

Till-: STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



Hill of beans. rth a, means utterly 



worthless. 



in authority. 



Hi- has a hard TOW to hoc [many ditli- 

 to overcome]. 

 Hold-up. Is used when a man is robbed on the 



Hook or crook, by. By fair means or foul. 

 Hoodoo. IB applied to om> who brings failure 

 upon any undertaking, as mascot is applied to 



Hook, on his own. Is doing business for him- 



Horse sense. More than common sense. 



btO acknowledge that 

 ;is made a mistake. 

 BbtckmtJL 



;is in trouble. 

 In it. In the swim. 



It u-ed to denote that one is in 

 an important position in regard to an under- 



Ivories. T- 



Jag. A decided drunk. 



Jawbreaker. A long word or a difficult one to 

 pronoi. 



Jay. A country fellow. 



Jew. To beat down in price. 

 jams. DeliriXim tremens. 



Job's turkey. He is as poor as Job's turkey 

 [very poor]. 



./"//'/. 1 le jollied her. He spoke well of her or 

 1 her unduly to her face. 



Josh. To make fun of. 



over the traces. To spend extravagantly; 

 to refuse to be under control. 



Knee high. As knee high to a grasshopper, 

 mall in stature. 



Knife a person. To do him harm while pre- 

 tending to be his friend. 



Lamb. On the Stock Exchange is the unfor- 

 tunate one who loses to the clever man. 



Laying pipe. Means preparing things so as to 

 re the passage of a bill. 



Lay on thick. Undue flattery. 



Left in the cold. Neglected. 

 Tb steal. 



Little end of the horn. To come out at the. To 

 fail. 



Log-rolling. See laying pipe. Also it is the ex- 

 changing of votes by legislators. 



Long bow. He drew the long bow [told an ex- 

 travagant story]. 



Loud. Showy, flashy, overdressed. 



Down nn your luck, in trouble. 



Mahogany. I will put my legs under your 

 mahogany on Christmas [sit down to dinner 

 with you]. 



tracks. Get away in a hurry. 



Mnn <>j xlrtin-. One without resources. Ap- 

 plied also to a man that does not exist, except 

 on paper in some "deal." 



Ma* ;.lied to one who brings good 



luck to an undertaking. 



Mild. To draw it mild, means not to exagger- 

 ate. 



Mitten. He got the mitten [was rejected]. 



Monkey and parrot time. Means to have a 

 Bght 



Month of Sunday*. An indefinite time. 



Moonshiner. A man engaged in the manu- 

 facture of illicit whiskey. 



Moe-back8. People behind the times. 



Much of a muchness. Pretty much alike. 



Mud. To throw, means to besmirch the char- 

 acter of another. 



Mtujiruinp. Was applied in 1884 to members 

 of the Republican party who preferred Cleve- 

 land to Hlaine. It is now applied to anyone who 

 sinks his political party and votes for the best 

 candidate. 



Mutton-head. A stupid fellow. 



Ned. They raised Ned or Hobb [created a 

 great disturbance]. 



>-. Gall, assurance. 



A ' i<jht-cap. A drink taken just before going to 

 bed at night. 



\ixey. No. 



Nose out of joint. To be supplanted in the 

 affections of another. 



Nose. To cut off one's nose to spite one's face 

 is to do something injudicious, something harm- 

 ful to one's self in order to spite another. 



Nose to the grindstone. His nose was on the 

 grindstone for years "means that he had to work 

 hard for a bare living. 



Nothing to nobody. Nobody's business. 



No two ways about it. Means certain, sure. 



Nuts. Your visits are nuts to her [give her 

 great pleasure]. 



Oats. To feel one's, is to feel good, to be in 

 high spirits. 



Omnibus bill. Is used to designate a legislative 

 bill that takes up many subjects. 



One-horse. Second rate. He runs a one-horse 

 store. 



On the fence. Is said of anyone who waits to 

 see how things will turn out before he takes a 

 stand. 



Ornery. Used instead of ordinary. Used in a 

 doubtful sense. 



Out of kilter. Out of order. 



Out of sight. Beyond reach. His work is out 

 of sight. 



Over the left. Indicates that what has been 

 said is untrue. 



Own up. Confess. 



Paddle one's own canoe. Means to make one's 

 own way in the world. 



Pan out well. Is applied to any paying venture. 

 The scheme panned out well. 



Pasteboards. Is used of calling cards. 



Paul Pry. An inquisitive person, 



Peddler's French. Is an old expression for 

 slang. 



Peg away. To work industriously. 



Picayunish. Petty, small. 



Pill. He is a bad pill [an immoral man]. 



Pinch. To arrest. 



Pipe-laying. See laying pipe. 



Plumb. He struck it plumb on its end [directly 

 on the end]. 



Pocket. To put up with. One pockets one's 

 anger or one's pride. 



Pony up. Pay up. 



Posted, well. One who is well posted knows 

 all about a subject. 



Pot-boiler. A picture painted or a sketch writ- 

 ten rapidly to bring in money for living expenses. 



