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Daffy-Down-Dilly, subs. (old).—A dandy; one 'got up regardless.' For synonyms, see Dandy.
1841. Leman Rede, Sixteen-String Jack, Act i., Sc. 2. Bob: I'm here, my daffy-down-dilly!
Dagen, subs. (old).—An 'artful
member.' [From dagen, a sword
or dagger.] For synonyms, see
Downy cove. Dagger = the
penis.
Dagger-Cheap, adj. phr. (old).—'Dirt'
cheap. [From an ordinary
of low repute in Holborn, notorious
for the coarseness of its entertainment.—See
Jonson's Alchemist,
v., 2, and Devil is an Ass, i., 1.]
1631. Bishop Andrewes, Sermons (posthumous). We set our wares at a very easy price; he (the devil) may buy us even dagger-cheap, as we say.
Dags, subs. (common).—A feat; a
performance or work, e.g., I'll do
your dags = an incitement to
emulation. [From dag, the old
Saxon form of 'day.' Darg for a
day's work is common in Scotland.
A love-darg is a day's free help
given to a farmer by his neighbours.]
1879. Notes and Queries, 5 S., xii., 15 Aug., p. 128. 'I'll do you (or your) dags.' An expression used by children of young, and sometimes of older, growth, meaning, 'I'll do something that you cannot do.'
1886. Fun. He was very fond of what, in schoolboy days, we used to call doing dags.
Daily Levy, subs. (journalistic).—The
Daily Telegraph. [This
London daily was established
by Mr. Edward Levy Lawson.]
Dairy, subs. (common).—The paps.
To air the dairy = to expose
the breast.
English Synonyms. Bubs or bubbies; charlies; blubber; butter-boxes; butter-bags; berkeleys; cat-heads; diddies; globes; dugs; milk-walk; milk-shop; milky way; dumplings; udder (Browning); 'Nature's founts'; feeding bottles; 'charms'; hemispheres; apple-dumpling shop; meat market; poonts; titties; cabman's rests (rhyming); baby's bottom.
French Synonyms. Les avantages (familiar); l'avant-cœur (popular = the fore-heart; as l'avant-bras = the fore-arm); l'avant-main; les avant-scènes (properly that goes before; the front of a stage); les avant-postes (literally, the outposts); l'oranger (popular = the orange-tree. Cf., des oranges sur l'étagère); les nénais or nénets (popular); deux œufs sur le plat (common); le monzu or mouzu (Old Cant); des blagues à tabac (popular = tobacco-pouches); des bessons (common = twins); une étagère or un étal (properly a butcher's stall; étalage = goods exposed for sale; Cf., étaler sa marchandise = to wear a low-necked dress); la doublure de la pièce (popular); devant de gilet (popular: un gilet à la mode = well-developed paps); une livraison de bois devant sa porte (popular); le ragoût de la poitrine (ragoût = pleasure, poitrine = breast); la mappe-monde (popular: literally a map of the two hemispheres); les nichons (familiar); il y a du monde au balcon (said of one with large paps); les bossoirs (sailors'; gabarit sans bossoirs = thin or withered paps); les calebasses (= gourds); les éclaireurs (popular: scouts); des gibasses (popular: skinny paps); des œufs sur la place darmes (popular).
