"Slang term" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the Prisoners' Aid Society, and had obtained as much of his gratuity as he could, to buy a barrow and some fruit, as he meant to turn costermonger. He added, however, that he did not like fruit-selling, and returned to his old trade of "gunsmith," gunning being the slang term for thieving, or going on the cross. The real fact was, that he never intended anything else than being a "gunsmith," but only used the deception in order to obtain a little more money from the Aid Society than ...
— Six Years in the Prisons of England • A Merchant - Anonymous
... slang term was new, looked at the speaker with a slightly puzzled expression; but Edward, who fully understood it, drew himself up ...
— Grandmother Elsie • Martha Finley
... understand me, kid. It's a slang term we miners use. I won't complain. That's a little better English, ...
— The Erie Train Boy • Horatio Alger
... form of mythos, namely, m[)y]th, which I believe made its first appearance in Mr. Cooley's Maritime and Inland Discovery, and so has the claim of priority, if not of correctness. This form has been so generally adopted, that it seems likely ere long to become a mere slang term. It is used for every kind of fiction whatever; indeed, I have seen it employed where the proper word would be hoax. Nay, to make matters worse, it is actually used of persons. Mrs. Harris, for instance, has been termed a myth, as also was Robin Hood, not long since, even in "N. & Q."! ...
— Notes and Queries, No. 179. Saturday, April 2, 1853. • Various
... was the favourite slang term of the smashing fraternity for the metal used in their nefarious business, the spoons manufactured by Messrs. Yates and Son being the best material ...
— Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham - A History And Guide Arranged Alphabetically • Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell |
