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gemman (ˈdʒɛmən) (Also written gem'man.) Vulgar pronunc. of gentleman; cf. gentman.c 1550 Dr. Doubble Ale 197 Did it become a cobblers boy To shew a gemman such a toy? 1762 Gentl. Mag. 86 You're welcome Gem'men, kindly welcome Ladies. 1770 Colman Oxon. in Town i. i, I hope you left all the gemmin we...
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gentman
† ˈgentman Obs. Also jentman. Shortened form of gentleman: cf. gemman. Hence gentmanly = gentlemanly (in quot. adv.).a 1553 Udall Royster D. iii. ii. (Arb.) 41 It is gentmanly spoken..But what gentman is it, I pray you tell me plaine, That woweth so finely? Ibid. iii. iii. 44 Bawawe what ye say (ko ...
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Miss Lucy Long
She ultimately shuns "de gemman Dat wrote dat little song, Who dare to make so public De name ob Lucy Long" and claims to prefer "De 'stinguished Jimmy
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mosey
▪ I. mosey, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.). Brit. /ˈməʊzi/, U.S. /ˈmoʊzi/ [‹ mosey v.] A walk at a leisurely pace; a stroll.1960 Sat. Evening Post 24 Dec. 81/1 Take a mosey around the place. 1979 Washington Post 24 June e1/4 ‘Gait’..can take many forms—from the mosey through the 3 mph most of us use, and t...
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half-shot
half-shot, a. colloq. (orig. U.S.). [f. half- 1; cf. shoot v. 32 d.] Half drunk.1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sks. 13 Moseying is only to be done when a gemman's half shot. 1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme x. 187 ‘The chap was half-shot,’ said Simon. ‘They all say he smelt of booze.’ 1948 J. M. Cain Moth 64 S...
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varmint
▪ I. varment, varmint, n.1 dial. and U.S. (ˈvɑːmənt) Also varmant, -munt, verment, warment, -mint, -mit, etc. [var. of varmin vermin, with excrescent -t. Rare before c 1825.] 1. a. collect. Vermin. b. An animal of a noxious or objectionable kind. A large collection of American examples is given by T...
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gentleman
gentleman (ˈdʒɛnt(ə)lmən) Forms: see gentle and man; also gentman, gemman. [f. gentle + man, on the model of OF. gentilz hom (F. gentilhomme) = It. gentiluomo, Sp. gentilhombre.] 1. a. A man of gentle birth, or having the same heraldic status as those of gentle birth; properly, one who is entitled t...
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Romany
▪ I. † ˈRomany1 Obs. Forms: 4 Romani(e, -ye, Romaine, 5 Romaynge, Romayne. [ad. OF. Romanie, ad. late L. Rōmānia (see Du Cange), f. Rōmānus roman a.] The Roman Empire.a 1300 Cursor M. 22319 He sal haue mikel lauerdhede Of romanie, and al þe impire. 13.. Seuyn Sag. 2093 (W.), In al Poile ne Romanye N...
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wipe
▪ I. wipe, n. (waɪp) Also 6–7 wype. [f. wipe v.] 1. a. An act of wiping (in senses 1–3 of wipe v.). In first quot. in fig. phr.: see wipe v. 10 a.1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. vii. 388 That which hath sharpned the pens of many against him, is his giving so many cleanly wipes to the foul noses of t...
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silver
▪ I. silver, n. and a. (ˈsɪlvə(r)) Forms: α. 1 siolfor (siolofr-, siolufr-), seolfor, -fur, -fer (seolfr-, seulfr-), 2–3 seoluer (seolur-, 2 seolure), 3 soluer, solure. β. 2, 5 selfer (2 selfr-), 4 selfur; 3–5 seluer (3 selur-, 4 zeluer), 4–5 selver. γ. 1 sylofr, sylfor, -fur, 2 syluer, sylure; 1 su...
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