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colonelling
coloˈnelling, vbl. n. [from assumed vb. to colonel: see -ing1.] A Hudibrastic expression for: Acting or playing the colonel; in later times, sometimes taken humorously as ‘trying to raise a regiment, beating about for soldiers’. In Hudibras, probably traceable to that early stage of the Civil War wh...
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pantalooning
pantaˈlooning, vbl. n. rare. [f. pantaloon + -ing1; cf. tailoring, colonelling.] Playing the part of Pantaloon.1861 Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 121 He has given up clowning, and taken to pantalooning instead. 1862 All Year Round 13 Sept. 12 Pantalooning is bad for a man's spirits, bad for his manners, ...
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Hudibrastic
, to battle sounded,
And pulpit, drum ecclesiastick,
Was beat with fist, instead of a stick;
Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling,
And out he rode a colonelling Additionally, the rhyme of "-don dwelling" with "a colonelling" is strained to the point of breaking, again for humorous effect.
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admiralling
admiralling, vbl. n. (ˈædmɪrəlɪŋ) [f. admiral n. used as vb. + -ing1. (Cf. went a-colonelling, Hudibras.)] Being or acting as an admiral.1838 Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) IV. 332 ‘An admiral is to sail to a given port’ (it was in the admiralling days).
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colonel
▪ I. colonel, n. (ˈkɜːnəl) Forms: α. 6 coronelle, corronel, 6–7 coronel(l, 7 -all, corronell; β. 6–7 colonell, 6–8 collonell, (7 colenel), 7–8 collonel, 6– colonel. [In 16th c. coronel, a. F. coronnel (also coronel, couronnel, and later colonnel), ad. It. colonnello, colonello chief commander of a r...
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