Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present; A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of All Classes of Society for More Than Thr (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...have Light Heels. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Light-heeled... a Light-heeled wench, one who is apt by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat on her back--a willing wench. 2. (old).--See quot. 1670. Rav, Proverbs bohn (1893), 47l-A Light-heeled mother maketh a heavy-heeled daughter. Because she doth all her work herself, and her daughter meantime sitting idle, contracts a habit of sloth. Mere pileuse fait sa fille rogneuse = a tender mother breeds a scabby daughter. Light-heels. See Light-skirts. Light-house, subs. (old).--A rednosed man.--Grose (1823). Cf. Shakspeare, I Henry IV, iii. 3. 'Thou art our Admiral, thou bearest the lantern in the poop, ' etc.. Light-infantrv, subs, (common).--Fleas; F Sharps (o.v.). Cf. Heavv Draggons. Fr. la sauterelle and la sauteuse. Lightmans, subs. (Old Cant).--See quots. Cf Darkmans = night. Fr. le matois; It. specckio. 1573. Harman, Caveat (1814), 65. The Lightmans, the day. 1609. Dekker, Lanthorneand Candlelight. If we.... dup butthegigger of a country-cove's ken, from thence at the chats we trine in the Lightmans. 1610. Rowlands, Martin Markall, p. 39 (H. Club's Repr. 1874). LightMans, the day. 1611. Middleton and Dekker, Roaring Girle, v. I. Oh, I would lib all the Lightmans. 1663. R. Head, English Rogue, Pt. I. v. 50 (1874). Lightmans, Morning or Day. 1690. B. E., Diet. Cant. Crew, s.v. 1724. E. Coles, Eng. Diet. LightMans, (break of) day. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Lightness, subs. (old).--Wantonness: see Light, adj. 1614. Cook, City Gallant dodsLev. Old Plays (1874), xI. 254. Kindness is termed Lightness in our sex. Lightning, subs.(od).--Gin. Flash OF LIGHTNING (or CLAP OF Thunder) = a glass of gin. For synonyms see Drinks and Satin. 1789. Geo....