And He Didn't, phr. (tailors').--A phrase of the all my eye (q.v.) stamp, i.e., 'You tell me you have not; but for all that I think you have'--the action referred to being generally of a discreditable character.
And No Mogue? phr. (tailors').--Used
in a variety of ways to
signify doubt and uncertainty.
It is equivalent to the street
gamin's 'no kid?' when used
interrogatively, i.e., 'there's
no mistake, is there?' 'Now,
joking apart?' Also used as a
'set down' to narrators claiming
descent from Baron Munchausen[**Münchhausen],
in which case it is
equivalent to the 'You don't
say so!' of politer circles; in
both cases the spokesman conveys
the idea that one's credulity
has been somewhat taxed.
And No Whistle, phr. (tailors').--A
kind of tu quoque; usually
applied to a man by a listener
desiring to convey to the
speaker the idea that no matter
what others may think to
the contrary, he [the listener]
believes that what has been
said refers to the person
speaking.
Andrew Millar, subs, (nautical).--A
curious cant name for a ship
of war; sometimes simply
Andrew. Its origin is quite
unknown; but it has been
pointed out that Antonio, in the
Merchant of Venice, speaks of
one of his vessels as his
'wealthy Andrew'; and it
has been conjectured that in
this case the ship was named
after the celebrated Admiral
Andrea Doria, who died in
1560. But to trace any connection
between this Andrew,
however general the use of the
name may have become, and
the Andrew Millar of modern
sailors' slang, would be difficult.
1598. Shakspeare, Merchant of Venice, i., i., 27.
But I should think of shallows and of flats, And see my wealthy Andrew dock'd in sand.
Among Australian smugglers the term still survives for a revenue cutter.
Angel or Flying Angel, subs, (common).--Explained
by quotation.
1880. James Greenwood, Seaside Insanity in Odd People in Odd Places, p. 45. It is at this point when the one day excursionist, who, as well as his wife, has an olive-branch or two with him, finds his fortitude suddenly collapse. With the youngest but one (his good lady, of course, carries the baby) bestriding his shoulder, he puts his best foot foremost from the beach to the town so as to be in good time at the station. He is hot and fagged, and his temper is not improved by the knowledge that the cherub to whom he is giving a 'flying angel' is smearing his Sunday hat with the seaweed with which its little fists are full.
Angelicas.--See Angelics.
Angelics, subs. (old).--Unmarried
young ladies. Now Angelicas.
1821. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, p. 5. (Dicks' ed., 1889.) Jerry. You think the cut of my clothes rather too rustic--eh? Tom. Exactly; dress is the order of the day. A man must have the look of a gentleman, if he has nothing else. We must assume a style if we have it not. This, what do you call it?--this cover-me-decently, was all very well at Hawthorn Hall, I daresay; but here, among the pinks in Rotten Row, the ladybirds in the Saloon, the angelics at Almack's, the top-of-the-tree heroes, the legs and levanters at Tattersall's, nay, even among the millers at the Fives, it would be taken for nothing less than the index of a complete flat.
