-guts (q.v.). Also Duke of Giblets.
3. (printers’).—See Gift-house.
6. (old).—A door. See Gigger.
7. (Eton).—A fool; an overdressed person. For synonyms, see Sammy-soft.
9. (old).—The mouth. For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
10. (old).—A farthing. Formerly grig (q.v.).
11. (American).—See Policy Dealing.
2. See Jigger.
2. (common).—a drink; a go (q.v.).
Gilt, subs. (popular).—1. Money. [Ger.: Geld; Du.: Geld.]
3. (provincial).—A handy man; a jack-of-all-trades (q.v.).
2. (Australian).—An old woman. For synonyms, see Geezer.
2. (venery).—The testicles; also thingambobs. For synonyms, see Cods.
2. (colloquial).—Brummagem (q.v.); showy, but worthless ware.
2. (rhyming).—A policeman; a slop (q.v.).
2. (common).—Generic for the habit of drunkenness.
2. (colloquial).—A mistress; a mash (q.v.).
2. (old).—A window thief. Cf., Glaze.
2. (old).—A ribbon.
2. (old).—A sham account of a fire as sold by flying stationers (q.v.).
3. in. pl. (common).—The eyes.
4. in. pl. (common).—A pair of spectacles. For synonyms, see Barnacles.
5. (common).—Gonorrhœa or clap (q.v.). [From sense 1 = fire.]
2. (old).—Handcuffs. [A pun on sense 1.]
2. in. pl. (common).—The paps. For synonyms, see Dairy.
Glue, subs. (common).—1. Thick soup. (Because it sticks to the ribs.)
2. (common).—Gonorrhœa.
2. (pugilists’).—A pugilist who can take a lot of punishment (q.v.).
5. (colloquial).—A turn; an attempt; a chance. Cf., No go.
2. (colloquial).—To succeed; to achieve. Cf., Go down.
3. (colloquial).—To wager; to risk. Hence to stand treat; to afford.
4. (racing).—To ride to hounds.
5. (colloquial).—To be pregnant.
2. (University).—To be under discipline; to be rusticated.
3. (common).—To become bankrupt. Also, to go under.
3. (colloquial).—To support; to favour; to vote for.
3. (thieves’).—To attack, rifle, and rob.
4. (colloquial).—To die. For synonyms, see Aloft.
2. (venery).—To possess a woman. For synonyms, see Ride.
2. (colloquial).—To die: Cf. Ger.: untergehen. For synonyms, see Aloft.
2. in. pl. (old).—False dice.—Chapman. For synonyms, see Ivories.
2. (venery).—To lead a fast life; to be given to molrowing (q.v.).
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (common).—To expectorate. Fr., glavioter (popular); molarder.
2. (colloquial).—A turkey cock; a bubbly-jock (q.v.). Also Gobble-cock.
3. (vulgar).—The mouth. For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
4. (colloquial).—A greedy eater. For synonyms, see Stodger.
2. in. pl. (printers’).—The quadrats used in jeffing (q.v.).
4. (Eton).—A boy in the sixth form.
2. (American).—See quot.
3. in. pl. (common).—Spectacles. For synonyms, see Barnacles.
2. (common).—A guinea; a sovereign. For synonyms, see Canary.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v
2. (old).—A thief; a gold-dropper (q.v.).
2. (common).—Hence, a hat.
2. (Winchester College).—A new hat. See Golgotha.
2. (colloquial).—See quot.
3. (colloquial).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
2. (old).—A bumpkin; a churl; a clumsy hand; a shameless simpleton.
2. (old).—A thief. See Thieves.
2. (colloquial).—The devil. For synonyms, see Skipper.
4. (American).—The kernel of a nut.
2. (common).—A simpleton: usually only of women. Also Goosecap (q.v.).
3. (venery).—See Winchester Goose.
4. (colloquial).—A reprimand; a wigging (q.v.); cf., verb, sense 1.
5. (printers’).—See Wayz goose.
6. (colloquial).—A woman: whence, by implication, the sexual favour.
2. (colloquial).—To ruin; to spoil. See Cook one’s goose.
4. (venery).—To go wenching; to womanize (q.v.).
5. (venery).—To possess a woman.
4. in. pl. (venery).—The testicles. For synonyms, see Cods.
2. (common).—A chaperon. See Gooseberry, subs. sense 2.
2. (sporting).—No score; a goose-egg (q.v.).
3. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick.
2. (Southern States).—A rude wooden plough.
2. (theatrical).—A manager; an abbreviation of gorger (q.v.).
4. (old).—A neckerchief. [From gorge = throat.]
