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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 1 [of 7]

Name: Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 1 [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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WITH SYNONYMS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, ETC.
VOL. I.—A TO BYZ.
PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.
MDCCCXC.
PREFATORY NOTE.
Abbey Lubber, subs. phr. (old).—[From abbey + lubber.]
2. (Christ’s Hospital).—Ale, Bread and Cheese on ‘going home night.’
2. Naked, ‘she’s all Abram.’
8. Gammoning Academy.—A reformatory.
Albonized, ppl. adj. (pugilistic).—Whitened. [From L. albus, white.]
4. To be all out also signifies to be in error; quite wrong.
6. (Stock Exchange).—See All in.
2. Disconcerted.
2. Average; see quotation.
3. Spicy as all round my hat, i.e., sensational.
2. (artisans’).—See Bens.
3. (rowing).—Collapsed; exhausted; said of a crew when rowing wildly.
Altamel, Altemal, subs., adj., adv., and intj. (American thieves’).—
2. Knowing; ripe for mischief.—Duncombe.
2. A widow is said to have apartments to let.
Among other names for thieves may be mentioned:—
2. Also a cant name for canary wine.
1633. Massinger, Guardian, V., v. Nay, no hanging an arse. [M.]
2. Dice are also called babes in the wood.
2. A blow on the face with the back of the hand.
3. Hence, figuratively, a rebuke; a ‘setting down.’
2. Underhand insinuation.
3. (schoolboy).—A red haired individual.
4. (harlotry).—A common prostitute.—See Barrack-hack.
2. (Westminster School).—Milk.
3. (old).—A whore or strumpet; a woman of loose morals.
4. (old).—Rubbish; ‘rot.’
1880. New Virginians, i., 37. ‘Called baggage-smashers.’ [M.]
2. In sporting slang, a ‘bag-fox.’
2. (colloquial).—Frothy talk; nonsense; a jumble of words.
1865. Day of Rest, Oct., 585. I was deaf to all that bambosh. [M.]
3. To surpass; to excel. So also banging, adj., great or thumping.
2. To put in a place of safety.
3. To go shares; to divide fairly with confederates.
4. (prison.)—Millbank prison.
3. (colloquial.)—A cough. Cf., verb, To bark, sense 2.
2. To cough; generally applied when it is persistent and hacking.
5. See quotation, as follows:—
7. (American.)—A noisy coward; a blatant bully.
2. (old.)—A good job, or snack easily got.—Lexicon Balatronicum (1811).
2. (old cant.)—See quotation.
2. (cricket.)—A player who blocks every ball.
2. Also formerly a man under sentence of transportation.
2. (American gaming.)—To look on but not to play. Cf., Bet.
CHORUS.
Ppl. adj.—Given up to debauchery; this sense follows upon
2. A prostitute; an alternative and earlier form of bawd (q.v.).
2. A river boatman.
Jemmy. Gemmen!—gemmen! (Knocking on table to command attention.)
3. (popular.)—The nose. For synonyms, see Conk.
1598. Florio. Naso adunco, a beake-nose. [M.]
4. (Eton and Marlborough Schools.)—A master.
2. (popular.)—To aid, to assist, to take part in anything.
2. Hence also, figuratively, to be baffled; defeated.
3. (common.)—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick.
2. A bore; one who ‘buttonholes’ another. Generally, Old beeswax.
2. (thieves’.)—A ring. Described in quotation.
2. (old.)—A sentence of transportation for life.
2. (American.)—Equivalent to belly-bumper (q.v.).
2. A mistress; a concubine; a whore.
2. Relations; one’s kindred.
4. (American.)—Used by the prudishly inclined for trousers.—See Bags.
2. (old cant.)—A fool.—Grose.—See Benish.
7. (schoolboys’.)—The bow-shaped segment of a paper kite.
2. A bachelor. Cf., foregoing.
2. (common.)—A waistcoat. Also ben (q.v.). For synonyms, see Fan.
3. (familiar.)—A woman, whether young or old.
4. (Winchester College.)—See Bidet.
5. (American.)—A servant girl—generally Irish.
2. The phrase also signifies the after effect of a debauch.
2. (common.)—A vulgarism for ‘boil.’
2. (Harrow School.)—Names-calling.
2. (thieves’.)—Stolen metal.—See Billy-hunting.
