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hop-o-my-thumb
A diminutive person, man or woman. She was such a-hop-o-my thumb, that a pigeon, sitting on her shou...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hop-thumb
·noun A very diminutive person.
II. Hop-thumb ·noun ·see Hop-o'-my-thumb.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hop
·vt To impregnate with hops.
II. Hop ·vi To <<Dance>>.
III. Hop ·noun A dance; ·esp., an informal ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hop
A dance.--Johnson. This word has always been used here as in England as a familiar term for dance; b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Thumb
·vt To handle awkwardly.
II. Thumb ·vt To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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thumb
By rule of thumb: to do any thing by dint of practice. To kiss one's thumb instead of the book; a vu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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My
·adj Of or belonging to me;
— used always attributively; as, my body; my book;
— mine is used in t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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O
O, o, the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to the Gr. ο and ω. The Latin langu...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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o
ō (long also before an initial vowel: I o ego, Ov. M. 8, 51; Hor. A. P. 301; but also short: ŏ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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o
ō (rarely, before a vowel o, V.), interj.of feeling or surprise, O! oh!: O vir fortis es, T.:...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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O
·noun A cipher; zero.
II. O ·adj <<One>>.
III. O ·noun The letter O, or its sound.
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O'
·prep A shortened form of of or on.
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o
The fourth class of rating on Lloyd's books for the comparative excellence of merchant ships. But in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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o!
or ho!
An interjection commanding attention or possibly the cessation of any action.
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hop merchant
A dancing master.
See caper merchant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hop-bush
n.
«the name for all species of Dodonaea» (Maiden, p. 417), N.O. Sapindaceae.
1883. F. M. Bailey, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kangaroo-hop
n.
a peculiar affected gait. See quotation.
1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), May 22, p. 27, col. 2:
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Lady's thumb
·- An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
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Tear-thumb
·noun A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cow's thumb
Done to a cow's thumb; done exactly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tom thumb
A dwarf, a little hop-o'my-thumb.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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miller's thumb
A fresh-water fish, the Cottus cataphractus.
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thumb-cleat
In shape resembling a thumb. They arrest the topsail-reef-earings from slipping, and are also lashed...
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kind o'
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to hop the twig
To run away. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rule of thumb
That rule suggested by a practical rather than a scientific knowledge. In common matters it means to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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My Lady's Yard
See Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hinney, my honey
A north country hinney, particularly a Northumbrian: in that county, hinney is the general term of e...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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huckle my buff
Beer, egg, and brandy, made hot.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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teddy my godson
An address to a supposed simple fellow, or nysey,
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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haul my wind
An expression when an individual is going upon a new line of action. To avoid a quarrel or difficult...
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I O U
·- A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed;
— in use in England as an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jack-o'-lantern
·noun ·see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
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Light-o'-love
·noun Hence: A light or wanton woman.
II. Light-o'-love ·noun An old tune of a dance, the name of w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tam-o'-shanter
·add. ·noun A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tom o' Bedlam
·add. ·- Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, ·Eng.; hen...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vitre-o-electic
·adj Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.
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o be joyful
I'll make you sing O be joyful on the other side of your mouth; a threat, implying the party threate...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jack-o-legs
a clasp knife. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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back-o'-beyond
Said of an unknown distance.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack o' lantern
The corpo santo, or St. Elmo's light, is sometimes so called.
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Hert on ye Hop
A tenement so called without Crepelgate, 1348-9 (Ct. H.W. I. 530).
Not further identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ax my a-e
A common reply to any question; still deemed wit at sea, and formerly at court, under the denominati...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one of my cousins
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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paul there, my hearty
Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse.
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Cat o' nine tails
·- ·see under <<Cat>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Will-o'-the-wisp
·noun ·see Ignis fatuus.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dub o' th' hick
A lick on the head.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-a-taunt-o
See a'taunto
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat o' nine tails
An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...
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john-o'-groat's buckie
A northern name for the Cypræa pediculus, a small shell found on our sea-coasts.
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scum-o'-the-sky
Thin atmospheric vapours.
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well fare ye, my lads!
An exclamation of approbation to the men at a hard heave or haul.
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such a reason pist my goose
or MY GOOSE PIST
Said when any one offers an absurd reason.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black's the white of my eye
When Jack avers that no one can say this or that of him. It is an indignant expression of innocence ...
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