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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to stick
To take in; to impose upon; to cheat in trade. 'I'm stuck with a counterfeit note;' 'He went to a ho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut
1) A quantity of yarn, twelve of which make what is called a hank or skein. Common in England and Am...
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drafting-stick
n. a stick used in draftingcattle. 1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. x. p. 72: «We ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-stick
n. name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
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message-stick
n. The aboriginals sometimescarve little blocks of wood with various marks to conveymessages. These...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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paddymelon-stick
n. a stick used by theaborigines for knocking paddymelons (q.v.) on the head. 1851. J. Henderson, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stick-up
v. tr. 1) The regular word for theaction of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway androbbi...
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throwing-stick
n. native Australian weapon,by means of which the spear is thrown. See Woomera. 1802. G. Barringto...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-stick
n. variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub. 1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...
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yam-stick
n. See quotation 1882, Tolmer. 1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings,' p. 27. «One leg's thin as Lie...
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sharp stick
'He's after him with a sharp stick;' i. e. he's determined to have satisfaction, or revenge. Western...
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stick-chimney
In newly settled parts of the country, where log-houses form the first habitations of the settlers, ...
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cut out
v. 1) To separate cattle from therest of the herd in the open. 1873. Marcus Clarke, `Holiday Peak,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut didoes
Synonymous with to cut capers, i. e. to be frolicksome. Who ever heerd them Italian singers recitin...
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to cut dirt
To run; to go fast. A vulgar expression, probably derived from the quick motion of a horse or carria...
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to cut out
To supersede one in the affections of another. A familiar expression in common use: "Miss A was enga...
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to cut short
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson. The judge cut off the counsel very shor...
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut up
1) To criticise with severity; as, he was severely cut up in the newspapers. Some correspondent ask...
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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
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to ape one's betters
To imitate one's superiors. The negroes are good singers; they are an imitative race, and it is not...
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to bark one's shins
To knock the skin off the shins by stumbling or striking against something. Mr. Hortshorne calls th...
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to feather one's nest
To collect riches together; alluding to birds which collect feathers, among other materials, for mak...
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to find one's self
To provide for one's self. When a laborer engages to provide himself with victuals, he is said to fi...
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to fix one's flint
is a phrase taken from backwoods life, and means the same as to settle; to do for; to dish. "Take i...
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to raise one's bristles
To excite one's anger. I cane to Congress in 1827, as honestly the friend of Gen. Jackson as any ma...
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to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick. Any one who can...
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to settle one's hash
To properly punish one. We also say, 'to settle his business;' 'to fix his flint.' Brave Prudhoe tr...
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to shoot one's grandmother
is a common though vulgar phrase in New England, and means to be mistaken, or to be disappointed; to...
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above one's bend
Out of one's power; beyond reach. A common expression in the Western States. I shall not attempt to...
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palm, walking-stick
n. a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad. We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash. The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary. Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
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to cut out of
To cheat, deprive of. Having been cut out of my speech in Congress, by the "previous question."--Cr...
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to cut up shines
To cut capers, play tricks. A wild bull of the prairies was cutting up shines at no great distance,...
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cut and dried
Ready made. I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
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to be on one's taps
is to be always ready on one's feet, literally on one's shoes; a metaphor borrowed from the shoemake...
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to hang up one's fiddle
To desist; to give up. When a man loses his temper and ain't cool, he might as well hang up his fid...
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on one's own hook
A phrase much used in familiar language, denoting on one's own account; as, 'He is doing business on...
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to shake a stick at
A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
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cut and come again
An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...
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to have one's fat in the fire
is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen. ...
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by the skin of one's teeth
When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, it is a common remark to say, that he has save...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.