1885. W. Westall, Larry Lohengrin, ch. iii. He ... promised the
steward a handsome tip if nobody were doubled up with him,—i.e., if
no other person were put into the same cabin.
Dough, subs. (public schools’).—Pudding.
Dough-baked, adj. phr. (colloquial).—Deficient in intellect. U.S.A. =
Easily moulded: said of politicians. For synonyms, see Apartments.
1675. Wycherley, Country Wife, IV., iv. in wks. (1713), 212. These
dow-baked, sensless, indocile animals, women.
Doughy, subs. (common).—A baker.—See Burncrust, and for synonyms,
master of the rolls.
Douse.—See Dowse.
Dover, subs. (hotel).—A made dish; hash; rechauffé.
Dovers, subs. (Stock Exchange).—South Eastern Railway Ordinary Stock.
[From one of the termini on the line.]
Doves, subs. (University).—Members of St. Catharine’s College,
Cambridge.—See quot. Obsolete.
1888. 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.
Soiled-Doves, subs. (common).—High-class prostitutes. For synonyms, see
Barrack-Hack and Tart.
Dove-Tart, subs. (colloquial).—A pigeon pie. (Doo-tairt is excellent
Scots for the same thing.) Cf., Snake Tart = eel pie.
1857. Rev. E. Bradley (‘Cuthbert Bede’), Verdant Green, pt. II.,
ch. vii. Why, a dove tart is what mortals call a pigeon-pie.
Dowlas, subs. (common).—A draper. [From dowlas, now a kind of
towelling, but mentioned by Shakspeare (1 Henry IV., III., iii., 1597)
as a material for shirts. Popularised as a sobriquet by Colman’s Daniel
Dowlas in The Heir at Law.—See Dickey Diaper, and cf., Dripping = cook;
Grindo = miller; Gallipot = chemist; Lint-scraper = surgeon, (q.v.).
Dowling, subs. (public school).—See quot.
1871. Newspaper Report, 18 Feb., of a charge of assault against the
head boy of Shrewsbury School. Mr. Chandler addressed the Bench for
the defence. He said the game of dowling was practised at Eton,
Harrow, Rugby, Westminster and other large schools, etc.
1877. Everyday Life in our Public Schools. There are four or five
compulsory games a week (football) known as dowlings δοῦλος.
Down, subs. (thieves’).—1. Suspicion; alarm; a diversion. There is no
down = All is quiet, it is safe to go on.
1821. D. Haggart, Life, Glossary, p. 171. Down, alarm; rose the
down, gave the alarm.