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Hole
·vi To go or get into a hole.
II. Hole ·adj <<Whole>>.
III. Hole ·noun To drive into a hole, as an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hole
1) (la Hole)
Tenement of Alice de Mondene called "la Hole" in parish of St. Owyn, 1322 (Ct. H.W. I....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hole
hollow, deep ; a hole-dish, a deep dish, opposed to shallow. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hole
A clear open space amongst ice in the Arctic seas.
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Man
·vt To tame, as a hawk.
II. Man ·noun The human race; mankind.
III. Man ·vt To furnish with a serv...
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Man
1) Heb. Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning "to ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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man
(Cambridge.)
Any undergraduate from fifteen to thirty. As a man of Emanuel--a young member of Emanu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man
A ship is frequently spoken of as man; as man-of-war, merchantman, Guineaman, East or West Indiaman,...
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Man
Four Hebrew terms are rendered "man" in the Authorized Version:
• Adam, the name of the man created...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Air hole
·- A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
II. Air hole ·- A hole to admit o...
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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom;
— now commonly with allusio...
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Cat-hole
·noun One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
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Hand-hole
·noun A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, ·etc.
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Peeping hole
·- ·see <<Peephole>>.
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Pit-hole
·noun A pit; a pockmark.
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Sight-hole
·noun A hole for looking through; a peephole.
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Teaze-hole
·noun The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
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Cat's Hole
East out of Little Tower Hill to St. Katherine's New Court (Horwood, 1799, and Lockie, 1816).
Earli...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gally Hole
See Gully Hole.
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Gully Hole
South from Thames Street to the river. In Bridge Ward Within, west of London Bridge (O. and M. 1677-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crab-hole
n.
a hole leading into a pit-likeburrow, made originally by a burrowing crayfish, and oftenafterwar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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melon-hole
n.
a kind of honey-combing of thesurface in the interior plains, dangerous to horsemen, ascribedto ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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namma hole
n.
a native well. Nammais an aboriginal word for a woman's breast.
1893. `The Australasian,' Augus...
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soak-hole
n.
an enclosed place in a streamin which sheep are washed.
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queens...
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water-hole
n.
The word pond is seldomused in Australia. Any pond, natural or artificial, is calleda Water-hole...
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wombat-hole
n.
hole made by Wombat (q.v.).
1891. Mrs. Cross (Ada Cambridge), `The Three Miss Kings,'p. 181:
«...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cubby-hole
A snug place for a child. Common to various English dialects.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. Seldom hear...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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placket-hole
a pocket-hole. York. From the Scots.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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black-hole
A place of solitary confinement for soldiers, and tried in some large ships.
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eilet-hole
[Fr. œillet]. Refer to eyelet-holes.
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gammoning-hole
A mortise-opening cut through the knee of the head, between the cheeks, through which the gammoning ...
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lubber's hole
The vacant space between the head of a lower-mast and the edge of the top, so termed from timid clim...
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mud-hole
An orifice with steam-tight doors in a marine engine, through which the deposit is removed from the ...
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nave-hole
The hole in the centre of a gun-truck for receiving the end of the axle-tree.
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sheave-hole
A channel cut in masts, yards, or timber, in which to fix a sheave, and answering the place of a blo...
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stoke-hole
A scuttle in the deck of a steamer to admit fuel for the engine. Also, the space for the men to stan...
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touch-hole
The small aperture at the end of a musket or pistol, by which the fire of the priming was communicat...
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man-of-war's man
A seaman belonging to the royal navy.
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Abraham-man
·noun ·Alt. of Abram-man.
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Abram-man
·noun One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of...
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Apron man
·- A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
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Decoy-man
·noun A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
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Man-eater
·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...
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Quarry-man
·noun A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
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Remainder-man
·noun One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. ·see <<Remainder>>, ·noun, 3.
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Squaw man
·add. ·- A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by...
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Trencher-man
·noun A <<Cook>>.
II. Trencher-man ·noun A table companion; a trencher mate.
III. Trencher-man ·no...
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barrow man
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bristol man
The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cunning man
1) A cheat, who pretends by his skill in astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods: and...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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durham man
Knocker kneed, he grinds mustard with his knees: Durham is famous for its mustard.
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family man
A thief or receiver of stolen goods.
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fancy man
A man kept by a lady for secret services.
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flash man
A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good man
A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich ma...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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honest man
A term frequently used by superiors to inferiors. As honest a man as any in the cards when all the k...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man trap
A woman's commodity.
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pannier man
A servant belonging to the Temple and Gray's Inn, whose office is to announce the dinner. This in th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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public man
A bankrupt.
