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young one
A familiar expression of contempt for another's ignorance, as "ah! I see you're a young one." How d'...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Young
·superl Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
II. Young ·noun The o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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young
A word often used for uninitiated.
♦ Young gentlemen, a general designation for midshipmen, whatev...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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-one
·- A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone...
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One
·adj Single; inmarried.
II. One ·noun A single person or thing.
III. One ·adj Single in kind; the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Young, Arthur
(1741-1820)
Writer on agriculture, was b. in London, the s. of a Suffolk clergyman. In his early ye...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Young, Edward
(1683-1765)
Poet, s. of the Rector of Upham, Hampshire, where he was b. After being at Winchester S...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Young Court
See Young's Buildings1, Church Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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young democracy
See barnburners.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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young flood
See flood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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young wind
The commencement of the land or sea breeze.
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At one
·- <<Together>>.
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Conversazi-one
·noun A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.
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One-hand
·adj Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
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One-horse
·adj Second-rate; inferior; small.
II. One-horse ·adj Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse...
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One-sided
·adj Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
II. One-sided ·adj Having one side only,...
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Self-one
·adj <<Secret>>.
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deep-one
A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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long one
A hare; a term used by poachers.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old one
The Devil. Likewise an expression of quizzical familiarity, as "how d'ye do, OLD ONE?"
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nary-one
for neither. A common vulgarism.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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one o'clock
♦ Like one o'clock. With speed; rapidly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sellar, William Young
(1825-1890)
Scholar, b. in Sutherlandshire, his f. being factor to the Duke of Sutherland, ed. at G...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Two-to-one
·add. ·adj Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a velocity ratio two to one.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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One Swan Yard
West out of Bishopsgate at No. 179. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-1890; and mentioned 17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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One Tun Yard
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one of us
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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three to one
He is playing three to one, though sure to lose; said of one engaged in the amorous congress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ripping one up
telling him all his faults, Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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one-and-all
A mutinous sea-cry used in the Dutch wars. Also, a rallying call to put the whole collective force o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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one! two!! three!!!
The song with which the seamen bowse out the bowlines; the last haul being completed by belay O!
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Young Men's Christian Association
·add. ·- An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of ...
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Young Women's Christian Association
·add. ·- An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of ...
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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
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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two to one shop
A pawnbroker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being tw...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to give it to one
is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to look blue at one
is to look at one with a countenance expressive of displeasure or dissatisfaction.
The Bishop would...
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