Adj. (popular).—Silly.
1864. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, bk. I., chap. 4. You are a chit
and a little idiot, returned Bella, or you wouldn’t make such a
dolly speech.
Dolly-mop, subs. (common).—Specifically, a professional strumpet, but
see quot., 1851. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack and Tart.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. iv. The captain says we are to
take the young gentleman on board directly. His liberty’s stopped
for getting drunk and running after the Dolly-Mops!
1851. H. Mayhew, Lon. Lab. and Lon. Poor, IV., 234. Those women
who, for the sake of distinguishing them from the professionals, I
must call amateurs, are generally spoken of as Dolly-mops.
Dolly-Shop, subs. (common).—A marine store: really an illegal pawn-shop
and fence (q.v.); also leaving-shop. No questions are asked; all goods
are received on the understanding that they may be repurchased within a
given time; so much per day is charged; no duplicate is given; and no
books are kept. [From the black doll (q.v.) suspended outside as a
sign.]
1851–61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lon. Poor, vol. I., p. 142. If
she hasn’t, or if the neighbours hasn’t it, she borrows it at a
dolly-shop (the illegal pawnshop).
1860–68. Chambers’ Encyclopædia, s.v.
1871. Echo, 16 March. Chimney sweeps having lent their machines to
dolly-shop keepers for the price of a spree, could not redeem them
to commence business.
Dome, subs. (common).—The head. For synonyms, see Crumpet.
Domestic-Afflictions, subs. (common).—The menstrual flux; a woman’s
flower-time. For synonyms, see Flag-up.
Dome-stick, subs. (common).—A ‘domestic’ servant.
Dominie, subs. (old).—A clergyman; modern Scots = a pedagogue or
schoolmaster. [From Latin dominus, a lord or master.]
1616. Beaumont and Fletcher, Scornful Lady, II., i. Wel.
[addressing parson], Adieu, dear Domine!
1754. Foote, Knights, Act ii. She falls in love with young Sleek,
her father’s chaplain; ... what does me I, but slips on Domine’s
robes, you; passed myself upon her for him, and we were tacked
together.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib’s Memorial, p. 21. And, take him at
ruffianing work (though, in common, he Hums about Peace and all
that, like a Domine.
1883. Brinsley-Richards, Seven Years at Eton, xii., 122. The Scotch
dominie, from whom he had learnt Latin ... knew nothing of
elegiacs.
Dominie Do-Little, subs. phr. (old).—An impotent old man.
Domino! intj. (common).—An ejaculation of completion: e.g., for sailors
and soldiers at the last lash of a flogging; and for ’bus conductors
when an omnibus is full inside and out [N. and Q., 6 S., v., 229];
also, by implication, a knock-down blow, or the last of a series. [From
the call at the end of a game of dominoes.]
Domino-Box, subs. (old).—The mouth. For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
1812. Vaux, Flash Dictionary, s.v.
Dominoes, subs. (popular).—1. The teeth. For synonyms, see Grinders.
1823. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, ii., 6. Mr. J. Sluice your
dominos—vill you? Green. Vot! I never plays at dominos—It’s too
wulgar. Mr. J. Vy, then vash your ivories? Green. I’ve got no
hiveries to vash. Mr. J. Drink, vill you? don’t you understand
Hinglish?
1856. H. Mayhew, Gt. World of London, p. 6, note. Fanciful
metaphors contribute largely to the formation of slang. It is upon
this principle that the mouth has come to be styled the
‘tater-trap’; the teeth, dominoes.
1864. E. D. Forgues, in Revue des deux Mondes, 15 Sept., p. 470. Le
mot ‘dents’ est remplacé par celui de dominos aussi bien sur les
bordes de la Tamise que sur ceux de la Seine.