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strong man
To play the part of the strong man, i.e. to push the cart and horses too; to be whipt at the cart's ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sunday man
One who goes abroad on that day only, for fear of arrests.
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topping man
A rich man.
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trencher man
A stout trencher man; one who has a good appetite, or, as the term is, plays a good knife and fork.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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turnpike man
A parson; because the clergy collect their tolls at our entrance into and exit from the world.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ostentatious man
One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ungrateful man
A parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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upright man
An upright man signifies the chief or principal of a crew. The vilest, stoutest rogue in the pack is...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old man
n.
a full-grown male Kangaroo.The aboriginal corruption is Wool-man.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Yea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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remittance-man
n.
one who derives the meansof an inglorious and frequently dissolute existence from theperiodical ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-man
n.
used in Australia for a manemployed to look after stock.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stocks-man
n.
an unusual form for Stock-man (q.v.).
1862. F. J. Jobson, `Australia,' c. vi. p. 145:
«We saw ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wool-man
n.
aboriginal mispronunciation of old man (q.v.).
1830. Robert Dawson, `The Present State of Austr...
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old-man
(Artemisia abrotanum.) A popular name for the Southern-wood plant.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tithing-man
In New England, a parish officer appointed to preserve order at public worship, and enforce the prop...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dattle-man
a day-labourer. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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daves-man
an arbitrator, or umpire. N.
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knightle-man
an active or skilful man. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sary-man
an expression of pity. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wasset-man
a scarce-crow. Wilts.
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beach-man
A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducti...
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bond-man
A harsh method in some ships, in keeping one man bound for the good behaviour of another on leave.
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full man
A rating in coasters for one receiving whole pay, as being competent to all his duties; able seaman....
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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hebber-man
An old name for a fisherman on the Thames below London Bridge, who took whitings, smelts, &c., commo...
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man, to
To provide a competent number of hands for working and fighting a ship; to place people for duty, as...
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man-bound
Detained in port in consequence of being short of complement.
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man-broker
Synonymous with crimp (which see).
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man-hunting
The impress service.
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man overboard!
A cry which excites greater activity in a ship than any other, from the anxious desire to render ass...
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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...
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peter-man
, or peterer.
A fisherman. Also, the Dutch fishing vessels that frequented our eastern coast.
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quarter-man
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen.
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signal-man
The yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy.
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stere's-man
A pilot or steerer, from the Anglo-Saxon stéora.
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Churchyard Alley Hole
At the south end of Churchyard Alley adjoining the Water Works on the west side of Old London Bridge...
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stop hole abbey
The nick name of the chief rendzvous of the canting crew of beggars, gypsies, cheats, thieves, &c. &...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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water his hole
A saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the s...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Man of sin
A designation of Antichrist given in 2 Thess. 2:3-10, usually regarded as descriptive of the Papal p...
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Son of man
1) Denotes mankind generally, with special reference to their weakness and frailty (Job 25:6; Ps. 8:...
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Green Man Yard
West out of Coleman Street, a little south from London Wall (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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old-man fern
a Bush-name in Tasmania for the Tree-fern (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brain a man
i. e. knock his brains out. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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furze-man-pig
a hedge -hog. Glouc.
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog.
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fore-man afloat
The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock.
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fore-mast man
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship.
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man-handle, to
To move by force of men, without levers or tackles.
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man-of-war
Any vessel in the royal navy.
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Le Hole Bole, Honey Lane
A messuage, of such a sign, in the parish of All Hallows Honey Lane, in Cheap Ward. Near Blossom Inn...
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Nan's Hole or Yard
In Angel Street, St. Martin's le Grand (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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man of the town
A rake, a debauchee.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man of the turf
A horse racer, or jockey.
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man of the world
A knowing man.
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yea and nay man
A quaker, a simple fellow, one who can only answer yes, or no.
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old-man salt-bush
Atriplex nummularium,Lindl. See Salt-Bush.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 118:
«On...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to knock a man over
to knock him down. North.
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capstan, to man the
To place the sailors at it in readiness to heave.
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man, isle of, battery
A name given to the three guns mounted on ships' turrets.
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man-of-war bird
, or frigate bird.
♦ Fregata aquila, a sea-bird of the family Pelecanidæ, found in the tropics, re...
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man-of-war fashion
A state of order, tidiness, and good discipline.
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portuguese man-of-war
A beautiful floating acalephan of the tropical seas; the Physalia pelagica.
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
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happy man be his dole!
a good wish ; as, may happiness be his lot. North.
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every man to his station
See station.
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arch rogue, dimber damber upright man
The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies.
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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