2. (American).—To defraud.
2. (common).—A mode of address to strangers. Fr., bourgeois.
3. (colloquial).—A master or superior; an employer.
2. (American).—A robbery; a steal (q.v.). Cf., Grab-gains.
3. (old).—A body-stealer; a resurrectionist.
4. (gamesters’).—A boisterous game at cards.
2. (thieves’).—To hold on; to get along; to live.
2. (venery).—To grope; to fumble; to fam (q.v.).
2. (colloquial).—An adept; an artful member (q.v.).
2. (American).—To steal.
3. (old).—To cuckold; to plant horns.
4. (American).—To sole old boots. Cf., Goose and Translate.
2. (common).—Conceit of superior knowledge.
2. (American).—Fresh mint.
3. (common).—Short for sparrow-grass (q.v.) = asparagus.
2. (common).—To fall sprawling; to be ruined; to die.
3. (common).—To waste away (as of limbs).
2. (cricket).—To field; to hunt leather (q.v.).
2. (rhyming).—A policeman, or copper (q.v.).
3. (thieves’).—A thief. See Gunner.
2. (American).—To go against the grain.
2. (common).—See Grayback, sense 1.
3. in. pl. (colloquial).—Yawning; listlessness. Cf., Blues.
2. (printers’).—Well-paid work; fat (q.v.).
3. (common).—Fawning; flattery (a figurative use of sense 1).
2. (common).—To fawn; to flatter. Formerly, to grease one’s boots.
3. (old).—To gull; to cheat; to do.
2. (Christ’s Hospital).—A senior boy.
3. (popular).—An Irishman.
2. (colloquial).—A card-sharper; a cheat.
3. (old).—An Irishman.
4. (thieves’).—A gambler. Also a highwayman.
2. in. pl. (printers’).—Bad or worn out rollers.
2. (venery).—A prostitute new to the town; a fresh bit (q.v.).
2. (old).—A prostitute. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack and Tart.
2. (University).—A freshman. For synonyms, see Snooker.
Greshamite, subs. (old).—A Fellow of the Royal Society.—B. E. [1690.]
3. (thieves’).—The bars on a cell window. Fr., les gaules de Schtard.
2. (thieves’).—A farthing; a gigg (q.v.). For synonyms, see Fadge.
2. (common).—Daily routine; hard or distasteful work.
5. (Oxford University).—Athletic sports. Also, a training run.
2. (University).—To teach; to instruct; to coach (q.v.).
4. (venery).—To copulate.
5. trans. (American).—To vex; to ‘put out.’
2. Usually in. pl. (common).—The teeth.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum.
2. (Canadian political).—A member of the Liberal party.
2. (American).—A drinking bar. Also Confectionery and Groggery.
3. (common).—Sugar. [A restricted use of a colloquialism.]
2. (old).—A pocket. For synonyms, see Brigh and Sky-rocket.
3. (old).—A midwife; a fingersmith (q.v.).
2. (venery).—One who goes questing after women; a molrower (q.v.).
3. (sporting).—A rowing man; a wet-bob (q.v.).
3. (colloquial).—A dirty sloven; generally used of elderly people.
4. (American).—A careful student; a hard reader.
5. (American).—Roots and stumps; whatever is ‘grubbed up.’
2. (old).—To beg; to ask for alms, especially food.
3. (American).—To study, or read hard; to ‘sweat.’
Grubby, subs. (thieves’).—Food. [A diminutive of Grub (q.v.).]
3. See Grubbing-crib in both senses.
2. (American thieves’).—Coffee.
2. (common).—A sixpence. In quot. 1785 = 1s. Cf., Hog and Pig.
4. (tailors’).—An habitual grumbler; a grumble-guts (q.v.)
2. (colloquial).—An easy dupe; a buffle (q.v.).
2. (common).—Sinews; leaders (q.v.).
3. (nautical).—See quot.
3. (Oxford Univ.).—A man who, going in for honours, only gets a pass.
2. (old).—A cheat; a fraud; a trick.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
3. (old and Scots’).—A knife. For synonyms, see Chive.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (Australian). A cattle-whip; a cattle-thief.
2. (thieves’).—Medicine. Also Gummy-stuff.—Matsell.
2. (common).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
2. See Gum-smasher.
3. (American).—A revolver. For synonyms, see Meat-in-the Pot.
4. (Irish).—A toddy glass. See In the Gun.
2. in. pl. (common).—The stomach and intestines.
2. (schools’).—To eat hard, fast, and badly. For synonyms, see Wolf.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (common).—A urinal. For synonyms, see Pissing-post.
