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2. (common).—'In the know'; 'in the hunt.'
1883. Referee, 1 April, p. 1, col. 1. No one, not even the previously most authoritative—and most in the cart—seems at all astonished at the success of Knight of Burghley.
3. (gaming).—The lowest scorer at any point is said to be in the cart; sometimes on the tailboard.
To walk the cart, phr. (racing).—To walk over the course.
To cart off or out, or away, phr. (colloquial).—To remove.
Cart-Grease, subs. (common).—Butter;
in the first instance bad
butter.
English Synonyms. Cow-grease; Thames mud; cow-oil; spread; scrape; smear; ointment; sluter.
French Synonym. Le fondant
German Synonyms. Schmierling (Schmier is properly 'grease,' especially 'wheel-grease,' also 'ointment.' The term is, therefore, practically identical with cart-grease); Schmunk (used by knackers. Schmünkig signifies 'fat' of any kind, but especially that of horses).
Carts, subs. (common).—A pair of
shoes. For synonyms, see
Trotter-cases.
Cart-Wheel, subs. (popular)—1.
A five-shilling piece. A variant
is coach-wheel, and both
forms are often contracted into
wheel. For synonyms, see
Caroon.
1871. London Figaro, 15 Feb. 'Mornings at Mutton's.' The coin of the realm in question was the largest that we have known in the present century—so large, that, in the slang language of thieves and costermongers, it is called a cart-wheel, 'coach-wheel' and 'thick-'un.' It was, in fact, a crown-piece.
2. (popular).—A broad hint.
3. (popular).—A continuous series of somersaults in which the hands and feet alternately touch the ground, the appearance produced being similar to the spokes of a cart wheel in motion. Otherwise called a Catharine wheel.
1851. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II., p. 562. We either do the cat'unwheel (Sic) or else we keep before the gentleman and lady, turning head-over-heels. Ib., p. 564: at night I go along with the others tumbling. I does the cat'enwheel. (Sic.)
1864. Sala, in Daily Telegraph, Dec. 23. I saw a little . . . blackguard boy turning cartwheels in front of the Clifton House.
Carver and Gilder, subs. phr.
(common).—A match maker.
Cf., Fingersmith, a midwife.
Casa.—See Case.
Cascade, subs. (Australian).—1. In
Tasmania beer is called cascade
because manufactured from
'cascade' water. Cf., Artesian.
For synonyms, see Swipes and
Drinks.
2. (theatrical).—Explained by quotation. Another name for the same effect is hang out.
1851. Mayhew, Lon. Lab. and Lon. Poor, III., p. 156. The principal distinction between pantomimes and ballets is that there are more cascades, and trips, and valleys in pantomimes, and none in ballets. A trip is a dance between Harlequin and the Columbine, and cascades and valleys are trundling and
