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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...
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Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post.
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post master general
The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....
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Old Navy Office
See Navy Office.
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Old Victualling Office
See Victualling Office.
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General
·adj The public; the people; the vulgar.
II. General ·adj As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
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general
The commander of an army: the military rank corresponding to the naval one of admiral. The title inc...
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post
post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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post
post (1) adv.POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ub...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Post
·adj Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
II. Post ·adv With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to t...
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Post-
·- A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
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Post
1) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; ...
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post
Any ground, fortified or not, where a body of men can be in a condition for defence, or fighting an ...
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Post
Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The post...
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Office
·vt To perform, as the duties of an office; to <<Discharge>>.
II. Office ·noun Any service other th...
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office
To give the office; to give information, or make signs to the officers to take a thief.
...
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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...
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Old
·noun Open country.
II. Old ·superl More than enough; abundant.
III. Old ·superl Used colloquially...
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old
1) Crafty; cunning. Used in vulgar language. When a person attempts to get the advantage of another,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old
great ; here has been old doings, here has been great doings. C.
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Attorney-general
·noun The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-execut...
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Brigadier general
·- An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is...
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Governor general
·- A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, ...
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Lieutenant general
·- An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
...
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Major general
·- An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of...
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Paymaster-general
·add. ·- In the United States army, an officer of the rank of brigadier general, who commands the pa...
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Postmaster-general
·noun The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the post...
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Postmasters-general
·pl of Postmaster-general.
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Solicitor-general
·noun The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the U...
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States-general
·noun In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
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receiver general
A prostitute.
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general treat
A general treat is a treat of a glass of liquor given by a person in a tavern to the whole company p...
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advocate general
An officer of the High Court of Admiralty, whose duty it is to appear for the lord high-admiral in t...
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captain-general
The highest army rank.
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general average
A claim made upon the owners of a ship and her cargo, when the property of one or more has been sacr...
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general breezo
See breezo.
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general officers
All those above the rank of a colonel.
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general orders
The orders issued by the commander-in-chief of the forces.
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general ship
Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on board, in contradistinction to a chartered s...
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lieutenant-general
The officer taking the next place to a general, ranking with vice-admiral.
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major-general
The next in rank below the lieutenant-general.
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Binding post
·add. ·- A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
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Cossack post
·add. ·- An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for th...
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Crown-post
·noun ·same·as King-post.
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King-post
·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...
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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...
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Parcel post
·add. ·- That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery...
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Post note
·- A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note paya...
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Post-abdomen
·noun That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax;
— more commonly called abdomen.
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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...
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Post-disseizin
·noun A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of t...
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Post-disseizor
·noun A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same d...
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Post-fine
·noun A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed;
—...
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Post-impressionism
·add. ·noun In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painter...
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Post-mortem
·adj After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
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Post-obit
·- ·Alt. of Post-obit bond.
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Post-temporal
·noun A post-temporal bone.
II. Post-temporal ·adj Situated back of the temporal bone or the tempor...
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Post-tragus
·noun A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
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Post-tympanic
·adj Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
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Queen-post
·noun One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. ·see King-...
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Tool-post
·noun ·Alt. of Tool-stock.
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Totem post
·add. ·- A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the ho...
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger post
A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post nointer
A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post-note
In commerce, a bank-note intended to be transmitted to a distant place by mail, and made payable to ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advanced post
A spot of ground seized by a party to secure their front. A piquet or outpost.
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alarm-post
A place appointed for troops to assemble, in case of a sudden alarm.
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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...
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false post
See false stern-post.
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inner post
, or inner stern-post.
The post on which the transoms are seated. An oak timber brought on and fay...
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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post.
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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...
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samson's post
A movable pillar which rests on its upper shoulder against a beam, with the lower tenons into the de...
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stern-post
The opposite to the stem; scarphed into the keel, and suspending the rudder. In steam-ships, where a...
