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Money. It has been said that this term is from the French BLOND, sandy or golden colour, and that a parallel may be found in BROWN or BROWNS, the slang for half-pence. Far-fetched as this etymology seems, it may be correct, as it is borne out by the analogy of similar expressions. Cf. BLANQUILLO, a word used in Morocco and Southern Spain for a small Moorish coin. The "asper" (ἄσπρον) of Constantinople is called by the Turks AKCHEH, i.e., "little white."
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
To say something suddenly and without thinking
Sleep.
One who sometimes hides himself, and sometimes appears publicly abroad, is said to-play at bo-peep. Also one who lies perdue, or on the watch.
The Old English custom of serving this as a Christmas dish is said to derive from Scandinavian mythology. Freyr, the god of peace and plenty, used to ride on the boar Gullmbursti ; his festival was held at Yuletide (winter solstice),, when a boar was sacrificed to his honour.
Wages paid to servants which includes the cost of their food. Ser- vants "on board wages" provide their own victuals.
A facetious synonym for a card or billiard table.
surfer
Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison, or house of correction.
A school where the pupils are fed and lodged as well as taught The term is sometimes applied to "prison." I am going to boarding school, going to prison to be taught good behaviour.
Originally to transport; the term is now applied to penal servitude. To "get the BOAT," or to "be BOATED," is to be sentenced to a long term of imprisonment equivalent to transportation under the old system.
The face.
A jet ski.
A shilling.
A shoplifter's assistant, or one that receives and carries off stolen goods. All is bob; all is safe. Cant.
A shilling. Formerly BOBSTICK, which may have been the original. BOB-A-NOB, a shilling a-head.
A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater. Figuratively, the frenum of a man's yard.
A lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail; also an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag, and bobtail; a mob of all sorts of low people. To shift one's bob; to move off, or go away. To bear a bob; to join in chorus with any singers. Also a term used by the sellers of game, for a partridge.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
In other words, "That'll be all right; you needn't bother any more." The origin of the phrase is unknown; it was certainly in use in the 1880s, but no satisfactory explanation of who "Bob" was has been brought forward.
A gal,—vulgar pronunciation of girl.
Excrement.
Excrement.
Cheated, tricked, disappointed.
A squabble, tumult.—Anglo-Indian.
Smart, clever, spruce.
Very well, clever, spruce. "How are you doing?" "Oh! pretty BOBBISH."—Old.
A policeman: both BOBBY and PEELER were nicknames given to the new police, in allusion to the Christian name and surname of the late Sir Robert Peel, who was the prime mover in effecting their introduction and improvement. The term BOBBY is, however, older than the introduction of the new police. The official square-keeper, who is always armed with a cane to drive away idle and disorderly urchins, has, time out of mind, been called by the said urchins, "BOBBY the beadle."
A shilling.
The body.
GAY: Fable, xxxvii. Bar sinister. See BAR.
Any one sitting between two others in a carriage, is said "to ride BODKIN." Amongst sporting men, applied to a person who takes his turn between the sheets on alternate nights, when the hotel has twice as many visitors as it can comfortably lodge; as, for instance, during a race-week.
Completely and utterly
A severe setback or disappointment
Paint containing body or consistency. Water-colours are made opaque by mixing with white lead.
An aggregate of indivi- duals legally united into a corporation.
nonverbal communication using body language
A bailiff or runner: SNATCH, the trick by which the bailiff captures the delinquent. These terms are now almost obsolete, so far as the pursuits mentioned are concerned.
Ears unable to appreciate music or rhetoric. Well, friend, I assure thee thou hast not got Boeotian ears [because you can appreciate the beauties of my sermons], — LE SAGE: Gil Bias, vii, 3.
beer belly
boerewors
To go away.
Or BOG-HOUSE, a privy, as distinguished from a water-closet. Originally printers’ slang, but now very common, and not applied to any particular form of cabinet d’aisance. "To BOG" is to ease oneself by evacuation.
The necessary house. To go to bog; to go to stool.
An Irishman; Ireland being famous for its large bogs, which furnish the chief fuel in many parts of that kingdom.
Barbarous Latin. Irish.--See DOG LATIN, and APOTHECARIES LATIN.
go away, leave me alone
A potato.
Potatoes. A phrase perhaps derived from the term "Irish fruit," which, by some strange peculiarity has been applied to potatoes; for even the most ignorant Cockney could hardly believe that potatoes grow in a bog.
Satirical name for an Irishman.—Miege. Camden, however, speaking of the "debateable land" on the borders of England and Scotland, says, "both these dales breed notable BOG-TROTTERS."
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
An American term for anything pretending to be that which it is not—such as BOGUS degrees, BOGUS titles, &c.
Ask bogy, i.e. ask mine a-se. Sea wit.
Said to be the name of a Danish general, who so terrified his opponent Foh, that he caused him to bewray himself. Whence, when we smell a stink, it is custom to exclaim, Foh! i.e. I smell general Foh. He cannot say Boh to a goose; i.e. he is a cowardly or sheepish fellow.
She is also said to have been heard to speak on two occasions, once in December, 1628, when she said, "I wait for judgment!" and once at Neuhaus, when she said to the princes, *' *Tis ten o'clock.
A religious sect formed out of the remnants of the Hussites. They arose at Prague in the 15th century, and are the forerunners of the modern Moravians.
to become extremely angry or violent
to suddenly become angry or violent
Or BROMPTON BOILERS, a name originally given to the New Kensington Museum and School of Art, in allusion to the peculiar form of the buildings, and the fact of their being mainly composed of, and covered with, sheet iron. This has been changed since the extensive alterations in the building, or rather pile of buildings, and the words are now the property of the Bethnal Green Museum.—See PEPPER-BOXES.