Him

·pron Them. ·see Hem.

II. Him ·pron The objective case of he. ·see He.

← Hilus × Himalayan →

board him
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet, ...

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to give him jessy
is to give him a flogging. A vulgarism of recent origin. Well, hoss, you've slashed the hide off 'e...

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to give him the mitten
This phrase is used of a girl who discards her sweetheart. She gave him the mitten means that she ga...

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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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board him in the smoke
To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke. ...

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