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towing-post
A substantial timber fixed through the deck of a steam-tug for making the tow-rope fast to. Also, a ...
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Booking office
·- An office where passage tickets are sold.
II. Booking office ·- An office where passengers, bagg...
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Crown office
·- The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of th...
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Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc.
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Alienation Office
On the eastern side of King's Bench Walk in the Inner Temple (Horwood, 1799). An office under the Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House.
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Exchequer Office
On the west side of Ivy Lane (Leake, 1666).
After the Fire it seems to have been kept in the Temple...
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Excise Office
In Bartholomew Lane prior to 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was then removed to B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Faculty Office
At the east corner of Paul's Bakehouse next to Little Carter lane is the Faculty Office, for the gra...
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Fen Office
In Tanfield Court, Temple, at No. 3 on the south side (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
No further reference...
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Jewel Office
In the Tower of London (q.v.).
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Navy Office
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pay Office
On the west side of Broad Street, at the corner of Winchester Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Prerogative Office
Now in Somerset House.
In O. and M. at the south end of Prerogative Court leading out of St. Paul's...
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Record Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane (P.O. Directory).
Erected 1856-70 as a depository for the Public ...
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Rolls' Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane on part of the site now occupied by the Record Office (O.S. 1880)....
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Secondary's Office
In the Inner Temple (Horwood 1799).
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Transport Office
See Plough Yard, Lombard Street, Seething Lane.
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Victualling Office
On Tower Hill, near King Street (Dodsley, 1761).
First mention: 1665 (H. MSS. Com. 15th Rep. II. 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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navy office
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
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victualling office
The stomach.
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loan office
A public office in which loans of money are negotiated for the public, or in which the accounts of l...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hydrographical office
A department of the admiralty where the labours of the marine surveyors of the Royal Navy are collec...
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transport office
Formerly a department under government directed by commissioners, who chartered vessels and appointe...
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Old Dominion
·add. ·- Virginia;
— a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as "t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Old-fashioned
·adj Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, a...
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Old-gentlemanly
·adj Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.
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Old-maidish
·adj Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
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Old-maidism
·noun The condition or characteristics of an old maid.
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Old-womanish
·adj Like an old woman; anile.
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Old gate
One of the gates in the north wall of Jerusalem, so called because built by the Jebusites (Neh. 3:6;...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Old Bailey
South from Newgate Street, at No.2, to 46 Ludgate Hill (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bethlem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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Old Change
South out of Cheapside, at No.10, to Knightrider Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within,...
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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Old Exchange
See Old Change.
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Old Jewry
North out of Poultry, at No.43, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward and Coleman Street...
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Old Lane
See Viterilane.
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Old Ludgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate, west of the London Workhouse, on the south side of Half Moon Street...
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Old Piscaria
See Old Fish Street.
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Old Place
Messuage or great Place commonly called the "Old Place" situate at the east head of the parish churc...
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The Old Swan
In Thames Street in 1645 near St. Martin's lane (L. and P. Chas. I. xx. p. 59').
The lady of Glouce...
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Old Temple
See The Temple.
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Old Wardrobe
See Prince's Wardrobe.
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Old Yard
South out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Seems to be identical with Old...
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old hat
a woman's privities: because frequently felt.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old hand
Knowing or expert in any business.
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old harry
A composition used by vintners to adulterate their wines; also the nick-name for the devil.
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old ding
See old hat.
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old nick
The Devil: from NEKEN, the evil spirit of the north.
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old one
The Devil. Likewise an expression of quizzical familiarity, as "how d'ye do, OLD ONE?"
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old pegg
Poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk.
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old stager
One accustomed to business, one who knows mankind.
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old toast
A brisk old fellow. CANT.
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the old start
Newgate: he is gone to the start, or the old start. CANT.
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hand, old
n.
one who has been a convict.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 141:
«The men who hav...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hat, old
See old-hat.
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identity, old
n.
phrase denoting a person wellknown in a place. a term invented in Dunedin, New Zealand, in1862, ...
