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This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...
Darlene, also spelled Darleen or Darline, is an English feminine given name coined in the late 19th century.It is based on the term of endearment darling in combination with the diminutive suffix-een, -ene, or -ine in use in other names popular during that period such as Arleen, Charlene, Claudine, Irene, Jolene, Josephine, Marlene, Maxine, and Pauline.
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
Terms of endearment can lose their original meaning over the course of time: thus for example "in the early twentieth century the word crumpet was used as a term of endearment by both sexes'", before diminishing later into a "term of objectification" [5] for women. When proper names escape one, terms of endearment can always substitute.
To hit, punch or beat soundly. From a 19th-century variant of baste, meaning to beat thoroughly. [247] pasting A sound thrashing or heavy defeat. [247] pegged To die [ie he pegged it last week] Thought to have originated from soldiers in the First World War playing the card game cribbage. Scores in cribbage are kept on a peg board and the ...
The word has been around since the mid-19th century. Intended as a pejorative, the word is not commonly used today, though it retains that connotation. [2] [3] The term is thought to have originated in the 1850s as lime-juicer, [4] later shortened to "limey", [5] and was originally used as a derogatory word for sailors in the Royal Navy.
a form of address for either a person or item, either jocular ("he's a generous bugger", "I finally found the little bugger!") or less so ("he's a mean bugger") (slang) term of endearment, often used for children (slang) a bug (insect) buggy 2-wheeled horse-drawn lightweight carriage baby transport vehicle also called (UK) pushchair (US: stroller)
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