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obsolete phrase

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  • That slews you — (obsolete) phrase used to indicate that you have been confounded …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • gaff — I. /gæf / (say gaf) noun 1. a strong hook with a handle, used for landing large fish. 2. a metal spur for a gamecock. 3. Nautical the spar extending or supporting the upper edge of a fore and aft sail. –verb (t) 4. to hook or land with a gaff.… …  

  • inure — /ənˈjuə / (say uhn yoohuh), /ɪn / (say in ) verb (i) (inured, inuring) 1. to come into use; take or have effect. –phrase 2. inure to, to toughen or harden (someone) to by exercise; accustom to; habituate to: to inure a person to danger. Also,… …  

  • Job (role) — For other uses, see Job (disambiguation). A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour (in …   Wikipedia

  • grindstone — /ˈgraɪndstoʊn / (say gruyndstohn) noun 1. a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc. 2. → millstone. –phrase 3. keep one s nose to the grindstone, to force oneself to work without respite. {Phrase Origin: from the notion that …  

  • wanion — noun Etymology: from the obsolete phrase in the waniand unluckily, literally, in the waning (moon), from Middle English, from waniand, northern present participle of wanien, wanen to wane Date: 1549 archaic plague, vengeance used in the phrase… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wanion — ˈwänyən noun ( s) Etymology: from the obsolete phrase in the waniand unluckily, literally, in the waning (moon), from Middle English, from waniand, northern present participle of wanien to wane archaic …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rewel bone — Rew el bone [Perh. from F. rouelle, dim. of roue a wheel, L. rota.] An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, perhaps, smooth or polished bone. [1913 Webster] His saddle was of rewel boon. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hobnob — intransitive verb (hobnobbed; hobnobbing) Etymology: from the obsolete phrase drink hobnob to drink alternately to one another Date: 1813 1. archaic to drink sociably 2. to associate familiarly • hobnobber noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • that slews you — Australian Slang (obsolete) phrase used to indicate that you have been confounded …   English dialects glossary

  • fuss — [18] The early use of fuss by Irish born writers such as Jonathan Swift and George Farquhar has led to the supposition that it is of Anglo Irish origin, but no substantiation for this has ever been found on the other side of the Irish Sea. Among… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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