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dick's hatband
This very singular expression I have often heard in Rhode Island. Mr. Hartshorne calls it "one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Hatband
·noun A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, ·etc., worn as a bad...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Queer
·noun Counterfeit money.
II. Queer ·add. ·adj To <<Puzzle>>.
III. Queer ·adj Mysterious; suspiciou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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queer
or quire
Base, roguish, bad, naught or worthless. How queerly the cull touts; how roguishly the fel...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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as
as, assis, m. (nom. assis, Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 43, and Schol. ad Pers. 2, 59; old form assārĭus, ii,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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as
ās assis, m 2 AC-, one, a whole, unity ; hence (late), ex asse heres, of the entire estate . — Es...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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·AS
(abbreviation) Anglo-Saxon Origin
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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As
·noun An <<Ace>>.
II. As ·adv & ·conj As if; as though.
III. As ·adv & ·conj Expressing a wish.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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queer wedges
Large buckles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bail
Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer birds
Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bitch
An odd, out-of-the-way fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bluffer
The master of a public-house the resort of rogues and sharpers, a cut-throat inn or alehouse keeper....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bung
An empty purse.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer checkers
Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of peo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cove
A rogue. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cuffin
A justice of the peace; also a churl.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer degen
An ordinary sword, brass or iron hilted.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer ken
A prison. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer kicks
A bad pair of breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer mort
A diseased strumpet. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer nab
A felt hat, or other bad hat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer plungers
Cheats who throw themselves into the water, in order that they may be taken up by their accomplices,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer prancer
A bad, worn-out, foundered horse; also a cowardly or faint-hearted horse-stealer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer rooster
An informer that pretends to be sleeping, and thereby overhears the conversation of thieves in night...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer street
Wrong. Improper. Contrary to one's wish. It is queer street, a cant phrase, to signify that it is wr...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer fish
An odd or eccentric person is often called a queer fish, an odd stick.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ambes-as
·noun Ambs-ace.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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queer bit-makers
Coiners. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cole fencer
A putter off, or utterer, of bad money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cole maker
A maker of bad money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as grease
Another classical expression, conveying the same idea as the foregoing.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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unclaimed, as derelict
Vessels found at sea without a human being, or a domestic animal, on board are good prizes, if not c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use.
Well, how d'ye do, any how?
So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as a whistle
A proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United States. To do anything as slick as a whistl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sure as a gun
Absolutely certain. A common colloquial expression.--Brockett.
There's luck, says auld Lizzy, in fa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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mad as a march hare
A common simile, used alike in England and America.
The whole's to be fourpence a quart--
'Odswing...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States.
"Why, you ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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straight as a loon's leg
is a common simile in New England.
They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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i don't know as i shan't
for I don't know but I shall. This uncouth expression, Mr. Hurd says, is very common in the eastern ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
The Sailor's Word-Book