1895. H. B. Marriott-Watson, in New Review, 7 July. There's a moon out, The better for us to pick 'em off, Dan, I returned, laughing at him. What—Oliver? damn Oliver! said Zacchary. Let's push forward and come to quarters.
To give a Rowland for an Oliver. See Rowland.
Oliver's skull, subs. phr. (old).—A
chamber-pot: see It.—B. E.
(c. 1696); Grose (1785); Matsell
(1859).
Ollapod, subs. (old).—An apothecary.
[From George Coleman's
comedy (1802) The Poor Gentleman.]
Sp. olla podrida = putrid
pot.
Olli compolli, subs. phr. (Old
Cant).—'The by-name of one of
the principal Rogues of the
Canting Crew.'—B. E. (c.1696);
Grose (1785); Matsell (1859).
Omee, subs. (thieves' and theatrical).
A man: specifically, a master.
[Fr. It. uomo]. Fr. le pilier du
creux. Also omer and homee.
1864. Hotten, Slang Dict., s.v. Omee . . . the omee of the Carsey's a nark on the pitch, the master of the house will not let us perform.
1883. Echo, 25 Jan., 2, 3. From the Italian we got the thieves' slang terms casa for house . . . and omee for man (nomo).
1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, xiii. When I got back the cullies said, Well, cully, how did you get on with the omer? Bono, about sa rounds of fine blocks.
Omnibus, subs. (venery).—1. The
female pudendum: see Monosyllable.
2. (venery).—A prostitute: see Barrack-hack and Tart.
3. (common).—A man of all-work; a handy man.
1894. Pall Mall Gaz., 7 Dec., 8, 2. One of the omnibuses employed at the café says that he saw a man in one of the upstairs lavatories after the café had been closed.
Omnium, subs. (Stock Exchange).—The
aggregate value of the different
stocks in which a loan is
funded.
Omnium gatherum, subs. phr.
(old: now recognised).—A medley;
a Jack-of-all-trades. [Lat.
Omnium, genit. plural of omnis
= all, and Eng. gather.] Grose
(1785).
1576. Dee [Arber, English Gamer (1879), ii. 63]. A fortnight in providing a little company of omni gatharums taken up on a sudden to sewe at sea.
1592. G. Harvey, Foure Letters [Grosart, Wks. i. 190]. A Player, a Coosener, a Rayler, a beggar, an Omnigatherum, a Gay nothing.
1596. Nashe, Saffron Walden, in Works, iii. 46. Shew vs some of them, that like a great Inquest, we may deliuer our verdit before it come to the Omnigatherum of Towne and Countrey.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Markall, p. 24 (H. Club's Repr. 1874). They haue a language among themselues, composed of omnium gatherum.
1689. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 62 (Arber's ed.). So in our Court in Queen Elizabeth's time Gravity and State were kept up. In King James's time things were pretty well. But in King Charles's time, there has been nothing but French-more and the Cushion Dance, omnium gatherum, tolly, polly, hoite come toite.
18[?]. D. of Buckingham, Court of William IV. and Victoria, ii. ch. v. Our meeting . . . was merely an omnium-gatherum of all the party.
1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, lxiii. She . . . gave me to understand that this party was only an omnium gatherum, not one of the select parties.
On, adv. (back-slang).—1. No.
1874. Hotten, Slang Dict., Back Slang, 355. On doog, no good.