4. (popular.)—A policeman’s staff; a truncheon.
5. (Australian and New Zealand.)—A bushman’s tea-pot or saucepan.
2. (tailors’.)—A contemptuous term for a journeyman tailor.
2. Going out to steal pocket-handkerchiefs.—See Billy, sense 1.
FIGHTING ATTIE’S SONG.
CHORUS.
2. (common.)—A four-wheeled cab. For synonyms, see Growler.
I sing the bishop, alias the bustle.
3. (common.)—A chamber utensil; a jerry; jordan; and it (q.v.).
2. To yield, or give up an attempt through fear.—Grose.
3. (common.)—To spoil; to bungle.
2. (old.)—The female pudenda. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
6. (common.)—One who drives a hard bargain; a ‘close fist.’
2. (Charterhouse.)—A warning = Cave!
2. (old.)—An amorous woman (sexually). Cf., Athanasian wench.
2. (printers’.)—See Fat.
2. (undertakers’.)—The business of an undertaker. Cf., Black work.
So also the following:—
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum. (Same definition given.)
2. (sporting.)—A sovereign. For synonyms, see Canary.
3. (old.)—A spur; an obvious allusion.
1848. J. Russell Lowell, Biglow Papers, II., p. 118—
2. (common.)—pl. Spectacles. For synonyms, see Barnacles.
3. (provincial.)—In Norfolk, a black eye.
4. (pugilistic.)—A hard blow in the eye.
2. The head.—See Block, sense 2.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum. [Same definition given as in Grose.]
5. (general.)—To lose or spend money. Cf., Blue.
7. (Winchester School.)—To blush.
3. A pipe. Cf., Blow a cloud.
2. A woman’s breasts.—See Sport blubber, and for synonyms, Dairies.
5. Female learning or pedantry.
3. To miscalculate; ‘to make a “mess” of anything’; to mull.
2. The Orange Free State paper money.
2. (mining.)—See quotation.
2. (common.)—A rough overcoat made of coarse pilot cloth.
2. The police.—See Blue, sense 1.
2. (nautical).—A bo’sun.
3. (old.)—Gin.—See quotations in Bobstick, and Drinks for synonyms.
2. A spurious plural of bob (q.v.) = a shilling.
2. An impotent man or eunuch.
2. A policeman. For synonyms, see Beak, sense 1.
4. (popular.)—A violator of graves; a ‘resurrectionist.’
5. (common.)—An undertaker. For synonyms, see Cold cook.
2. (low.)—An abbreviated form of bog-house (q.v.), or bog-shop.
2. See Pot boiler.
2. A large marble [origin unknown, but see Alley].
2. (American.)—To bribe; to ‘grease the palm.’—See Bone, subs.
3.(American cadets’.)—To study hard. [From bohn (q.v.).]
Bone-Ache, subs. (old).—The lues venerea. [The allusion is obvious.]
2. (old.)—A pretext; pretence; or ‘make believe.’
2. (popular.)—To crush a man’s hat down over his eyes.
2. (common.)—A crushing blow on the hat.—See Bonnet, verb, sense 2.
Bono, adj. (circus and thieves’).—Good. [From the Latin.]
2. (card-players’.)—The first six tricks at whist.
L. Revel. Clean cards here.
2. (military.)—The youngest officer in a regimental mess.
1834. Morier, Ayesha, I., 219. This firman is bosh—nothing, [M.]
3. (popular.)—A miss; a blunder. Cf., Boss, verb, sense 2.
Bottle-holder, subs. (common).—A second at a prize-fight, hence—
2. (popular.)—Capital; resources; stamina; ‘grit.’
2. Impudence; cheek; brass (q.v.).
3. A boaster; swaggerer; showy swindler; bully. Cf., Bouncer.
2. To lie; to cheat; to swindle.
5. (American.)—A man who ejects; a ‘chucker-out’ (q.v.).
7. (naval.)—A gun that ‘kicks’ when fired.
3. (University.)—A dog-cart. Cf., sense 1.
2. (old.)—A Bostonian—a term of contempt.
3. (Anglo-Indian and colonial.)—A servant of whatever age.
2. The devil. For synonyms, see Skipper.
2. (common.)—The head itself. For general synonyms, see Chump.
2. (thieves’.)—A shilling.
Also a little later, from the same collection:—
2. (old.)—A prostitute. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack.
