mớ bảy mớ ba
Sevenfold and threefold robes — dressed in layer upon layer of finery.
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mới chuộng cũ vong
Doting on the new, forgetting the old — affection with a trade-in policy.
mỡ đấy mà húp
Fat there for the slurping — an easy pot to skim; gains left carelessly in reach.
mỡ để miệng mèo
Lard left at the cat's mouth — temptation stored inside the appetite it tempts.
mực mài tròn, son mài dài
Ink is ground in circles, vermilion in strokes — every craft by its own proper motion.
m$
Microsoft.
m. b. coat
(i.e., Mark of the Beast,) a name given to the long surtout worn by some of the clergy,—a modern Puritan form of abuse, said to have been accidentally disclosed to a High Church customer by a tailor’s orders to his foreman.
m.p
Member of the police, one of the slang titles of the Force.
m.t
Railway slang used by porters and pointsmen for empties, or empty carriages. See MOLL THOMSON’S MARK.
ma the
Richard IFs greyhound. It deserted the king and attached itself to Bolingbroke.
maat
mate; buddy
maaveh
the police.
mab
A cab, or hackney-coach.
Mabinogion Caledvwlch
There was a sword called Caladbolg) famous in Irish legend, which is thought to have meant "hard-belly," i.e. capable of consuming anything, this and the name Excalibur are probably connected.
Macaronic Latin
Dog Latin (#.v.), modern words with Latin endings, or a mixture of Latin and some modern language. From the Italian macheroni (macaroni), a mixture of coarse meal, eggs, and cheese. The law pleadings of G. Steevens, as Daniel v. Dish- clout and Bullum v. Boatum, are excellent examples.
macaronic verse
Verses in which foreign words are ludicrously distorted and jumbled together, as m Person's lines on the threatened invasion of England by Napoleon or J. A.
macbeth had the better claim
As a king Macbeth proved a very just and equitable prince, but the partisans of Malcolm got head, and succeeded in de- posing Macbeth, who was slain in 1056, at Lumphan- an. He was thane of Cromarty [Glamis] and after- wards of Moray [Cawdorj. — LARDNER: Cabinet Cyclopaedia.
maccaroni
An Italian paste made of flour and eggs. Also a fop: which name arose from a club, called the Maccaroni Club, instituted by some of the most dressy travelled gentlemen about town, who led the fashions; whence a man foppishly dressed, was supposed a member of that club, and by contraction styled a Maccaroni.
Maccy D's
McDonald's.
mace
To sponge, swindle, or beg, in a polite way: "give it him (a shopkeeper) on the MACE," i.e., obtain goods on credit and never pay for them; also termed "striking the MACE."
mace cove
A swindler, a sharper, a cheat. On the mace; to live by swindling.
maceman
Or MACER, a welcher, magsman, or general swindler; a "street-mugger."
MacFarlane's Geese
The proverb is that "MacFarlane's geese like their play better than their meat." The wild geese of Inch-Tavoe (Loch Lomond) used to be called MacFar- lantfs Geese because the MacFarlanes had a house on the island, and it is said that the geese never returned after the destruction of that house.
macha
best friend
machines
Mrs. Phillips's ware. See CUNDUM.
mackerel
A bawd: from the French maquerel. Mackerel-backed; long-backed.
Mackerel Sky
A sky dappled with detached rounded masses of white cloud, something like the markings of a mackerel.
macky
Large.
macrohard
Microsoft.
mad as a bear with a sore head
Very angry.
Mad as a March hare
Hares are unusually shy and wild in March, which is their rutting season.
mad money
Money set aside for unexpected expenses or emergencies
madam
A kept madam; a kept mistress.
made for each other
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
made for life
Very wealthy or successful
made in China
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
made in Japan
Denotes high quality and attention to detail
made in the shade
Having great success or ease
made of sterner stuff
Having a stronger or more resilient character
madge
The vulva.
madge
The private parts of a woman.
madow
heroin.
madza
Half. Italian, MEZZA. This word enters into combination with various cant phrases, mainly taken from the Lingua Franca, as MADZA CAROON, half-a-crown, two-and-sixpence; MADZA SALTEE, a halfpenny [see SALTEE]; MADZA POONA, half-a-sovereign; MADZA ROUND THE BULL, half a pound of steak, &c. This word is, in street phraseology, invariably pronounced MEDZER.
Mae West
The name given by flying men in World War II to the inflatable life-preserver vest or jacket worn when there was a possibility of their being forced into the sea. The name was given in compliment to the figure and charms of the famous film star.
mag
A halfpenny.—Ancient Cant, MAKE. MEGS were formerly guineas.—B. M. Carew. MAKE, the old form, is still used by schoolboys in Scotland. "Not a blessed MAG!" would be the phrase of a cadger down on his luck to express his penniless state.
Magdeburg Centuries
The first great work of Protestant divines on the history of the
maggot bag
A meat pie.
maggotty
Whimsical, capricious.
maggoty
Fanciful, fidgety. Whims and fancies were formerly termed MAGGOTS, from the popular belief that a maggot in the brain was the cause of any odd notion or caprice a person might exhibit. Deer are sometimes found to have maggots in their brains, which, perhaps, accounts for the origin of the term.
magic asterisk
An unspecified or unrealistic solution to a financial problem
magic box
A device with mysterious or unexplained functions
magic bullet
A simple, effective solution to a complex problem
magic garters
In the old romances, etc., garters made of the strips of a young hare's skin saturated with motherwort. Those who wore them excelled m* speed.
magic touch
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
maginn
(Dr.) wrote Slang songs in Blackwood’s Magazine. 1827.
Maginot Line
A zone of fortifica- tions, mostly of concrete, with impregnable gun-positions, shelters, etc., built along the eastern frontier of France between 1929 and 1934, and named after Andre Maginot (1877- 1932), Minister of War, who was responsible for their construction. The line extended from the Swiss border to that of Belgium, and for long it deluded the French into the belief that it would make a German invasion impossible.
Magnetic Mountain
A mountain of mediae- val legend which drew out all the nails of any ship that approached within its influence. It is referred to in Mandeville's Travels and in many stories, such as the tale of the Third Calender and one of the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor in the Arabian Nights.
magnum bonum
A bottle containing two quarts of wine. See SCOTCH PINT.
Magoa Cnarta
The Great Charter of English liberty extorted from King John, 1215.
magsman
A street swindler, who watches for countrymen and "gullible" persons, and persuades them out of their possessions. MAGSMEN are wonderful actors. Their work is done in broad daylight, without any stage accessories; and often a wink, a look, or a slip of the tongue would betray their confederacy. Their ability and perseverance are truly worthy of a better cause. MAGSMEN are very often men of superior education.