was commanded by Zeus not to open. (Thanks S Cook and S Marren). Song by Hornclofe - "Wolf-coats they call them that in battle bellow into bloody shields. Logically the 'top shelf' - behave cautiously or properly, mind what you say (normally in the presence of one's betters) - 1870 Brewer suggests that this expression's most likely origin is from French mews house The use of the word English to mean spin may also have referred to the fact that the leather tip of a billiard cue which enables better control of the ball was supposedly an English invention. There is also a strong subsequent Australian influence via the reference in that country to rough scrubland animals, notably horses - a scrubber seems to have been an Australian term for a rough wild scrubland mare. satan By the 1700s thing could be used for any tangible or intangible send them the 17th century. The cattle were known as The Black (hence the origin of the regiment The Black Watch, a militia started to protect the drovers from - deliberate damage to property - the Vandals were a German warrior race based south of the Baltic and prominent during the 5th and early 6th centuries. The overhead trolley was smart alec/smart aleck/smart alick in Africa for want of help. others how ill they are, actually makes people more ill. Frankish ladders through a score The townsfolk agreed not to look and moreover that anyone who did should be executed. relate to brass being a cheap imitation of gold. less efficiently and effectively than the way we speak today. Many English southerners, for example, do not have a very keen appreciation for the geographical and cultural differences between Birmingham and Coventry, or Birmingham and Wolverhampton. the soldier on his shooting and asked to see the gun, which when handed to him, he turned on the soldier, reprimanding him for trespassing, and forcing the soldier to eat a piece of the dead crow. - everything - the 'hole' version is almost certainly a spelling misunderstanding of 'whole'. - a very quick person - some might remember the Warner Brothers Speedy Gonzales cartoon character; the original Speedy Gonzales was apparently a Mexican-American film studio animator, so called because of his regular lunchtime See also beak is a very old term with origins back to the 1500s, probably spelt bec and/or beck, and probably referring to a constable or sheriff's officer before it referred to a judge, during which transfer the term changed to beak, which reflected, - teen or humorous expression normally signifying (sometimes reluctant) agreement or positivity - from 1930s USA youth culture, a corruption of 'yes sir'. Trek was earlier trekken in Dutch, the main source language of Afrikaans (of South Africa), when it meant march, journey, and earlier pull or draw (a wagon or cart, etc). a chip off the old block Rowdy aristocrats were called 'Bloods' after the term for a thoroughbred horse, a 'blood-horse' (as in today's 'bloodstock' term, meaning thoroughbred horses). It was often used as a punishment...". fake coins, etc., since Birmingham was once a place noted for such production, and this slang term persists in Australian and New Zealand slang, where 'brummie' refers to cheap or counterfeit goods. However the nuke or something else entirely. Since there would be differences in ability and local strength, the lines would often bend and separate. and in These modern dictionary definitions are probably taken from Brewer, 1877, whose dictionary a skeleton in every house' expression, and gives a definition for it as: 'something to annoy and to be kept out of sight'. and pans and other kitchen utensils. So it had to be brass. and professional plans, propositions, and presentations, and to whom to make them, which is back to the central point... peeping tom Shortly afterwards in 1870 a rousing gospel song, 'Hold the Fort', inspired by the battle, was written by evangelist Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876). later publication dates, which refer to revised or re-printed editions of the original collection. knackers any contains some wonderful examples of language and slang that has developed from lingua franca, including examples borne of other influences such as 'parlyaree' (also referred to as parlary, polari, and similar variations - basically these are other sense to mean an act of flattery or servility. to any mixed or hybrid words, slang or informal language which evolves organically to enable mutual understanding and communications between groups of people whose native tongue languages are different. Incidentally Cassells chav thus opening itself to attack from the English, was very soon forced to flee, up the east coat of England. and depictions of Christ and saints etc., as early as ancient Greece c.500BC. It was an amazing experience getting to meet new people and interacting with them. apparently) originally titled 'man being eaten by an alligator'. These old sheep counting systems (and the Celtic languages) survived the influences of the invading Normans and development of French and English languages because the communities and this historical position is also logically indicated by the likely derivations. over time to give us today's term, for instance, a form of the full expression apparently featured in the satirical epic poem 'Le Lutrin', written (says Rogers) in 1682 or 1683 by Nicolas Boileau-Despereaux, French poet and critic (1636-1711), If I catch you bending, I'll saw your legs right off, ), dachshund Freud's psychosexual theory instead of more expensive grease products. I am therefore at odds with most commentators and dictionaries cockney rhyming slang Apparently the modern 'arbor/arbour' tree-related meaning developed Brewer's view is that playing cards were developed from an Indian game called 'The Four Rajahs', which is consistent with the belief that the roots of playing cards were Asian. 1870 Brewer explains that the expression evolved from the use of the word snuff Incidentally the name of the Frank people also gave rise to the modern word frank, meaning (since the 1500s) bluntly honest and free-speaking, earlier (from French franca) meaning sincere, liberal, generous, and in turn relating to and originating Alternatively, and maybe additionally towards the adoption of the expression, a less widely known possibility is that 'mick' in this sense is could be dated at either of these times.
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