2. (American printers’).—A poster for the kerb.
2. (colloquial).—A glutton.—For synonyms, see Stodger.
3. (colloquial).—A forty-guts, which see for synonyms.
4. (streets).—A jaunt; an expedition.
3. (American).—To spoil; to muddle; to disfigure or distort.
2. (vulgar).—A debauch.
3. (common).—Drink.
2. (American).—A thief. For synonyms, see Thieves.
Gyte, subs. (common).—1. A child; in contempt. [A corruption of goat.]
2. (Scots’).—A first year’s pupil in the Edinburgh High School.
2. (old).—By hook or by crook; by fair means or foul.
2. in. pl. (Stock Exchange).—North of Scotland Ordinary Stock.
2. (colloquial).—Splendid; famous; conspicuous; uncommon.
2. (nautical).—An incompetent seaman.
2. (common).—An unblushing lie. For synonyms, see Whopper.
2. (American).—To bate; to drive down (prices, etc.).
3. (Stock Exchange).—To declare one a defaulter.
2. (colloquial).—Hammer-shaped: i.e., long and narrow in the head.
2. (printers’).—Over-charging time-work (as ‘corrections’).
2. (coachmen’s).—See quot.
2. To make even or level; to equalise between.
3. To embarrass, burden, hinder, or impede in any way.
3. (colloquial).—Occasion; opportunity; means.
2. (colloquial).—To use; to make use of; to manage.
2. (American).—To bear in mind; to remember.
3. (American).—To pawn, For synonyms, see Pop.
6. (colloquial).—To postpone; to leave undecided.
2. (common).—To make oneself permanently at home.
2. (common).—Gloves; specifically gloves in the hand.
3. See Pothooks.
2. (common).—A spell of rest; an easy time.
2. (common).—A loitering Lawrence; a slowcoach (q.v.).
2. (colloquial).—A favourable place for work or play.
3. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. See Hard-Shell.
1863. Charles Reade, Hard Cash. [Title.]
2. (common).—Stern; unflinching; strong.
2. (trade).—A defaulting debtor.
3. (nautical).—A brutal mate or officer. Also hard-horse.
2. (colloquial).—To be deeply in love; completely gone on (q.v.).
Hard-run, adj. (colloquial).—In want of money; hard-up (q.v.)
2. (common).—Coarse or insufficient fare.
2. (common).—A poor man; a stony-broke (q.v.).
2. (common).—Intoxicated. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
3. (Winchester College).—Out of countenance; exhausted (in swimming).
2. (Winchester College).—The wooden nucleus of a red india-rubber ball.
3. (old).—A patchwork quilt.
2. (colloquial).—See ’Arry.
2. (sporting).—Four horses driven in a line; suicide (q.v.).
2. (American cadets’).—Clandestine preparation for supper after hours.
3. (colloquial).—A sloven; a blockhead.
3. (Cheltenham School).—To study hard; to swat (q.v.).
2. (old).—A muddy road; a quag.
2. (nautical).—To sulk.
3. (in. pl.) subs. (Winchester College).—Half-boots. Pronounced Hāves.
2. (common).—To agree with.
2. (common).—To worst in argument.
2. (common).—A bailiff; a constable. For synonyms, see Beak.
3. (old).—An arrangement of the hair; a coiffure.
2. (of malt liquors).—To be flat. See Cauliflower.
2. (common).—One in authority; a boss (q.v.). Cf., Head-beetler.
2. (popular).—A butler.
2. (colloquial).—Restive; full of arrogance and airs; opinionated.
2. (venery).—Piled in the act.
2. (old).—Gin. For synonyms, see White Satin.
2. in. pl. (American).—An attack of indigestion or vomiting.
3. (old).—A thief: cf., Heave (verbal sense 2).
2. (common).—An extraordinarily heavy drinking bout.
2. (common).—A waiting maid at an inn; a barmaid.
2. (common).—To elude a danger.
2. (common).—A dance peculiar to London dustmen.
Hellophone, subs. (American).—The telephone. [From Halloo! + phone.]
2. (old).—A halter.
2. (common).—Drink money. See Hen drinking.
Hereford, adj. (American cowboy). White. [Herefords are white-faced.]
2. (political American).—A political conspirator.—Norton.
2. (American).—A well-dressed man; a splawger (q.v.).—Matsell.
5. (circus).—A swing fixed in rows in a frame much in vogue at fairs.
2. (thieves’).—Begging; the high-fly (q.v.); stilling (q.v.).
2. See quot., and cf. sense 1.
3. (common).—A frolic; a row. [From sense 1.]
