10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARRYINGS-ON»
Discover the use of
carryings-on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
carryings-on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: C to Fizzle
Carryings On, subs. phr. (colloquial). — Frolicsome or questionable proceedings
; a course of conduct that attracts attention. — See Carry on. 1663. Butler,
Huditras, I., ii., 556. Is this the end to which these carryings ON did tend ? 1859.
Sala ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1891
Round. 3: Crooked. Carryings-on. 1 Who, in the Sherlock Holmes stories, was
called 'the Napoleon of crime'? 2 What means of escape did bank robbers in
Paris use for the first time on 27 October 1901? 3 What is the name of the ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
carryings-on . Conspicuous behaviour; frolics; flirtation: from ca 1840; coll. G.A.
Sala, 1859. A much earlier coll sense is: questionable proceedings, as in Butler,
Hudibras, 'Is this the end|To which these Carryings-on did tend?' cf. GOINGSON.
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases ...
Carryings-on. Riotings, frolickings. There is good authority for the use of this term
by English writers of the seventeenth century. Is this the end To which these
carryings-on did tend 1 Butler's Hudibras, Pt. 1, Cant. 2. Everybody tuck
Christmas ...
John Russell Bartlett, 1860
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Carryings-on. Riotings, frolickings. There is good authority for the use of this term
by English writers of the seventeenth century. Is this the end To which these
carryings-on did tend ? Sutler's Hudibras, Pt. 1, Cant. 2. Everybody tuck
Christmas ...
John Russell Bartlett, 1877
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BARTLETT'S DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS
Carryings-on. Riotings, frolickings. There is good authority for the use of this term
by English writers of the seventeenth century. Is this the end To which these
carryings-on did tend ? Butler's Uudibras, Pt. 1, Cant. 2. Everybody tuck
Christmas ...
JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, 1859
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
CARRYINGS ON, subs. phr. (colloquial). — Frolicsome or questionable
proceedings ; a course of conduct that attracts attention.— See CARRY ON. 1663
. BUTLER, Hudibras, I., ii., 556. Is this the end to which these CARRYINGS ON
did tend ?
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1891
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Dictionary of Americanism. - New-York, Bartlett 1848
CARRYINGS-ON. Riotings,frolickings. Everybody tuck Christmas, especially the
niggers, and sich carryinsoat—sich dancin' and singin'—and shootin' poppers
and sky-rackets—you never did see—Maj. Joncs's Courtship. She had better not
...
John Russel Bartlett, 1848
KATE S CARRYINGS ON. R. HAMILTON was not at all the sort of gentleman to
hide the light of his good fortune under a bushel. On the contrary, he set it forth so
conspicuously that all Stonebury perforce took notice of it. He hired a handsome
...
Thomas Wright (journeyman engineer.), 1870
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
It issaidcf a man whobreaks down under a sudden access of wealth—as
successful racing men and unexpecte I legatees often do — or who becomes
affected and intolerant, that'hedoesn'tcarry cornwell.' Carryings On,subs. phr. (
colloquial).
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARRYINGS-ON»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
carryings-on is used in the context of the following news items.
Peaks of the Past
Among those enjoying the yodeling and carryings-on at last week's performance of cowboy poet Gary McMahan was Jadwiga Boczar of ... «Wet Mountain Tribune, Jun 15»
We continue to do the same things, with the same people, in the …
Announcements that integrity reports with regard to Haughton's carryings-on are being studied by the People's National Party (PNP) are a ... «Jamaica Observer, Jun 15»
Historian William Rogers' book delves into murder case
Interestingly, the witnesses who knew about their carryings-on were African American servants and neighbors; and in Alabama, under the ... «Tallahassee.com, May 15»
Television's Mapp and Lucia a remorseless send-up of class
To be reductive, this is a silly series of carryings-on by two women with too much time on their hands and a nasty bent toward narcissism. «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
8 Alfresco Things To Do In Kansas City This Weekend
Choices for exterior fun encompass open-air art contests, bicycling events, canine carryings-on, craft beer drinking and assorted live music ... «KCUR, May 15»
The secret diary of an MP: Tony Blair, non-doms and going to church …
I choose to eschew such carryings-on. Like colleagues who choose Lent as a time to lose weight by giving up chocolates – hardly a true ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
Brussels Kicks Off With a Look At MR NOBODY Director's Next And …
... the Brussels audience notorious for making visiting directors sing to them and general carryings-on throughout screenings fully earns every ... «TwitchFilm, Apr 15»
Are the gods angry with Ndigbo?
... do a soul searching and also reach out to genuine Yoruba (and even Eguns), who are genuinely pissed off with the carryings-on in the party. «Daily Sun, Apr 15»
Economics? No! Sex was the greatest passion of popular writer and …
Of the Higher kind, to which they aspired, the feelings of the lovers were so intense that they precluded any physical carryings-on. Keynes ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
Playback: SXSW News and Carryings-on
Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke gains yet more turf Downtown today when the trailhead deck at the revamped Auditorium Shores ... «Austin Chronicle, Mar 15»
