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to knock down
A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down
I. n. a prejudice against, hostility to;a peculiarly Australian noun made out of the adverb. 1856...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to knock round
To go about. I'm going to New York and Boston, and all about thar, and spend the summer until picki...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to knock under
A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson. For ten times ten, and that's a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to knock up
To wear out with fatigue.--Halliwell. It is the constant labour, unvaried by the least relaxation, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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boil down
v. to reduce a statement to itssimplest form; a constant term amongst pressmen. Over thereporters' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lamb down
v. tr. 1) To knock down a cheque or a sum of money in a spree.There is an old English verb, of Scan...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mulga-down
n. hills covered with Mulga. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 201: «Fascin...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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take (a man) down
Australian sporting slang. 1) Toinduce a man to bet, knowing that he must lose. 2) To advisea man ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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clap down
To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down upon
To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slipper-down
A vulgar name in some parts of Connecticut for hasty pudding. The etymology is obvious. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.