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old chum
n.
Not in common use: the oppositeto a new chum.
1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,...
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old-hat
a Victorian political catch-word.
1895. `The Argus,' May 11, p. 8, col. 3:
«Mr. Frank Stephen was ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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old hat
a Victorian political catch-word.
1895. `The Argus,' May 11, p. 8, col. 3:
«Mr. Frank Stephen was ...
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old lady
n.
name given to a moth, ErebusPluto.
...
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old man
n.
a full-grown male Kangaroo.The aboriginal corruption is Wool-man.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Yea...
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old-wife
n.
a New South Wales fish, Enoplosus armatus, White, family Percidae.The local name Old-Wife in Eng...
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"old hunkers"
We have been requested to give a definition of this term. Party nicknames are not often logically ju...
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old-man
(Artemisia abrotanum.) A popular name for the Southern-wood plant.
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old-wife
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
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old-squaw
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...
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old countryman
A native of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales. The term is never applied to persons from the Cont...
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old dominion
The State of Virginia.
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old hunker
See barnburners.
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old land
ground that has lain long untilled, and just ploughed up. The same in Essex is called new lands.
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old lad
and OLD YOUTH
applied to a healthy man in years : he's a fine old youth. Derb.
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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...
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old hand
A knowing and expert person.
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old horse
Tough salt-beef.
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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old-stager
One well initiated in anything.
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old-stagerism
An adherence to established customs; sea conservatism.
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old wife
A fish about 2 feet long, and 9 inches high in the back, having a small mouth, a large eye, a broad ...
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Age, Old
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life ...
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Old Testament
I. TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.-
• History of the text. -A history of the text of the Old Testament s...
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Testament, Old
[OLD TESTAMENT; BIBLE] OLD TESTAMENT - 3249
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quarter-master general
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...
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Ex post facto
·- ·Alt. of Ex postfacto.
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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...
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dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...
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inner stern-post
See inner post
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post of honour
The advance, and the right of the lines of any army.
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Canada Company's Office
At No. 13 St. Helen's Place, Bishopsgate. Company established 1826, in aid of the Canadian Colonies ...
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City Police Office
On the West side of Old Jewry at No. 26 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: "P...
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Coal Meters' Office
See Wilson's Yard.
The coal-meters were 15 in number, and were officers appointed to inspect the ju...
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Crown Office Row
On the north side of the Inner Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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George Coach Office
On the west side of Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
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Herald's College, Office
See College of Arms.
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
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London Insurance Office
On the south side of Cornhill in Ball Court and Birchin Lane (Rocque, 1746-Strype, 1755, I. p. 474)....
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Palace Court Office
In Clifford's Inn, near Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps.
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Queen's Office Alley
In Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Six Clerks' Office
On the west side of Chancery Lane, south of Carey Street, outside the City boundary (O. and M. 1677)...
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Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
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Times' Printing Office
On the north side of Printing House Square (q.v.).
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Wine Office Court
North out of Fleet Street, at No.145, to King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, which is now also called Wine...
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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Old lang syne
·- ·see Auld lang syne.
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Old Line State
·add. ·- Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fore Old Jewry
By Aldgate (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728).
See Jewry Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Old Bailey
See Old Bailey.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Old Bailey
North-west out of Old Bailey at Fleet Lane to Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (L. and P. Commo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave Old Jewry
On the west side of Old Jewry, in Coleman Street Ward, on the boundary of Coleman Street and Cheap W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Artillery Ground
Extends from Middlesex Street south to Spital Square north, east of Bishopsgate Street, outside the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bedlam Court
In Old Bethlehem (Dodsley, 1761).
No further reference.
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bedlam Lane
See Old Bethlem, Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bell Inn
On the north side of Holborn at No.123 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bethlehem Hospital
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Founded by Simon Fitz Mary, She...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bethlem, Street
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without
"Old Bethlehem" (Hatton, 1708). "Old Be...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.