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26 de abr. de 2015 · Likewise, a letter from Amador County, California, dated March 7, 1857, to the editor of the Sacramento [California] Daily Union (March 12, 1857), likewise uses the term "square meal" in reference to a (presumably) meal at a French restaurant. El Dorado (where the town of Coloma was located), Amador, and Sacramento counties are adjacent to one ...
It is easy to see how square-toes might be shortened to square while retaining its ancient sense of fogeydom. Still, Harold Wentworth & Stuart Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, first edition (1960) seems to view square in the sense of fogey as an invention of the 1940s: square n. 1. A full meal; a satisfying,filling meal. [Citation from ...
4 de mai. de 2021 · Borough of Morris Plains, 100 N.J. 418 (1985), the Supreme Court announced the “square corners” doctrine. That doctrine says, in essence, that in dealing with the public, government agencies must “turn square corners,” “comport itself with compunction and integrity,” and not “conduct itself so as to achieve or preserve any kind of ...
16 de mai. de 2013 · The OED has this use of the verb favour dating back to the 16th century:. 7. To deal gently with; to avoid overtasking (a limb); to ease, save, spare.
7 de out. de 2012 · From Etymonline: doggone 1851, Amer.Eng., a "fantastic perversion of god-damned" [Weekley]. But Mencken favors the theory that it is "a blend form of dog on it; in fact it is still often used with it following. It is thus a brother to the old English phrase, 'a pox upon it,' but is considerably more decorous."
27 de jan. de 2014 · 0. "Doggy Dogg World" is a Snoop Dogg rap from the early 90s, about the time the phrase picks up in the Google Ngram. The phrase appears to have been adopted by the dog rescue community and, yes, as currently used there it appears to be an eggcorn.
20 de fev. de 2023 · I recently became aware of "Boy howdy!" and figured it was some kind of rural expression of enthusiasm, but I want a bit more clarity. My first encounter was in a Western novel: It was s...
1) A complete fabrication. A lie with no basis in the truth. Mr. Doe's account of the accident was made from whole cloth. 2) Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else. The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth. – demongolem. Sep 1, 2011 at 17:58.
24 de abr. de 2011 · If the evening meal is more formal and substantial it becomes dinner. Lower down the social scale the midday meal is dinner, tea is the evening meal and supper is a snack at bed time. 25 years ago my sister's son was newly enrolled at a State primary school in a relatively poor area. After a few weeks she had to call in at the administrative ...
13 de jul. de 2019 · Horrified and indignant, the Queen thrust her finger down the child's throat, and he, perceiving (so it almost seemed) the danger to which he had so rashly exposed himself, rid his stomach of the illicit meal, thus preserving his royal humours from contamination with merely aristocratic virtues and providing an, object-lesson to all and sundry of lower degree who might look too lightly on wet ...
