Spanish Synonyms.—Pesado (doubled-up: from peso = weight); aculado (from acular = to corner); arrollar (= to sweep away, as a torrent); aturrullar (= to shut up); cogite! (= 'I've got you.' or, 'there I have you!')
2. (common).—Drunk; in Shakspearean 'put down': as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 'Never in your life, I think, unless you see Canary put me down.' (Twelfth Night, i., 3). For synonyms, see Screwed.
3. (painters').—Hung low at an exhibition; in contradistinction to skyed (q.v.), and ON THE LINE (q.v.).
Floorer, subs. (common).—1.
An AUCTIONEER (q.v.); Or
knock-down blow; cf., Dig,
Bang, and Wipe. Hence, sudden
or unpleasant news; a decisive
argument; an unanswerable
retort; a decisive check. Sp.,
peso.
1819. T. Moore, Tom Crib's Memorial, p. 20. For in these fancy times, 'tis your hits in the muns, And your choppers and floorers that govern the funds.
1839. Swinton, Trial of Wm. Humphreys, p. 297. It is a downright floorer to the Grown.
1856. Bradley ('Cuthbert Bede'), Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. The Putney Pet stared . . . The inquiry for his college was, in the language of his profession, a 'regular floorer.'
1861. H. C. Pennell, Puck on Pegasus, p. 20. What a floorer to my hopes is this performance on the ropes! Miss Marianne suspensa scalis—(Would twere sus. per coll instead).
1868. Cassell's Magazine, 4 Jan., p. 213. 'Ah, she hasn't told you of the strokes I have had, one arter the other—clean floorers, and left like a log of wood in my bed.'
2. (schools').—A question, or a paper, too hard to master.
3. (bowling alley).—A ball that brings down all the pins.
4. (thieves').—A thief who trips his man, and robs in picking him up; a Ramper (q.v.).
1809. G. Andrews, Dict. of the Slang and Cant Languages, s.v.
Flooring, subs. (pugilists').—Knocking
down. Hence, to vanquish
in all senses.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib's Memorial, p. xii. Cross-buttocking . . . being as indispensable an ingredient, as nobbing, flooring, etc.
Floor-walker, subs. (American).—A
shop-walker.
Flop, subs. and verb. (American
university).—1. A BITE (q.v.);
a successful dodge.
1856. Hall, College Words and Customs. Any 'cute' performance by which a man is sold is a good flop, and by a phrase borrowed from the base-ball ground is 'rightly played.' The discomfited individual declares that they 'are all on a side,' and gives up, or 'rolls over,' by giving his opponent 'gowdy.' A man writes cards during examinations to 'feeze the profs'; said cards are 'gumming cards,' and he flops the examination if he gets a good mark by the means. One usually flops his marks by feigning sickness.
2. (common)—A sudden fall or 'flop' down.
3. (common).—A collapse or breakdown.
4. (For flap or flip, old).—A light blow.
1662. Rump Songs, ii., 3. The good the Rump will do, when they prevail, Is to give us a flop with a fox's tail, Which nobody can deny.
