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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE A DERRY ON»
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1
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Also Derby kel. 1906–. T. RATTIGAN Just that ride home. Cor, I still feel it down in
the old derby kel (1942). derry1 noun Austral and NZ A feeling or attitude of
hostility; an animus; a down; esp. in phr. to have a derry on, to be prejudiced
against.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
2
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... in water too deep to stand in. plumb the depths: see PLUMB. degree deliver
delusion derry have a derry on someone be prejudiced against someone.
Australian & New Zealand 0 Thisexpressionreferstothetraditionalsong refrain
derrydown, ...
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Austral English:
A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases ...
... Brown T.~k., D. inustus; Doria's T.-k., D. dorianus. See Kangaroo. Derry, n.
slang. The phrase “ to have a down on ” (see Down) is often varied to “have a
derry on.” The connection is probably the comic-song refrain, “ Hey derry down
derry.
Edward Ellis Morris, 2011
4
A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang
The reference here is not only to the famous London store, but to 'derry', to 'have
a derry on' means a dislike of—from down on, prejudiced against, from DERRY
DOWN (Ireland): the dialect word deray also may be formative, from old French, ...
5
The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
have a derry on someone be prejudiced against someone. Australian & New
Zealand This expression refers to the traditional song refrain derry down, and
was a late 19th-century adaptation of have a down on (seeDOWN). 1948 David ...
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proverb is descended from Bible, jtt^t^jgjrj ft<S£> - ) * to descend on XftSH—ttTH
(The ...
7
Oxford Dictionary of English
Derry see LoNDoNDERRY. derry > noun (in phrase have a derry on) Austral/NZ
informal have a strong dislike for. — ORIGIN late 19th cent.: apparently from the
song refrain derry down, used humorously for down in the sense 'dislike'. derv ...
8
The Chambers Dictionary
(slang, esp Ausir) n a feeling of dislike or resentment, esp in the phrase have a
derry on (someone) [Prob from old refrain derry down] der Tag dar lahh. liig. (Ger)
the day when the struggle begins (orig. in Germany, the day when a career of ...
9
Australian English: The Language of
a New Society
It may again appear to be a less than useful task to open up another settled
question, the origin of the word derry in the phrase "to have a derry on"
equivalent to "have a down on" and usually derived from the well known refrain
derry down ...
Peter Collins, David Blair, 1989
'To have a set on or against someone' represents a conflation of the old-
established 'to have a down on' and the Australian 'to have (a person) set";
another familiar variant is 'to have a derry on,' derry being a substitute for down,
apparently ...
Louise Pound, Kemp Malone, Arthur Garfield Kennedy, 1943
