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wages, therefore deemed by the flints (q.v.) a coward.'
Dung-Fork (also Dung-Cart),
subs. (colloquial).—A country
bumpkin. For synonyms, see
Joskin.
Dun-in-the-Mire, subs. phr. (obsolete).—An
antiquated game.
1595. Shakspeare, Romeo and Juliet, i., 4. Mercutio. If thou art dun we'll draw thee from the mire Of this (save reverence) love, wherein thou stick'st Up to the ears.
Dunnage, subs. (nautical).—Baggage;
clothes. Cf., Duds. [Properly
wood or loose fagots laid
across the hold of a vessel, or
stuffed between packages to keep
cargo from damage by water or
shifting.]
1849. J. F. Cooper, The Sea Lions, ch. v. Not only was the chest more than half empty, but the articles it did contain were of the coarsest materials. . . . 'There is little here to pay a man for crossing from the Vineyard,' observed Roswell Gardiner . . . 'What is to be done with all this dunnage, deacon?'
1851-61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lon. Poor, vol, i., p. 262. If they can meet with . . . the young ladies, they 'put it on them for dunnage' (beg a stock of general clothing.)
Dunnakin or Dunnyken, subs.
(old).—A privy; in U.S.A., a
chamber-pot. For synonyms, see
Bury and Mrs. Jones.—[Grose—1785.]
Dunop, subs.(back-slang).—A
pound.
Dup, verb (old).—To open.
1567. Harman, Caveat (1814), p. 66. To dup ye gyger, to open the dore.
1596. Shakspeare, Hamlet, iv. And dupped the chamber door.
1609. Dekker, Lanthorne and Candlelight. If we . . . dup but the gigger of a country-cove's ken, from thence at the chats we trine in the Lightmans.
1665. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. I., ch. v., p. 49 (1874), s.v.
1691. Academia, quoted in Notes and Queries, 6 S., xii., 416. Beside, it cost me twopence more, To one that sits to dup a dore.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict. Dup = enter (the house).
Durham-Man, subs. (old).—A
knock-kneed man.
Duria, subs. (old).—Fire.
1857. Ducange Anglicus. The Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
Durrynacker, subs. (thieves').—A
female hawker of lace; generally
practised as an introduction to fortune-telling.
Also durrynacking.
[Described in H. Mayhew's
London Labor and London
Poor, vol. i., p. 472, 1851.]
Dust, subs. (common).—Money.
[Said to be from 'gold-dust,' but
this is a mere guess.]
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., vi., 299. My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the daies of your life. . . . The abbot down with his dust; and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.
1671. Eachard, Observations. If they did intend to trade with Christ they must down with the dust instantly, for to his knowledge the Papists did offer a vast sum of money for England's Christ.
1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary (5 ed.). Dust . . . also a cant name for money, as down with your dust, put, pay, or lay down your money, etc.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, bk. III., ch. xiii. You have thrown away a second chance. Play or pay, all the world over. . . . Down with the dust.
1840. Comic Almanack. 'The Dust about the Gold Dust,' p. 217. She cried, 'Come, down, now, with your dust!'
1890. Welfare, March, p. 5, col. 1. 'Strange Sermons.' It is related of Dean Swift that, preaching of charity, he comprised his sermon within a single short sentence. His text was from Proverbs xix., 17: 'He that hath pity upon the poor
