Respun, verb. (tinkers').—To steal: see Prig.
Rest. And the rest? phr.
(common).—A retort to anything
incomplete, or in which something
is being kept back.
Rest-and-be-thankful (The),
subs. phr. (venery).—See Monosyllable.
Resty, adj. and adv. (old).—'Head-strong,
Wayward, Unruly,
Masterless.'—B. E. (c. 1696).
Resurrection, subs. phr.—A dish
made of remains: also resurrection-pie.
1884. Cornhill Mag., April, 438. He gave us resurrection-pie; He called it beef-steak—O my eye!
Resurrectionist (or Resurrection-man,
-cove, -woman),
subs. phr. (old: now rare).—1.
A body-snatcher. Whence resurrection-rig
= body-snatching.—Parker,
Grose, and
Vaux.
1814. Scott, Guy Mannering . . . Resurrection women, who had promised to procure a child's body for some young snrgeons.
1821. Egan, Life in London, 11. i. The slavey and her master—the surgeon and the resurrection-man—. . . they are "all there."
1859. Dickens, Tale of Two Cities, 11. xiv. "Father," said Young Jerry, "what's a Resurrection Man?" . . . "Oh, father, I should so like to be a Resurrection Man when I'm quite growed up."
1862. Mayhew, Lon. Lab., iv. 26. Those who steal dead bodies—as the Resurrectionists.
1865. Macdonald, Alec Forbes, lxvii. The resurrectionists were at their foul work, and the graveyard, the place of repose, was itself no longer a sanctuary!
1896. J. B. Bailey, Diary of a Resurrectionist, vii. The information concerning the Resurrection Men is very scattered. Idem, p. 137. He continued in the Resurrectionist business up to the time of the passing of the Anatomy Act. Et passim.
Resurrectionists (The), subs.
(military).—The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). [From a rally at
Albuera after dispersal at the
hands of the Polish Lancers.]
Also "The Buff Howards";
"The Nutcrackers"; and "The
Old Buffs."
Res-wort, subs. phr. (back slang).—Trousers:
see Kicks.
Retoure. See Toure.
Returned-empty, subs. phr.
(clerical).—A colonial missionary
preferred to a place at home.
1899. Daily Telegraph, 27 Jan., 4, 5. There are two classes of returned empties, those who are called home to receive dignities and those who are not. Taken in the lump, a returned missionary does not turn out a good parish priest, but he generally turns out an admirable dignitary.
Ret-sio, subs. phr. (back slang).—An
oyster: ret-sios = oysters.
Revelation, subs. (American).—A
drink; a go (q.v.).
18[?]. S. Courier, Hard and Fast. Will you have a revelation, Mr. Jones, an outpouring of the spirit—Monongahela or brandy—I've got 'em both?
1863. Artemus Ward, Brigham Young. Smith used to have his little revelation almost every day—sometimes two before dinner. Brigham Young only takes one once in a while.
Revel-dash (or -rout), subs.
phr. (old).—(1) A rough, noisy,
and indecent gathering or carouse.
Revel-rout also = a company
of spreesters (q.v.).
