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1. get-out, phr. View full entry 1838
...Phr. as or like (all) get-out, used to indicate a high degree of something....
2. how-do-ye | how-d'ye | howdy, phr. and n. View full entry 1570
...The phrase how do ye?, how do you? (cf. how-do-you-do1) = how are you? how fare you?: see do13b. Freq. in colloq....
3. jig-a-jig | jig-a-jog, phr. View full entry 1602
...as = with a jigging or jogging motion....
4. more'n, phr. View full entry 1828
...More than (in various syntactic contexts)....
5. nante palari, phr. View full entry 1846
...imper. ‘Be quiet’, ‘shut up’; ‘no talking’....
6. nemmine, phr. View full entry 1884
...= never mindmind5b....
7. no bon, phr. View full entry 1916
...‘No good’: applied to something of no use or value....
8. no can do, phr. View full entry 1868
...It is not possible, it cannot be done; ‘I can't do it.’ Cf. can docan8c....
9. no go, phr., adj., and n. View full entry 1825
...As predicate (sometimes with omission of the copula): of no use; impossible, hopeless; (of a contest) indecisive....
10. non est, phr. and adj. View full entry 1832
...The person was not to be found; = non est inventus Cf. non inventusObs....
11. † non inventus, phr. and adj. View full entry 1637
...Law. = non est inventus...
12. shoo-fly, phr. and n. View full entry 1867
...A catchphrase, popularized by a song, used as an exclamation of annoyance. Obs....
13. 'smatter of fact, phr. View full entry 1922
...Repr. colloq. pronunc. of phr. as a matter of fact. Cf. fact6a....
14. snafu, phr., adj., and n. View full entry 1941
...Used acronymically (often with an explanation) as an expression conveying the common soldier's laconic acceptance of the disorder of war and the ineptitude of his superiors....
15. squattez-vous, phr. View full entry 1899
...imper. ‘Sit down!’...
16. thankee, phr. View full entry 1824
...Vulgar colloq. for thank ye, thank you See ye...
17. watcha, phr. View full entry 1926
...repr. a colloq. or vulgar pronunciation of what do (or are or have) you? Similarly watcher See whatcha...
18. whadd(a)ya, phr. View full entry 1927
...repr. colloq. pronunc. of ‘what do you’....
19. whatcha, phr. View full entry 1934
...repr. a colloq. or vulgar pronunciation of what do (or are, or have) you? See watcha...
