10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIPCAT»
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whipcat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
(a) To get tipsy :see Screwed: alsoto whip (jerk or shootthecat, or tocat) :also(b)
— to vomit. Hence whipcat, adj.= drunken (Florio), whipcan (which see)=a toper :
cf.verb,sense3. 1582. Stanyhurst, sEnid, iii. 367. With whipcat bowling they kept a
...
2
The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink
Cf. whip. RT: queer-beer. [Br., (1709): F&H, FG: 1823, B&L: 1890] whipcan (also
whipcat) a drunkard who whips down many cans of liquor. Cf. whip. Whipcan
may be an error for, or a variant of whipcat, or vice versa, RT: sot. [(1611): OED]
whip ...
3
The Reminiscences of Daniel Bliss
the cat." The proprietor, the journeyman and the "whipcat" belonged to different
grades in the social life. The daughter of the proprietor would hardly accept the
attentions of the " whipcat," — she possibly might those of the journeyman. Why
the ...
Daniel Bliss, Frederick Jones Bliss, 1920
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THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, ...
W. Callicott,M.A. lid.mstr Unity street, St. Philip's, from 1 Broad plain to Whipcat
hill. 1 Brown Richard, grocer 3 Ed brook e Thomas, house painter 4 Coarteuay
John, butcher 5 Powell John, shopkeeper 11 Golden Heart. Benjamin Land
Haines ...
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English Language Word Builder
... TREMOLO TRIELLA TRINGLE TRITOMA TUATERA TURISTA TWANKAY
UNRIGHT UROMERE VANLOAD VENTIGE VESSAIL VILIAGO VISNOMY+
WANKSTA WATTAPE WENDIGO WHIPCAT WINDORE WOLFRAM WORKBAG
SYLLOGE ...
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The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
... costumer, costumier, couturier, couturiere, dressmaker, modiste, outfitter,
whipcat, whipstitch. v. accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, convert, cut, fashion, fit,
modify, mould, shape, style, suit, trim. taint v adulterate, besmirch, blacken,
blemish.
Wordsworth, William, 1993
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British-American/American-British: Hippocrene Dictionary and ...
-shirt, undershirt singlet tack pin taffy toffee, toffy tailor whipcat take a dislike to
take a scunner oa take a fall (fall down or fail in business) take a nap have a lie
down take empty promises take eggs for money Take Out Takeaway (fast food ...
Catherine M. McCormick, 1996
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Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the ...
... and takes it out on the cat – and noisily, judging by an entry in John Florio's
Italian/English dictionary of 1611. Parlare brianzesco is glossed as 'to speake
tipple, drunken or whipcat language'. Tojerk, shoot, or whip the cat also meant '
vomit', ...
... a handle , having three knots on each at small intervals, nearest one end,'
WHIP THE CAT To become intoxicated, or 'whipcat'. To 'whip' was to drink
extremely quickly. 'Whip-belly' was weak alcohol. Also, 'whip the cat' meant to
play a ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
3. (common). — (a) To get tipsy : see Screwed: also to WHIP (JERK or SHOOT
THE CAT, or TO cat): also (b) = to vomit Hence whipcat, adj. = drunken (Florio),
whipcan (which see) = a toper : cf. verb, sense 3. 1583. Stanvhurst, sEnid, iii. 367.
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
