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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?
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A company that relies heavily on government subsidies or support
A large belly. He has a glorious corporation; he has a very prominent belly.
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."
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A diplomatic body, the foreign representatives at a Court collectively.
To stick fast in the dialogue; to confuse, or put out the actors by making a mistake.—Theatrical.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A fight.
correct
The cane.
A neddy, a life-preserver; any short, loaded bludgeon.
A foundling. Cosset colt or lamb; a colt or lamb brought up by hand.
Reducing expenses to save money
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
The precipitous coast of Spain lying on the Mediterranean between Port Bou and San Feliu de Guixols.
The head. I'll smite your costard; I'll give you a knock on the head.
The head. A very old word, generally used in connexion with "cracked."
A dealer in fruit, particularly apples.
The short and slang rendering of "costermonger," or "costardmonger," who was originally an apple-seller. COSTERING, i.e., costermongering, acting as a costermonger would.
To snuggle.
The Mediterranean coast of France between Menton and Cannes, so named in 1887 by the poet Stephen Liegeard.
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.
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).
A loaf of bread in two round lumps, a smaller on top of a larger, and baked with a good crust.
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.
A Manchester manufacturer.
to take a liking to something or someone
The remarkable library founded by the noted antiquary Sir Robert
Manchester. A term much in use among the reporters of the sporting press engaged in that locality.
(Charles) Genuine Poetical Works, 12mo. 1771.
to pay or give something reluctantly
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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completely incompetent or inept
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tap water
The toes of a man who turns his feet inward.
Advice does not have to be followed
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
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Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
to count the number of people present
to await one's death or the end of something
to try to fall asleep
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Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
to pause briefly before acting
Appreciate what you have
To hit back, to exchange blows. A cross COUNTER is a blow with the right hand given in exchange for one with the left, the counterer preferring to strike rather than to "stop" the blow.—Pugilistic.
A shopman, a draper’s assistant.
Sir, how dare you utter such a falsehood? Sir, you know that it is not true. This, in Touchstone's classification (Shakespeare's As You Like It> v, 4\ is the third remove from the lie direct; or rather, the lie direct in the third degree.
A general cheat, assuming all sorts of characters; one counterfeiting the falling sickness.