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Shout and holler was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a collar.
Short hairs is slang for pubic hair.
Shirt and collar was old London Cockney rhyming slang for two shillings and six pence (a dollar).
Holler and shout is London Cockney rhyming slang for a German (Kraut).
Short is British slang for a measure of a spirit or liquer. Short was old British slang for a measure of gin.
Pubic hairs; i.e. to "have someone by the short and curlies" is to have total power over that person since any on their part move to extricate themselves from the predicament would be certain to cause them immense pain.
The end, the result, the upshot. "That's the long and short of the subject.â€
A military order of dress which consists of black pants and a white short-sleeved collared shirt.
Long and short is London Cockney rhyming slang for the drink port.
inject a drug; also shoot up a fix or a shot (usually of heroin)
have someone by the short and curlies
Vrb phrs. To have complete power over someone. See short and curlies.
Noun. Basically the term refers to pubic hairs, however it is used figuratively in having got someone by the short and curlies - having complete power over someone. Orig military use. [1930s]
Shot is slang for worn out, exhausted. Shot is slang for intoxicated, drunk. Shot is slang for an injection.
Short arm is slang for the penis.
Short and curlies is British slang for pubic hair.
pubic hair ‘She had me by the short and curlies.’
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imp. & p. p.
of Short-circuit
n.
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
superl.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
adv.
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
a.
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
n.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
superl.
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
superl.
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
v. t.
To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
superl.
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
imp. & p. p.
of Shoot
v. i.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.
superl.
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
a.
Having short life.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Short-circuit
superl.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
superl.
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
a.
Having a short waist.
n.
Short, inferior hemp.
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