Hair-butcher, subs. (American).—A barber. For synonyms, see Nob-thatcher.
1888. Puck's Library, May, p. 15. 'Oi 'm wullin' thot bloomin' hair-butcher shud have a fit, av he wants.
Hair-court, subs, phr. (venery).—The
female pudendum. For
synonyms, see Monosyllable.
To take a turn in Hair-court
= to copulate.
Hair-divider (or -splitter), subs.
(venery).—The penis. For synonyms,
see Creamstick and
Prick. Also Beard-splitter.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. Hair-splitter, a man's yard.
Hair-pin, subs. (American).—An
individual, male or female: e.g.,
That's the sort of hair-pin
I am = that's my style.
1888. Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 'That's the kind of hairpins we are,' said the enthusiastic swain.
Hairy, adj. (Oxford University).—1.
Difficult.
d. 1861. Arthur Clough, Long Vacation Pastoral. Three weeks hence we return to the shop and the wash-hand-*stand-bason, Three weeks hence unbury Thicksides and hairy Aldrich.
1864. The Press, 12 Nov. Hairy for difficult is a characteristic epithet.
2. (colloquial).—Splendid; famous; conspicuous; uncommon.
1892. Rudyard Kipling, Barrack Room Ballads. 'The Sons of the Widow.' Did you hear of the Widow of Windsor with a hairy gold crown on her head?
3. (venery).—Desirable; full of sex; fuckable (q.v.). [Said only of women: e.g., Hairy Bit = an amorous and taking wench.] See Hair.
To feel hairy, verb. phr. (venery).—To be inclined for coition; to have a must (q.v).
Hairyfordshire, subs. (venery).—The
female pudendum. To
go to Hairyfordshire = to
copulate. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable.
Hairy-oracle (or -ring), subs.
(venery).—The female pudendum
Working the hairy-oracle =
wenching. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable.
Halbert. To get the halbert,
verb. phr. (old military).—To
rise to sergeant's rank.
[The weapon was carried
by sergeants of foot.] To be
brought to the halberts =
to be flogged; to carry the
halbert in one's face = to
show that one rose from the ranks
(of officers in commission).
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Half. It's half past kissing
time and time to kiss again.
phr. (common).—The retort impudent
(to females) when asked
the time. A snatch from a
ballad. [In Swift (Polite Conversation)
= an hour pas
hanging time.]
Half-a-crack (or jiffy, or tick).—Half
a second.
Half-and-half, subs. (colloquial).—Equal
quantities of ale and
porter; Cf., Four-half and
Drinks.
1824. Reynolds, Peter Corcoran, 41. Over my gentle half-and-half.
1835. Dickens, Sketches by Boz, p. 111. We were never tired of wondering how the hackney-coachmen on the opposite stand could . . . drink pots of half-and-half so near the last drop.
