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money makes many things, but also makes devil dance
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
money makes the mare go
Money motivates people to act or work
money makes the world go around
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
money pit
A situation or investment that consumes a lot of money
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. (Aphra Behn)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
money's worth
to get the value or satisfaction one has paid for
mongrel
A hanger on among cheats, a spunger; also a child whose father and mother are of different countries.
monk
A term of contempt; probably an abbreviation of MONKEY.
monkery
The country, or rural districts. Originally an old word for a quiet or monastic life.—Hall.
monkey
To suck the monkey; to suck or draw wine, or any other liquor, privately out of a cask, by means of a straw, or small tube. Monkey's allowance; more kicks than halfpence. Who put that monkey on horseback without tying his legs? vulgar wit on a bad horseman.
monkey
Spirit or ill temper; "to get one’s MONKEY up," to rouse his passion. A man is said to have his MONKEY up or the MONKEY on his back, when he is "riled," or out of temper; this is old, and was probably in allusion originally to the evil spirit which was supposed to be always present with a man; also under similar circumstances a man is said to have his back or hump up.
monkey around
to fool around or waste time
monkey board
In the old-fashioned horsed kntfeboard omnibuses, the step on which the conductor stood, and on which he often skipped about like a monkey.
monkey paw
A situation where a wish is fulfilled, but with unexpected and undesirable consequences.
monkey puzzle
The Chilean pine, Araucaria imbricata, whose twisted and prickly branches puzzle even a monkey to climb.
monkey see, monkey do
People often imitate what they see others doing
monkey spoons
Spoons having on the handle a heart surmounted by a monkey, at one time given in Holland at marriages, christenings, and funerals. At weddings they were given to some immediate relative of the bride; at christenings and funerals to.* the cfficiating clergyman. Among the Dutch, drinking is called "sucking the monkey," be- eanse the early morning appetizer of rum and salt was taken in a monkey spoon.
monkey tricks
Mischievous, illnatured, or deceitful actions.
monkey up
to mess something up or make a mistake
monkey wrench
Something that causes problems or disrupts plans
monkey's allowance
More kicks than halfpence. The allusion is to the monkeys formerly carried about for show; they picked up the halfpence, but carried them to the master, who kept kicking or ill-treating the poor creatures to urge them to incessant tricks.
monkey's paw
A situation where a wish is granted but with unexpected and undesirable consequences
monkey-board
The place or step attached to an omnibus, on which the conductor stands.
monkey-boat
A peculiar, long, narrow, canal boat.
monkey’s allowance
To get blows instead of alms, more kicks than halfpence.
monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars, those letters where the ink has failed touching the type, which are therefore white or faint.
monmouth cap
A soldier's cap. The soldiers that the Monmouth wear, On castles' tops their ensigns rear. The best caps were formerly made at Monmouth, where the cappers' chapel doth still remain. — FULLER: Worthies of Wales, p. 50.
monniker
A person’s name or signature.
monopoly money
Money that is worthless or has no real value
monosyllable
A woman's commodity.
Mons Meg
A great 15th-century piece of artillery in Edinburgh Castle, made at Mons, in Flanders. It was considered a palladium by the Scotch. Cp. LONG MEG.
Monsieur de Paris
The public executioner or Jack Ketch of France. Riccardo de Albertes was a personal friend of all the "Messieurs de Paris," who served the Republic. He attended all capital executions. — Newspaper Para- graph, January 25th, 1893.
Monsieur le Grand
The Grand Equerry of France in the reign of Louis XIV, etc. Grand.
Montagu Street
The tradition is that at the time of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion two- brothers fought each other here till both were killed, and for many years forty impressions of their feet remained on the field, and no grass would grow there, or upon the spot upon a bank where the young woman they were fighting for sat watching the duel. The site was built upon about 1800.
month in, month out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
month of Sundays
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Monumental City
Baltimore, Maryland, is so called because it abounds in monuments; witness the obelisk, the 104 churches, etc.
moo juice
Cow's milk.
moocah
marijuana
mooch
To sponge; to obtrude oneself upon friends just when they are about to sit down to dinner, or other lucky time—of course quite accidentally. Compare HULK. To slink away, and allow your friend to pay for the entertainment. In Wiltshire, TO MOOCH is to shuffle. See the following.
mooching
Or ON THE MOOCH, on the look-out for any articles or circumstances which may be turned to a profitable account; watching in the streets for odd jobs, horses to hold, &c.; also scraps of food, drinks, old clothes, &c.
moon
A month; generally used to express the length of time a person has been sentenced by the magistrate; thus "one MOON" is one month of four weeks. A calendar month is known as a "callingder" or long MOON. A "lunar MOON," ridiculous as the phrase may seem, is of constant use among those who affect slang of this description.
moon rakers
Wiltshire men: because it is said that some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pond, endeavoured to pull it out with a rake.
Moon's Huen
Thieves and highwaymen who ply their trade by night. The fortune of us thai are but Moon's-men doth ebb and flow like the sea. — I Henry IV, i, 2.
moon-raker
A native of Wiltshire; because it is said that some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pond, took it to be a cheese, and endeavoured to pull it out with a rake.
mooncurser
A link-boy: link-boys are said to curse the moon, because it renders their assistance unnecessary; these gentry frequently, under colour of lighting passengers over kennels, or through dark passages, assist in robbing them. Cant.
mooney
Intoxicated, a name for a silly fellow.
mooning
Loitering, wandering about in a purposeless manner.
moonlight
Or MOONSHINE, smuggled spirits. From the night-work of smugglers.
moonlight and roses
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
moonlight flit
To leave a place suddenly and secretly, often to avoid paying debts.
moonlight flit
A clandestine removal of one's furniture during the night, to avoid paying one's rent or having the furniture seized in payment thereof.
moonshee
A learned man, professor, or teacher.—Anglo-Indian.
moonshine
A matter or mouthful of moonshine; a trifle, nothing. The white brandy smuggled on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, and the gin in the north of Yorkshire, are also called moonshine.
moonshine
Palaver, deception, humbug.
Moore's La It a Rookh
The Peri laments her expulsion from heaven, and Is told she \vill be readmitted if she will bring to the gate of heaven the "gift most dear to the Almighty." After a number of unavailing offerings she brought a guilty old man, who wept with re- pentance, and knelt to pray. The Peri offered the Repentant Tear, and the gates flew open.
mootah
Marijuana.
mop
A kind of annual fair in the west of England, where farmers usually hire their servants.
mop
A hiring place (or fair) for servants. Steps are often "about to be taken" to put down these assemblies, which have been proved to be greatly detrimental to the morality of the poor. They are supposed to contribute largely to the bastardy percentages.
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