prog
Meat, food, &c. Johnson calls it "a low word." He was fond of "prog," however.
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progressive love
Love that grows stronger over time
prolly
Probably.
Promenade Concert
A type of concert in which a considerable portion of the audience stand in an open area in the concert-room floor. Promenade Concerts (Proms, as they are familiarly called) were started at Drury Lane and Covent Garden in 1840, but it was not until 1895 that they became a feature of London musical life under the conductorship of Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944) at the Queen's Hall.
promethean fire
The vital principle ; the fire with which Prometheus quickened into life his clay images.
Promised Land
A place or situation of great happiness or prosperity
proof
The best ale at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Prooshan Blue
A term of great endearment, when, after the battle of Waterloo, the Prussians were immensely popular in England. Sam Weller, in Pickwick Papers, addresses his father as "Veil, my Prooshan Blue.
proot
A protogen.
prop
A blow. As, "a PROP on the nose,"—more street slang than pugilistic.
prop up
Support or hold something up to prevent it from falling or failing
prop up the bar
To drink at a bar, typically for an extended period
prop-nailer
A man who "sneaks," or rather snatches, pins from gentlemen’s scarves.
proper
Very, exceedingly, sometimes used ironically; "you are a PROPER nice fellow," meaning a great scamp. A "PROPER man" generally means a perfect man, as far as can be known.
property
To make a property of any one; to make him a conveniency, tool, or cat's paw; to use him as one's own.
prophet
The prophet; the Cock at Temple Bar: so called, in 1788, by the bucks of the town of the inferior order.
prophet of doom
Someone who predicts or warns of bad things happening
props
Stage properties.—Theatrical.
pros
A water-closet. Abbreviated form of πρὸς τινα τόπον. Some say, πρὸς τον τόπον.—Oxford University.
pros and cons
Advantages and disadvantages of something
Prosperity Robinson
F. J. Robinson, Earl of Ripon (1782-1859), Chancellor of the Ex- chequer in 1823, so called by Cobbett. In 1825 he boasted in the House of the prosperity of the nation, and his boast was not yet cold when a great financial crisis occurred.
pross
To break in or instruct a stage-infatuated youth. Also, to spunge upon a comrade or stranger for drink. In this latter capacity the word is in connexion with prostitute, a PROSSER being considered a most degraded being, and the word being supposed by many to represent a man who lives on a woman’s prostitution.
prossy
prostitute
protest too much
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
protestant work ethic
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
protestants there
It carried a rude likeness of the cardinal. Cp. GREYBEARD. Belle (bel) (Fr.). A beauty.
proto
A protogen.
protreptics of lamblichus
The cock was sacred to Minerva, and also to the sun and moon, and it would be impious to offer a sacrilegious offering to the gods. What is already consecrated to God cannot be em- ployed in sacrifice.
proud
Desirous of copulation. A proud bitch; a bitch at heat, or desirous of a dog.
proud as a peacock
Extremely proud and satisfied with oneself
proud as Punch
Very proud.
prove to be something
Show oneself to be a certain thing through experience or evidence
provender
He from whom any money is taken on the highway: perhaps provider, or provider. CANT.
Province of Canterbury
Rural deans are subsidiary officers of archdeacons. The title ~Dean" is also borne by certain resident Fellows at English Universities who have special functions; by the head of Christ Church, Oxford, and, in Scotland, by the President of the Faculty of Advocates (Dean of Faculty), and certain magistrates (Dean of Guild). In the U.S.A.
prunella
Mr. Prunella; a parson: parson's gowns being frequently made of prunella.
prussian blue
So called because it was dis- covered by a Prussian, viz. Diesbach, a colour- man of Berlin, in 1704.
prussians were in occupation
And in the same hall was also drawn up The Treaty of Versailles, the treaty made after World War I between the Allied states, 26 in number, on the one part, and Germany on the other.
Ps and Qs
to be careful with details and manners
psalm is abecedarian
See ACROSTIC POETRY. Abelites (ab'elltz), Abelians, or Abelonians.
psalm-smiter
A "Ranter," one who sings at a conventicle. See BRISKET-BEATER.
psych out
To outsmart.
psyched up
Excited or motivated, often for a challenge or performance
psychological warfare
Tactics used to demoralize or intimidate an enemy
pub
Or PUBLIC, a public-house; "what PUB do you use?" i.e., which inn or public-house do you frequent?
public character
Short for Lat. infra dig- nitatem, beneath (one's) dignity.
public intellectual
A person who shares expert knowledge with the general public
public ledger
A prostitute: because, like that paper, she is open to all parties.
public patterers
Swell mobsmen who pretend to be Dissenting preachers, and harangue in the open air to attract a crowd for their confederates to rob.
public purse
Government funds or money
Public Record Office
Northumberland, Cum- berland, Westmorland, and Durham are not included, though parts of Westmorland and Cumberland are taken.
public transport
Transportation services available to the general public
public-house signs
Much of a nation's his- tory, and more of its manners and feelings,, may be gleaned from its public-house signs. A very large number of them are selected out of compliment to the lord of the manor, either because he is the "great man" of the neigh- bourhood, or because the proprietor is some servant whom "it delighted the lord to honour.
publicity hound
Someone who seeks and enjoys public attention
publish or perish
Produce research or be terminated
puchito
buddy.
pucker
The anus.
pucker
All in a pucker; in a dishabille. Also in a fright; as, she was in a terrible pucker.
pucker
Poor or bad temper, difficulty, déshabillé. PUCKER UP, to get in a bad temper.
pucker water
Water impregnated with alum, or other astringents, used by old experienced traders to counterfeit virginity.
puckerow
To seize, to take hold of. From the Hindostanee, PUCKERNA.—Anglo-Indian.
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