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Brewer's: Gammer
(g hard). A corruption of grandmother, with an intermediate form “granmer.” (See Halliwell, sub voce.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gammer Gurton's…TRC National Thoroughbred Poll
(Nov. 11, 1997) Finall poll conducted by Thoroughbred Racing Communications, Inc. and covering races through the Breeders' Cup on Nov. 7, 1997. Voting is done by 28 sports and Thoroughbred…Brewer's: Abram-colour
Probably a corruption of Abron, meaning auburn. Halliwell quotes the following from Coriolanus, ii. 3: “Our heads are some brown, some black, some Abram, some bald.” And again, “Where is…Brewer's: Bother
i.e. pother (Hibernian). Halliwell gives us blother, which he says means to chatter idly. `Sir,' cries the umpire, `cease your pother, The creature's neither one nor t'other.' Lloyd: The…Brewer's: Box Harry
(To ), among commercial travellers, is to shirk the table d'hôte and take something substantial for tea, in order to save expense. Halliwell says, “to take care after having been…Brewer's: Dude
A masher. One who renders himself conspicuous by affectation of dress, manners, and speech. The word was first familiarised in London in 1881, and is a revival of the old word dudes (…Brewer's: Erra-Pater
An almanack. William Lilly, the almanack-maker and astrologer, is so called by Butler. It is said to have been the “name” of an eminent Jewish astrologer. (Halliwell: Archaic Dictionary.)…Brewer's: Powder
I'll powder your jacket for you. A corruption of poudrer (to dust). (See Dust.) Lo! in powdur [dust] ye schall slepe, For out of powdur fyrst ye came. Quoted by Halliwell under “Poudre.”…Brewer's: Lazy Lobkin
(A). A lob (says Halliwell) is “the last person in a race.” (Somersetshire). (Welsh llob, a dolt, our “lubber.”) “A lazy lobkin, like an idle loute.” Breton: Olde Madcappes, etc. (1602…Brewer's: Spick and Span New
Quite and entirely new. A spic is a spike or nail, and a span is a chip. So that a spick and span new ship is one in which every nail and chip is new. Halliwell mentions “span new.”…Trending
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