Broady, subs. (common).—1. Cloth. [A corruption of broad-cloth.]
2. (thieves’.)—Anything worth stealing.—See Broady worker.
2. (old.)—Porter. [Qy. an abbreviation of ‘Brown Stout.’]
2. To understand; comprehend.
3. (old.)—A prostitute. For synonyms, see Barrack-hack.
2. (common.)—A jug; generally of brown earthenware. Cf., Black-jack.
3. (old.)—A coarse brown loaf; or hard biscuit.
3. (common.)—One fond of fighting. Cf., Chucker-out, and next sense.
4. (common).—An inhabitant of Birmingham.
2. subs. (old).—A hasty departure. For analogous terms, see Amputate.
3. (old.)—A person who decamps hastily, or who evades his creditors.
2. (old.)—To have sexual intercourse. For synonyms, see Ride.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew. Brush, to Fly or Run away. [M.]
2. (old.)—See quotation.
3. (common and schools’.)—A schoolmaster.
4. (American.)—To humbug by flattery.
3. (old.)—A brother.
5. (old.)—An abbreviated form of bubble, subs.
2. (old.)—To bribe; to cheat. Cf., Bubble.
2. (old.)—A drinking bowl. Cf., derivation of previous sense.
2. (common.)—A stupid boaster.
3. (popular.)—A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow; a prig; a cad.
4. (schoolboys’.)—A large marble. Cf., Alley, Bonce, Mivey.
5. (American.)—A term used in poker (q.v.). Cf., Tiger.
3. (commercial.)—A variant of to cook (q.v.), as applied to accounts.
2. (old.)—To cheat; ruin; deceive.
Buff, subs. (common).—1. The bare skin. [An allusion to the colour.]
2. (old.)—A man; a fellow; also buffer (q.v.).
1708–15. Kersey, Buff ... a dull Sot, or dronish Fellow. [M.]
2. (common.)—To strip; to bare oneself to the ‘buff’ or skin.
4. (old.)—See quots.
5. (old.)—One who took a false oath for a ‘consideration.’ Cf., Bail.
6. (old.)—A pistol. Cf., Barker.
7. (old.)—A smuggler; rogue; or cheat.
3. (thieves’.)—To give; hand over; to deliver. Cf., sense 2.
2. subs. (old).—An upholsterer.—Lexicon Balatronicum.
Bug Walk, subs. (common).—A bed. [Derivation obvious.]
2. (old.)—A thief. Cf., Bulk.
4. (nautical.)—See Bull the cask or barrel.
5. (common.)—Explained by quotation.
8. (Winchester College.)—Cold beef, introduced at breakfast about 1873.
3. (old.)—See quot.
2. A pistol.
2. (Australian.)—A countryman or bushman. Cf., Bullock-puncher.
Verb.—To bully; to bounce over; to intimidate. [Query from bully.]
2. (old.)—A five-shilling piece, otherwise known as a bull (q.v.).
2. subs. (old).—A low round hat with broad brim.—See Billy-cock.
2. (old.)—An abbreviated form Of bum bailiff (q.v.).
2. (low.)—Toilet paper, otherwise known as curl paper (q.v.). Cf. Bumf.
2. (turf.)—A heavy loss; a severe pecuniary reverse.
2. (theatrical).—A full or crowded house.
2. (common).—The female pudenda. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
1814. Quarterly Review, X., 517. [The custom spoken of in.]
2. (Wellington College.)—To expel [from the school].
2. (old.)—The same as burning (q.v.).
2. See also Buster, sense 1.
2. (common.)—A contraction of ‘omnibus.’
2. (theatrical.)—Dramatic action; bye-play.
2. (thieves’.)—A burglary.
4. (American.)—A failure; a fizzle.
2. (thieves’.)—To commit a burglary.
4. (American.)—To fail in business or transactions of any kind.
5. (general.)—To put out of breath; to ‘wind.’
2. (old.)—Money. A full list of synonyms will be found under Actual.
3. (thieves’.)—The prison doctor. For synonyms, see Crocus.
2. (common.)—Flattered.—See Butter, sense 1.
Button-Catcher, subs. (general).—A tailor. There may be mentioned among
3. (American thieves’.)—To search for; to look about one.
END OF VOL. I.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, SIGNS, ETC.