1) To manoeuvre the apostles, i.e. rob Peter to pay Paul; that is, to borrow money of one man to pay another.
2) (Cambridge.)
Men who are plucked, refused their degree.
The knight-heads or bollard timbers, where hawsers or heavy ropes are belayed. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Robbing Peter to pay Paul, i.e. borrowing of one man to pay another. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
West out of Tower Royal across Queen Street to Bow Lane. In Cordwainer and Vintry Wards (Strype, ed....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
the fifth book in the New testament and the second treatise by the author of the third Gospel, tradi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
See Little St. Thomas Apostles. ...