'To take French leave,' is to depart without taking leave; to run away.
And Love, who on their bridal eve
Had promised long to stay,
Forgot his promise--took French leave--
And bore his lamp away.
Halleck's Poems, Domestic Happiness.
To take French leave; to go off without taking leave of the company: a saying frequently applied to ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Being absent without permission. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To <<Depart>>; to set out. II. Leave ·v To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. III. L...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Permission to be absent from the ship for the day. (See absence, liberty.) ♦ French leave. Going o...
·noun The language spoken in France. II. French ·noun Collectively, the people of France. III. Fre...
·noun Taking of leave; parting compliments. ...
A liberty man not being back to his time. ...
See liberty-ticket. ...
Permission to visit friends at a distance. ...
A certain alley called "Frenche Alley" in parish of St. Bride's, 5 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. II.15). Not...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) On the north side of Threadneedle Street, in Broad Street Ward (Leake, 1666-Elmes, 1831). It occ...
By the Bars in Bishopsgate Street Without (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728). Not named in t...
Brandy; so called by the old tabbies and dowagers when drank in their tea. ...
The venereal disease, said to have been imported from France. French gout; the same. He suffered by ...
The cant language. Pedlar's pony; a walking-stick. ...
A name for what is merely a modification of the Flemish coil, both being extremely good for the obje...
A soubriquet for the Mediterranean. ...
South out of Crutched Friars, between Nos. 25 and 26 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First menti...
North out of Crutched Friars between Nos. 42 and 43 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First mentio...
The shroud-knot with three strands single walled round the bights of the other three and the standin...
A term used for freshen the ballast. ...
See Hercules' Passage. ...