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Tipsy; when a prize-fighter becomes "weak on his pins," and nearly beaten, he is said to be GROGGY. The same term is applied to horses that are overworked and unsteady. From similarity of appearance to the peculiarity of gait consequent on imbibing too much GROG.
Blind men; also midwives.
(Francis, generally styled Captain) Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 8vo. 178-.
a fighting strategy using grappling and strikes on the ground
An easily fielded ground ball that somehow gets through the infield
the initial or early stage of a project or venture
Basic rule or condition
A hog, or pig. SEA TERM.
A long, deep rolling or swell of the sea, caused by a recent or distant storm, or by an earthquake.
Candlemas (February 2nd), from the saying that the ground hog first appears from his hibernation on that day.
Excellent.
To show courage or determination
To become more confident or courageous
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
become less enthusiastic or friendly
become more likable or appealing over time
Stop doing something as you get older
To become more confident or courageous
Mature and become more responsible
A four-wheeled cab. It is generally supposed that drivers of these vehicles take a less favourable view of life than do their Hansom brethren.
Increase or expansion in a particular area or field
Food.
Victuals. To grub; to dine.
to work or live with difficulty or hardship
A street near Moorfields, formerly the supposed habitation of many persons who wrote for the booksellers: hence a Grub-street writer means a hackney author, who manufactures booss for the booksellers.
The former name of a London street in the ward of Cnpplegate Without, which, says Johnson, was
Musty, or old-fashioned.—Devonshire.
"to give a person his GRUEL," to kill him. An expression in all probability derived from the report of a trial for poisoning, or from the easiest manner of administering a dose of poison. In the old days a similar phrase was "to drug a posset." Compare "to settle his hash," and "cook his goose."
Two people who are closely associated and considered unpleasant or annoying
To grumble in the gizzard; to murmur or repine. He grumbled like a bear with a sore head.
A discontented person; one who is always railing at the times or ministry.
Underpants.
Basic or fundamental level of something
Hard, menial, or tedious work
A tuba.
A pig.
A hog; to grunt; to groan, or complain of sickness.
A smoaked hog's face.
Pork, bacon, or any kind of hog's flesh.
A kind of cheese made in the Jura district of Switzerland and France, taking its name from the district of
The curd is pressed in large, shallow cylindrical moulds, and while still in the mould is well salted for at least a month. The cheese is of a pale yellow colour and is characterized by an abundance of large air-bubbles.
Money.
Mouth.
One easily imposed on. To gudgeon; to swallow the bait, or fall into a trap: from the fish of that name, which is easily taken.
A petty war carried on by bodies of irregular troops acting in- dependently of each other. From Span. guerilla, diminutive of guerra, war. The word is applied to the armed bands of peasants, and to individuals, who carry on irregular war on their own account, especially at such time as their government is contending with invading armies.
used to introduce a surprising piece of information
Perineum.
George. Since 1641 it has occupied its training ground near BunhiU Fields. Iru Tudor and Stuart days the officers for the Trained Bands of London were supplied by the H.A.C., in whose ranks Milton, Wren, and Samuel Pepys served at one time or another. It has the privilege of marching through the City with fixed bayonets.
Manipulating someone into doing something by making them feel guilty
Something enjoyed despite feeling ashamed or embarrassed about it
So called because it was brought to us from the coast of Guinea, where it is very common.
Habitual directors of public companies; special jurymen; and engineer officers doing civil duty at the War Office, and paid a GUINEA per diem.
A sporting phrase, meaning long odds in favour of, or against, anything under notice. In the City this state of things is represented by the phrase, Lombard Street to a China orange. There are also other colloquialisms on this subject, but their power is, as a rule, mainly dependent upon their indecency.
A club founded in World War II for severely wounded R.A.F. personnel who had to undergo plastic surgery, or volun- teered for experimental operations.
The great, warm ocean current which flows out of the Gulf of Mexico (whence its name) and, passing by the eastern coast of the United States, is, near the banks of New- foundland, deflected across the Atlantic to modify the climate of Western Europe as far north as Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla. It washes the shores of the British Isles.
A simple credulous fellow, easily cheated.
To cheat, to deceive; also one easily cheated. From the easy manner in which the bird of that name is deceived.
Deceived, cheated, imposed on.
Usurers who lend money to the gamesters.