dunnage
Baggage, clothes. Also, a sea term for wood or loose faggots laid at the bottom of ships, upon which is placed the cargo.
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dunny budgie
A blowfly.
dunnyken
Originally DANNAKEN, a watercloset.—From DANNA and KEN, which see.
dunton’s
Ladies’ Dictionary, 8vo. London, 1694.
dup is do up
Thus Ophelia says in one of her snatches, he "dupped the chamber door", i.e.
durance vile
A state of captivity or imprisonment
durandarte of this name
Mourning the fall of his master at Roncesvalles, he was turned into the river. See Don Quixote, ii, 23. Actu- ally, it is Arabic wadi, a river, and Anas> its classical name (Strabd).
durham man
Knocker kneed, he grinds mustard with his knees: Durham is famous for its mustard.
durrynacking
Offering lace or any other article as an introduction to fortune-telling; generally practised by women.
dusky dark
dusk.
dust
Money. Down with your dust; deposit the money. To raise or kick up a dust; to make a disturbance or riot: see BREEZE. Dust it away; drink about.
dust
Money; "down with the DUST," put down the money.—Ancient. Dean Swift once took for his text, "He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord." His sermon was short. "Now, my brethren," said he, "if you are satisfied with the security, down with the DUST."
dust mouse
A small bundle of dust and fluff
dust off a batter
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
dust settles
becomes clear after a confusing situation
dust-hole
Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge.—Univ. Slang.
dustman
A dead man: your father is a dustman.
dustoorie
Commission, douceur, bribe.—Anglo-Indian.
dusty
A phrase used in answering a question where one expects approbation. "What do you think of this?" "Well, it’s not so DUSTY," i.e., not so bad; sometimes varied to "none so DUSTY."
dusty miller
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
dutch
wife
dutch
Or DOUBLE DUTCH, gibberish, or any foreign tongue. "To talk DOUBLE DUTCH backwards on a Sunday" is a humorous locution for extraordinary linguistic facility.
Dutch act
Suicide.
dutch auction
A method of selling goods, adopted by "CHEAP JOHNS," to evade the penalties for selling without a licence. The article is offered all round at a high price, which is then dropped until it is taken. DUTCH AUCTIONS need not be illegitimate transactions, and their economy (as likewise that of puffing) will be found minutely explained in Sugden (Lord St. Leonards) "On Vendors and Purchasers."
Dutch auction
An auction in which the auctioneer offers the goods at gradually decreasing prices, the first bidder to accept being the purchaser; the reverse process to that of an ordinary auction. Anyone can sell by Dutch auction, whereas an ordinary auction can be conducted only by a duly licensed auctioneer.
dutch comfort
Thank God it is no worse.
Dutch comfort
'Tis a comfort it was no worse. The comfort derivable from the con- sideration that how bad soever the evil which has befallen you, a worse is at least conceivable.
Dutch concert
A great noise and uproar, like that made by a party of intoxicated Dutchmen, some singing, others quarrelling, speechifying, wrangling, and so on.
dutch consolation
"thank God it is no worse." "It might have been worse," said a man whom the devil was carrying to hell. "How?" asked a neighbour. "Well, he’s carrying me—he might have made me carry him."
Dutch courage
The courage excited by drink; pot valour. The Dutch their wine, and all their brandy lose, Disarmed of that from which their courage grows; While the glad English, to relieve their toil, In healths to their great leader drink the spoil.
dutch feast
Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest.
Dutch gleek
Tippling. Gleek (q.v.) is a game, and the phrase implies that the game loved by Dutchmen is drinking.
Dutch gold
Deutsche or German gold. An alloy of copper and zinc, invented by Prince Rupert of Bavaria.
Dutch nightingales
Frogs. Similarly, Cam- bridgeshire nightingales; Liege nightingales, etc.
Dutch pink
Blood.
Dutch reckoning
a bill or account with exaggerated or false charges
Dutch settlers
It is now the uptown section o*f New York and is the metropolis of the Negro population of the city.
Dutch treat
A meal, amusement, etc., at which each person pays for himself.
dutch uncle
A personage often introduced in conversation, but exceedingly difficult to describe; "I’ll talk to him like a DUTCH UNCLE!" conveys the notion of anything but a desirable relation.
dutchess
A woman enjoyed with her pattens on, or by a man-in boots, is said to be made a dutchess.
dutty
dirty
duty calls
One must attend to their responsibilities or obligations.
dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
One who discovers something new based on others' achievements
dyed in the wool
Completely and permanently committed to a particular belief or ideology
dyed in the wool
Cloth which is wool-dyed (not piece-dyed) is true throughout and will wash. Hence the phrase is used to describe anything or person absolutely genuine.
dyeing scarlet
Heavy drinking, which in time will dye the face scarlet. They call drinking deep, dyeing scarlet. 1 Henry IV, ii, 4.
dying quail
a shot in golf that curves away from the player
dynamite charge
A highly controversial or sensitive issue
Dyzemas Day
Tithe day. (For. diztmas, tithes; Law Lat. decimce.
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