Drabbut, verb (provincial).—A vague and gentle form of imprecation.
Drabbut your back = Confound you.
Draft on Aldgate Pump, subs. (old).—A fictitious banknote or fraudulent
bill. See N. and Q., 7 S., i., 387–493.
17(?). Fielding, Essay on Character of Men, in wks., p. 647, ed.
1840 (b. 1754). This is such another instance of generosity as his
who relieves his friend in distress by a draught on Aldgate pump.
[A footnote says] A mercantile phrase for a bad note.
1828. Jon Bee, Picture of London, p. 187. Why, he might as well
have accosted Aldgate-pump with a bill for payment.
Drag, subs. (old: now recognised).—1. A cart of any kind; now usually
applied to a four-horse coach.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib’s Memorial, p. 11. While Eld—n, long doubting
between a grey nag And a white one to mount, took his stand in a
drag.
1820. Reynolds (‘Peter Corcoran’). Glossary at end of The Fancy,
s.v.
1839. Lever, Harry Lorrequer, ch. x. He turned out what he calls a
four-in-hand drag which dragged nine hundred pounds out of my
pocket.
1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, ch. xxviii. Lord Kew’s drag took the
young men to London; his lordship driving, and the servants sitting
inside.