1773. Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, iv. I was in for a list of blunders.
2. (colloquial).—To be with child.
In for the plate, phr. (old).—Venereally infected.
For all there's in it, phr. (common).—To the utmost capacity (of persons and things). To play one's hand for all there's in it = to use fair means or foul to attain an object.
1888. Roosevelt, Ranch Life. Cowboys must ride for all there is in them, and spare neither their own nor their horses' necks.
To get it in for one, verb. phr. (common).—To remember to one's disadvantage.
1864. Derby Day, p. 121. 'Brentford!:' cried the tout. 'That was a bad job for you, guv'nor, I've got it in for you. I don't forget if I do look a fool.'
[For combinations see Altitudes; Arms of Morpheus; Bad Way; Blues; Bottom of the Bag; Buff; Bunch; Cart; Click; Clover; Crack; Crook; Cups; Dead Ernest; Difficulty; Hole; Jiffy; Jug; Kish; Know; Lavender; Limbo; Liquor; Lurch; Patter; Pound; Print; Queer Street; Rags; Running; Shape; Shell; Skiffle; Slash; State of Nature; Straw; String; Suds; Sun; Swim; Tin-pot way; Town; Twinkling; Water; Wind; Wrong Box, etc.]
In-and-in. To play at in-and-in,
verb. phr. (old).—To copulate.
For synonyms see Greens and
Ride. Also In-and-out (q.v.).
1635. Glapthorne, The Hollander, in Wks. (1874), i. 127. They are sure fair gamesters . . . especially at in-and-in.
1653. Brome, Five New Plays, 239. The Physitian thought to have cured his patient (who has bin a notable gamester at In-and-in) between my Lady's legs.
1675. Cotton, Scoffer Scofft, in Works (1725), p. 192. What with some Goddess he'd have bin. Playing, belike, at In-and-in. . . . For so thy words seem to import.
1719. Durfey, (quoted) Pills etc., iv. 78. Their wives may play at in-and-in, Cuckolds all-a-row.
In-and-out, subs. (colloquial).—The
detail or intricacies of a matter;
generally in pl., e.g., To know all
the ins-and-outs of a matter.
Adv. (racing).—1. Unequal; variable: applied to the performances of a horse which runs well one day, and on another not.
1885. Referee, 26 April, p. 1, col. 2. Now and again in-and-out running on the part of a horse subjects his owner to considerable annoyance.
1888. Sportsman, 28 Nov. It is best if possible to overlook in-and-out running, or variation of form.
To play at in-and-out, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate. For synonyms see Greens and Ride.
1620. Percy, Folio M.S., p. 93. 'Walking in a Meadow Green'. Then stifly thrust . . . and play about at in-and-out.
Inch, verb. (old).—To encroach; to
move slowly.
1690. B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, s. v. Inching in, Encroaching upon.
1694-6. Dryden, Ænid, ix. With slow paces measures back the field, And inches to the wall.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s. v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s. v.
1868. Browning, Ring & Book, i. 118. Like so much cold steel inched through the breast blade.
Incog, adv. (colloquial).—1. Unknown;
in disguise. Also as subs.
[An abbreviation of incognito].
1690. B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, s. v. Incog, for Incognito, a Man of Character or Quality concealed or in disguise.