3. (old).—Highway robbery.
2. (thieves’).—Very well known to the police; hot (q.v.).
2. (American).—To agree. Also to hitch horses.
2. (university).—A translation. To ride hobbies = to use Cribs (q.v.).
2. (colloquial).—A rantipole girl; a wench; a wanton.
3. (old).—A witless and unmannerly lout.
2. (old: now recognised).—Drugged liquor.
2. (old: now recognised).—To drug; to snuff (q.v.).
2. (old).—A trickster; a juggler; an impostor.
3. (old).—A cheat; an imposition; a juggler’s trick.
4. (old).—See Hocus, sense 2.
1675. A. Marvel, Satire. Hodge’s Vision from the Monument. [Title.]
1880. Richard Jefferies, Hodge and his Masters. [Title.]
2. (old).—A Hottentot.
4. (old Scots’).—A yearling sheep.
6. (old).—A Hampshireman.
2. (venery).—To copulate. For synonyms see Greens and Ride.
3. (stables).—To cut short; e.g., to hog a horse’s mane.
2. (common).—A sot. For synonyms, see Lushington.
2. (old).—See quot.
2. (common).—A cheap ice-cream sold in the streets.
2. (thieves’).—To arrest. For synonyms, see Nab.
2. (old).—A cell; cf., Hell, sense 1.
2. (colloquial).—A private room; a sanctum (q.v.).
3. (venery).—See Hole, sense 1, and for synonyms, Monosyllable.
4. (venery).—To get with child. Also, to compel the sexual spasm.
2. (rhyming slang).—Money. For synonyms, see Actual and Gilt.
3. (old colloquial).—A term of endearment.
4. (venery).—The semen. Also White Honey (q.v.). Cf., Hive.
2. (streets).—Drunk. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
3. (common).—A catch; an advantage; an imposture.
2. (colloquial).—To secure, as for marriage; to marry.
2. (old).—On the Hip (q.v.); at an advantage.
2. (colloquial).—To get married.
2. (old).—An impostor as described in sense 1.
2. (Devon).—See Bullfinch.
3. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (old).—To run away. For synonyms, see Amputate and Skedaddle.
2. (common).—On the go; in motion; unresting.
3. (colloquial).—See Hip.
2. in. pl. (gaming).—The queens of all the four suits.
2. (common).—A drink; a dram of spirits. For synonyms, see Go.
4. (old).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick.
5. (colloquial).—Also in pl., see verb.
2. (Scots’).—The devil; generally Auld Hornie (q.v.).
2. (venery).—See Horn, subs., sense 3.
2. (venery).—Sexually excited; lecherous; musty (q.v.). Also, Horny.
2. (common).—Sausages. See Chamber of Horrors and Dog’s-paste.
3. (thieves’).—Handcuffs. For synonyms, see Darbies.
2. (thieves’).—Horsemonger Lane Gaol. Also the Old Horse. Now obsolete.
2. (workmen’s).—See quots. Cf., Flog the dead horse.
2. (tailors’).—An extremely long and wide collar.
2. (venery).—Anything insatiable. Also a whore.
3. (old).—A horse-doctor; also a quack.
2. (old).—A saddler and harness-maker.
2. (Ibid).—A crowd.
4. (colloquial).—See quot. 1690. Also violent; sharp; severe.
5. (venery).—Infected; venereally diseased.
6. (colloquial).—Alive; vehement; instant.
2. (common).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
2. (colloquial).—A husband. See Hubby.
2. (old).—A mean trickster.
2. (old).—A bully; a Hector (q.v.); a sharper. Also Captain Huff.
3. (common).—A dodge; a trick.
5. (Winchester College).—See Huff-cap.
2. To anger; to cheek (q.v.); to get angered.
2. (old).—A swaggering bully; a Hector (q.v.).
2. (colloquial).—To shift; to hesitate; to waver.
2. (common).—A trick; a delusion; a cheat. Also a lie.
3. (old).—See quot.
2. (old).—To mumble.
2. (American).—An auctioneer’s rostrum.
2. Deceit; pretence; affectation.
3. A cheat; an impostor; a pretender. Also (old), hummer.
2. Monotony; tameness; dullness.
3. (old).—The same as Humbug (q.v.).
4. (old).—A wife; also a husband.
2. (common).—Needless noise; ado about nothing.
3. (obsolete).—See Humbug, sense 3.
3. (old).—See quot. For synonyms, see Greens and Ride.
2. (old).—See quot. 1690.
2. (Old Cant).—A freebooter.
2. (common).—A walking whore.