1879. Auto. of Thief [Macm. Mag., xl. 506]. 'I got run in, and was tried at Marylebone.'
1880. Sims, Ballads of Babylon (Forgotten). I made a success, and was lucky, the play ran half a year.
1883. Referee, 29 April, 7, 2. American evangelists and speculators who run salvation on much the same lines as Barnum runs his menagerie.
1883. D. Telegraph, 28 August, 5, 1. It does not always follow that the silly backers get a run for their money. The horse . . . may be scratched a few hours before the race. Ibid. (1883), 4 Oct., 3, 2. What I should like is a nice pair of spectacles, and, as far as my money would run to it, everything else accordin', sir. Ibid. (1885), 1 July. Marchant being foolishly run out. Ibid. (1886), 8 Feb. Coming down to the ground with a run.
1885. Money Market Review, 29 Aug. We were unable to run the mill.
1885. Echo, 8 Sep. The run upon the Bank of Ireland and the Provincial Bank was very severe.
1886. Palmer, New and Old, 62. If I had had time to follow his fortunes, it was not possible to keep the run of him.
1887. Francis, Saddle and Moccasin. I ran a bluff on 'em. They said they wasn't driving 'em anyhow, but they got started in the trail ahead of 'em, and it wasn't their business to turn 'em.
1888. Bryce, American Commonwealth, I. 84. It is often said of the President that he is ruled—or, as the Americans express it, run—by his Secretary.
1888. Sp. Life, 10 Dec. His opponent eventually ran out a winner by 319 points.
1889. Marriott-Watson, Australian Wilds, 135. Drummond, a young squatter in Otago, had succeeded to the management of the run on the death of his father.
1889. Globe, 11 Feb. Of late they have had a long run of luck.
1890. Pall Mall Gaz., 3 Mar., 5, 2. Mr. Depew asserts that he is running a railroad and not a Presidential boom.
1892. Nisbet, Bushranger's Sweetheart, 22. Sailors, as a rule, are not friends of bailiffs or Custom House officers, and thus appreciate running the cutter.
1893. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads, 14. Bald buffers seem fair in the run. Ibid., 8. Cremorne's regular out of the run.
1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, xiv. Alright, give me due beonck quatro soldi per run and I'll bring you the duckets.
1895. Iota, Comedy in Spasms, iv. It will give a fellow quite an added cachet . . . to run so fine a woman as that, and pay off some old scores into the bargain.
1899. Whiteing, John St., i. A coral island . . . run on principles of almost primitive Christianity.
1900. White, West End, 40. I always had an idea that the Guv'nor had some money, but I didn't imagine it would run to this. Ibid., 157. 'Cricket tour,' said he, indignantly. 'I must get fit first. I feel quite run down.'
Runabout, subs. (old).—A gad-*about;
a vagabond.
1607. Marston, What You Will, iii. 1. A runne-about, a skipping French-*man.
Runaway Preston-pans (The
Great), subs. phr. (military).—The
13th Hussars. [A panic
seized some of the men in the
fight with the Jacobite rebels].
Also "The Green Dragoons";
"The Ragged Brigade"; "The
Evergreens," and "The Geraniums."
Run-down, subs. phr. (conjurors').—The
bridge between stage and
auditorum: Fr. practicable and
pont.
Run-goods, subs. phr. (venery).—'A
maidenhead, being a commodity
never entered.'—Grose.
Runner, subs. (printers').—1. See
quot.
1892. Jacobi, Some Notes on Books and Printing, 47. Runners, s.v. Figures or letters placed down the length of a page to indicate the particular number or position of any given line.
