SCROBY, "to get SCROBY, " to be whipped in prison before the justices. KIDDY, a man or boy. These themes are Romantic, Outrageous and Classic dress. Attractive fashionable man in modern parlance. CAVAULTING, coition. The Duke of Wellington was frequently termed "Old CONKY" in satirical papers and caricatures. STAR THE GLAZE, to break the window or show glass of a jeweller or other tradesman, and take any valuable articles, and run away. An ejaculation of incredulity, said when a person is telling a story which you know to be all gammon, or false.
STRETCHER, a contrivance with handles, used by the police to carry off persons who are violent or drunk. A saying used by workmen about dinner, or other meal times, for upwards of two centuries. BLUDGERS, low thieves, who use violence. His profession is termed THE CLOTH, and his practice TUB THUMPING.
RIG, a frolic, or "spree. —See NEWGATE COLLAR. Also pure Turkish, BOSH LAKERDI, empty talk. Possibly, however, the street term BLOWEN may mean one whose reputation has been BLOWN UPON, or damaged. SWIPEY (from SWIPES), intoxicated. MONEKEER, a person's name or signature. RISE (or RAISE) A BARNEY, to collect a mob. TWITTER, "all in a TWITTER, " in a fright, or fidgetty state. Harman was the first author who specially wrote against English vagabonds, and for his trouble his name became synonymous with a pair of stocks, and a policeman of the olden time. Attractive fashionable man in modern parlance crossword clue. SCHOOL, or MOB, two or more "patterers" working together in the streets. Bow-street term in 1785, now in most dictionaries. After a time, this back language, on BACK-SLANG, as it is called by the costermongers themselves, comes to be regarded by the rising generation of street sellers as a distinct and regular mode of speech. CHEAP, "doing it on the CHEAP, " living economically, or keeping up a showy appearance with very little means.
BLURT OUT, to speak from impulse, and without reflection. A beong say saltee, one shilling and sixpence. Slang in those days was generally termed FLASH language. Domine, a parson, is from the Latin; and DON, a clever fellow, has been filched from the Spanish. DRAWERS, formerly the ancient cant name for very long stockings, now a hosier's term. Irish, GO LEOR, in plenty. A cant term for stolen yarn, from the expression used to apprize the dishonest manufacturer that the speaker has stolen yarn to sell.
LOBLOLLY BOY, a derisive term for a surgeon's mate in the navy. SHILLY SHALLY, to trifle or fritter away time; irresolute. This work afforded much FAT for the printers. Slang Terms for Money—Her Majesty's coin is insulted by one hundred and thirty distinct Slang terms—Old Slang terms for money—The classical origin of Slang money terms—The terms used by the Ancient Romans vulgarisms in the Nineteenth Century||78–82|. KIDSMAN, one who trains boys to thieve and pick pockets successfully. Also, BROTHER-WHIP, a fellow coachman; and BROTHER-BLADE, of the same occupation or calling—originally a fellow soldier.
CANT, a blow or toss; "a cant over the kisser, " a blow on the mouth. FLUMMUXED, done up, sure of a month in QUOD, or prison. RISE, "to take a RISE out of a person, " to mortify, outwit, or cheat him, by superior cunning. Messrs. Tyler, Donelson, and the rest, what FLATS you are. He said (as reported by the Times):—. "Scarper with the feele of the donna of the cassey, " to run away with the daughter of the land-lady of the house; almost pure Italian, "scappare colla figlia della donna della casa.
LOVEAGE, tap droppings, a mixture of spirits, sweetened and sold to habitual dram-drinkers, principally females. TATER, "s'elp my TATER, " another street evasion of a profane oath, sometimes varied by "s'elp my GREENS. CATEVER, a queer, or singular affair; anything poor, or very bad. Sharp's-alley was very recently a noted slaughtering place near Smithfield. JARK, a seal, or watch ornament. HARD UP, in distress, poverty stricken. Concerning the Slang of the fashionable world, a writer in Household Words curiously, but not altogether truthfully, remarks, that it is mostly imported from France; and that an unmeaning gibberish of Gallicisms runs through English fashionable conversation, and fashionable novels, and accounts of fashionable parties in the fashionable newspapers. She launched her version onto the fashion stage in 1926 and Vogue described it as 'a fashion Ford'; a design classic just like the Ford Model T car which according to Henry Ford's 1923 autobiography, could be ordered 'in any colour so long as it is black'. STANGEY, a tailor; a person under petticoat government, —derived from the custom of "riding the STANG, " mentioned in Hudibras:—. SPANK, a smack, or hard slap.
CRIBBAGE-FACED, marked with the small pox, full of holes like a cribbage board. DINARLY, money; "NANTEE DINARLY, " I have no money, corrupted from the Lingua Franca, "NIENTE DINARO, " not a penny. It is now understood that the mucilage of quince seed is used by the ladies for this purpose. BEAKER-HUNTER, a stealer of poultry. This pronunciation is still retained in Norfolk; thus, to CLY would mean to pounce upon, snatch. What Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue was to the authors of the earlier part of the present century, Harman's was to the Deckers, and Bromes, and Heads of the seventeenth. The vagabonds' hieroglyphic, chalked by them on gate posts and houses, signifies that the place has been spoilt by too many tramps calling there. The Foundation's principal office is in Fairbanks, Alaska, with the mailing address: PO Box 750175, Fairbanks, AK 99775, but its volunteers and employees are scattered throughout numerous locations.
Corruption of TESTER. It is not the number of new words that we are ever introducing that is so reprehensible, there is not so much harm in this practice (frequently termed in books "the license of expression") if neologisms are really required, but it is the continually encumbering of old words with fresh and strange meanings. BLUES, a fit of despondency. It consists of mercantile and Stock Exchange terms, and the Slang of good living and wealth. It was formerly the market for stolen pocket handkerchiefs. It apparently implies an older male, sexually attractive. KENT RAG, or CLOUT, a cotton handkerchief. SINKS, a throw of fives at dice. In Kent, a DODGER signifies a nightcap; which name is often given to the last dram at night. Probably from the connection of buttons with Brummagem, which is often used as a synonyme for a sham. LAND LUBBER, sea term for a "landsman. TUMBLE, to comprehend or understand. Though it can hold negative associations, the word outrageous is also filled with a sense of daring and fun, especially when it comes to dress.