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Very secret indeed. It's enough to make him turn in his grave. Said when something happens to which the deceased person would have strongly objected. Someone is walking over my grave. An ex- clamation made when one is seized with an involuntary convulsive shuddering.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
The complete head-piece,. having in front two movable parts, which could be lifted up or let down at pleasure.
To get nearer to something or someone, often in pursuit
Immediately after something or someone
To ignore or pretend not to notice something
To ignore or pretend not to notice something
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
To refuse to consider new ideas or opinions
Mandates, letters, and writs of a private nature, addressed, in the Sovereign's name, to individuals, and folded or closed and sealed on the outside with the Great Seal.
A period when hunting or fishing is not allowed
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
To finalize or complete a project or activity
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
having a strong emotional bond with someone
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See SPORTING SEA- SONS. Cloth, The. This word was formerly applied to the customary garb of any trade, and is akin in usage to the word livery. About the 17th century it became restricted to the clergy; the clerical office; thus we say " having respect for the cloth.
Completely unknown or mysterious
A person who hides their true sexual orientation
A general name given by the mobility to Dutch seamen, being a corruption of CLAUS, the abbreviation of Nicholas, a name very common among the men of that nation.
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed.
A person's character is more important than their appearance
A person's appearance and attire reflect their character and social status
a vote cast for a candidate only because of party affiliation
Tobacco. Under a cloud; in adversity.
TO BE UNDER A, to be in difficulties, disgrace or disrepute; in fact, to be in shady circumstances.
a state of perfect happiness
a state of perfect happiness
A blow. I'll give you a clout on your jolly nob; I'll give you a blow on your head. It also means a handkerchief. CANT. Any pocket handkerchief except a silk one.
Or RAG, a cotton pocket-handkerchief.—Old Cant. Now "clouts" means a woman’s under-clothes, from the waist downwards, i.e., petticoats when they are on the person; but the term is extended to mean the whole unworn wardrobe. Probably St. Giles’s satire, having reference to the fact that few women there possess a second gown.
A list of influential people to win over for support
Shoes tipped with iron.
A thief.
Picking pockets of handkerchiefs.
Clothes.
To spy the cloven foot in any business; to discover some roguery or something bad in it: a saying that alludes to a piece of vulgar superstition, which is, that, let the Devil transform himself into what shape he will, he cannot hide his cloven foot
To show the cloven foot, i.e. to show a knavish intention; a base motive. The allusion is to Satan, represented with the legs and feet of a goat; and, however he might disguise himself, he could never conceal his cloven feet. See BAG o' NAILS; CLOOTIE.
To be, or live, in clover; to live luxuriously. Clover is the most desirable food for cattle.
Happiness, luck, a delightful position—from the supposed extra enjoyment which attends cattle when they suddenly find their quarters changed from a barren field to a meadow of clover.
Thieves, robbers, &c.
A place or situation where people are perceived as foolish or incompetent.
A place or situation where people learn or exhibit absurd or foolish behavior.
To steal. To cloy the clout; to steal the handkerchief. To cloy the lour; to steal money. CANT.
A meeting or association, where each man is to spend an equal and stated sum, called his club.
In manœuvring troops, so to blunder in giving the word of command that the soldiers get into a position from which they cannot extricate themselves by ordinary tactical means. Young officers frequently "CLUB" their men, and get consequently "wigged" by the inspecting general.
Argumentum bacculinum, in which an oaken stick is a better plea than an act of parliament.
The team.
The Parliament held at Nottingham in 1426, during the quarrel be- tween the Duke of Gloucester and Cardinal Beaufort, so called because the members, being forbidden to wear swords, came armed with cudgels, or "bats." Also called the Bats Parliament.
A toilet.
a hint or reminder to help someone understand or remember
A lump. Clumpish; lumpish, stupid.
To strike, to beat.—Prov.
An awkward clownish fellow.
Vulva or vagina.
Someone who performs well under pressure
Hands, gripe, power.
A stir, noise, or racket: what a confounded clutter here is!
Money; also a pocket. He has filed the cly; he has picked a pocket. CANT.
A pocket.—Old Cant for to steal. A correspondent derives this word from the Old English, CLEYES, claws; Anglo-Saxon, CLEA. This pronunciation is still retained in Norfolk; thus, to CLY would mean to pounce upon, to snatch.—See FRISK. Gael., CLIAH (pronounced CLEE), a basket.
A noted archer and outlaw, supposed to have lived shortly before Robin Hood, who, with Adam Bell and William of Cloudesly, forms the subject of one of the ballads in Percy's Reliquest the three becoming as famous in the north of England as Robin Hood and Little John in the midland counties. Their place of resort was in Engle- wood Forest, near Carlisle. Clym of the Clough means Clement of the Cliff.