corn in egypt
A popular expression which means a plentiful supply of materials for a dinner, &c., or a good supply of money. Its origin is of course Biblical.
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corn juice
whiskey
corned
Drunk.
corned
Drunk or intoxicated. Possibly from soaking or pickling oneself like CORNED beef.
corner
"the CORNER," Tattersall’s famous horse repository and betting rooms, so called from the fact of its situation, which was at Hyde Park Corner. Though Tattersall’s has been removed some distance, to Albert Gate, it is still known to the older habitués of the Subscription Room as "the CORNER."
corner the market
To gain control of a market or industry
corner-man
The end singer of a corps of Ethiopian or nigger minstrels. There are two corner men, one generally plays the bones and the other the tambourine. Corner-men are the grotesques of a minstrel company.
cornered
Hemmed in a corner, placed in a position from which there is no escape.
cornflake
Fake.
cornhole
The anus.
cornish as a native language
It is still spoken as an acquired language by a few cultured Cornishmen and there is a certain literature available.
cornish hug
A particular lock in wrestling, peculiar to the people of that county.
cornish language
This member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages became virtually extinct nearly 200 years ago.
Cornubian Shore
Cornwall, famous for its tin mines. . . . from the bleak Cornubian shore Dispense the mineral treasure, which of old Sidonian pilots sought.
corny-faced
A very red pimpled face.
corporal
To mount a corporal and four; to be guilty of onanism: the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers the privates.
Corporal Violet
Napoleon Bonaparte; because when banished to Elba he told his friends he would return with the violets. "Corporal Violet" became a favourite toast of his partisans, and when he reached Frejus a gang of women assembled with violets, which were freely sold. The shibboleth was, "Do you like violets?
corporate ladder
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
corporate welfare bum
A company that relies heavily on government subsidies or support
corporation
A large belly. He has a glorious corporation; he has a very prominent belly.
corporation
The protuberant front of an obese person. Probably from the old announcements which used to be made, and are made now in some towns where improvements are made by the municipal authorities, "Widened at the expense of the CORPORATION."
corporation pop
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Corps Diplomatique
A diplomatic body, the foreign representatives at a Court collectively.
corpse
To stick fast in the dialogue; to confuse, or put out the actors by making a mistake.—Theatrical.
Corpse Candle
The ignis fatnus is so called by the Welsh because it was supposed to forebode death, and to show the road that the corpse would take. The large candle used at lich wakes — i.e. at the watching of a corpse before interment — had the same name.
Corpus Christi
A festival of the Church, kept on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in honour of the Blessed Sacrament. It was instituted by Urban IV in 1264, and was the regular time for the performance of religious dramas by the trade guilds. In England many of the Corpus Christi plays of York, Coventry, and Chester are extant.
corpus delicti
The material thing in respect to which a crime has been committed; thus a murdered body or a portion of the stolen property would be a "corpus delicti.
Corpuscular Philosophy
The theory pro- mulgated by Robert Boyle which sought to account for all natural phenomena by the position and motion of corpuscles. Cp. ATOMIC PHILOSOPHY.
corr
A fight.
correctamundo
correct
cosh
The cane.
cosh
A neddy, a life-preserver; any short, loaded bludgeon.
cosset
A foundling. Cosset colt or lamb; a colt or lamb brought up by hand.
cost cutting
Reducing expenses to save money
cost the earth
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Costa Brava
The precipitous coast of Spain lying on the Mediterranean between Port Bou and San Feliu de Guixols.
costard
The head. I'll smite your costard; I'll give you a knock on the head.
costard
The head. A very old word, generally used in connexion with "cracked."
costard monger
A dealer in fruit, particularly apples.
coster
The short and slang rendering of "costermonger," or "costardmonger," who was originally an apple-seller. COSTERING, i.e., costermongering, acting as a costermonger would.
cosy up
To snuggle.
Cote d'Azur
The Mediterranean coast of France between Menton and Cannes, so named in 1887 by the poet Stephen Liegeard.
Cote d'Or
The department of France of which Dijon is the chief town. It is famous for its vineyards, fdr within its boundaries the whole of the best Burgundy is produced. The area extends south from Dijon, embracing Gevrey, Chambolle, Vougeot, Vosne, Nuits, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Santenay, and ends at Chasne.
cotswold lion
Ah ironical name for a sheep, for which Cotswold hills are famous. Then will he look as fierce as a Cotssold lion. UDALL: Roister Doister, IV, vi (c. 1566).
cottage loaf
A loaf of bread in two round lumps, a smaller on top of a larger, and baked with a good crust.
cotton
To like, adhere to, or agree with any person; "to COTTON on to a man," to attach yourself to him, or fancy him, literally, to stick to him as cotton would. Vide Bartlett, who claims it as an Americanism, and Halliwell, who terms it an archaism; also Bacchus and Venus, 1737.
cotton lord
A Manchester manufacturer.
cotton to
to take a liking to something or someone
Cottonian Library
The remarkable library founded by the noted antiquary Sir Robert
cottonopolis
Manchester. A term much in use among the reporters of the sporting press engaged in that locality.
cotton’s
(Charles) Genuine Poetical Works, 12mo. 1771.
cough up
to pay or give something reluctantly
could not get elected dogcatcher
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
couldn't be more different
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
couldn't care less
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
couldn't carry a note in a bucket
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
couldn't happen to a nicer
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
completely incompetent or inept
couldn't stop a pig in a passage
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
council pop
tap water
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