hatchet-fashion

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• Hatchet

  ·noun Specifically, a tomahawk. II. Hatchet ·noun A small ax with a short handle, to be used with o...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• hatchet

  'To bury the hatchet,' is to make peace. A phrase alluding to the Indian ceremony of burying the war...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Fashion

  ·vt To forge or counterfeit. II. Fashion ·vt To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. I...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hatchet Alley

  1) Out of Little Britain (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) In East Smithfield (P....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Hatchet Court

  East out of Little Trinity Lane at No. 20, leading to Sugar-loaf Court and Garlick Hill (P.O. Direct...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• hatchet face

  A long thin face. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Fashion-monger

  ·noun One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fashion-mongering

  ·adj Behaving like a fashion-monger. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bristol fashion and ship-shape

  Said when Bristol was in its palmy commercial days, unannoyed by Liverpool, and its shipping was all...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fashion-pieces

  The fashion of the after-part of a ship, in the plane of projection. They are the hindmost timbers i...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cat harping fashion

  Drinking cross-ways, and not, as usual, over the left thumb. SEA TERM. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• anchor-stock-fashion

  The method of placing the butt of one wale-plank nearly over the middle of the other; and the planks...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cutter-stay fashion

  The turning-in of a dead-eye with the end of the shroud down. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bread and butter fashion

  One slice upon the other. John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion.--To quarrel ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• man-of-war fashion

  A state of order, tidiness, and good discipline. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Hatchet Alley, Aldgate High Street

  North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). Seems to have bee...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Hatchet Alley, Little Tower Hill

  North-west out of Little Tower Hill (P.C. 1732-London Guide, 1758). Former name : "Hand and Hatchet...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill

  See Hatchet Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.