10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON ONE'S PAT»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Soon reduced to on (one's) pat: see pat, 3. Cf. Tod-(Sloane): pat out. (To say)
frankly: coll.:—1923 (Manchon). Ex pal, opportunely. patacca. 'Italian slang term,
pronounced "pataka”, meaning worthless rubbish, but now particularly used in
the ...
Pal: Friend; mate. Palaver: Blither; nonsense. Pannikin: Small pan or cup (usually
of tinplate). Pat Malone, On one's: Alone (rhyming slang); single-handed. Also
simply 'on one's pat'. Pat, On one's: See 'Pat Malone'. Patch, It's not a patch to: It ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
Pat Malone 7noun (in phrase on one's Pat Malone or pat) Austral./NZ informal on
one's own. – origin early 20th cent.: rhyming slang. Patmore, Coventry (Kersey
Dighton) (1823–96), English poet. His most important work is The Angel in the ...
pat2 * on one's pat (ft ; fI)3S;fHft ; 81 gift (Wallace will complete the job wi his pat.
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on (rOSt^S ; fct-iiff 55E (Yours is n«r o patch on ours. f'j^fflM tt mwwm%% • ) * to ...
... apart from the odd fragments which have become embedded in the language.
babbler bone captain hammer molly Noah on one's pat optic babbling brook dog
and bone Captain Cook hammer and tack molly the monk Noah's ark on one's ...
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An Australian Dictionary for North Americans
Seen in used car advertising. on one's Pat exp. (rh. si.) Alone (Pat Malone =
alone). on the bludge, to be exp. To attempt to borrow something, e.g. Keep your
hand on your billfolds boys, Bruce is on the bludge. orrsiDE 70 On THE BLUDGE.
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Australian Language and Culture
... bone hammer and tack hey-diddle-diddle hit-and-miss Jimmy Britts Jimmy
Dancer Joe Blake Noah's ark on one's Pat Malone optic nerve Richard the Third
steak and kidney tom(my) tits sharks bottle cook soap look missus (wife) guts
sauce, ...
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Picturesque expressions: a thematic dictionary
(George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance, 1910) Two related terms, derived from
Cockney rhyming slang for on [one's] own, are: on [one's] Pat Malone reduced to
on [one's] pat; and on [one's] Tod Sloan, reduced to on [one's] tod, the latter
derived ...
Laurence Urdang, Walter W. Hunsinger, Nancy LaRoche,
1985
Not to be confused with under offer, meaning 'for sale,' but only subject to
rejection of a pending offer. on one's pat on one's own Slang. From rhyming
slang (see Appendix II.GJ > Pat M alone for alone. Synonymous with on one's tod
. See also ...
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How Does Your Garden Grow: A Play
Pat, on one's pat (colloquial), alone; abbreviated from on one's Pat Malone, on
one's own. Peter (prison slang), prison cell. Pigs (colloquial), exclamation
expressing disbelief or denial. Pinch (colloquial), a circumstance which might
lead to ...