French synonyms. La baude (thieves'); un coup de pied de jument or de Venus (common = a mare's kick or a kick from Venus); la goutte militaire (military = soldiers' gout); un gros lot (common = a prize); le lazzi-lof (thieves'); le mal de Naples or le mal frances; le naze (thieves').
Italian synonyms. Galicar; galicodo; picado; potro.
German synonyms. Der Kleiner Franzose (= the little French girl); Laufer (= running); Türkische-musik (= Turkish-delight).
Ladies' Finger (or Wish), subs.
phr. (common).—A tapering glass
of spirits, especially gin.
Ladies' Grog, subs. phr. (common).—Grog:
hot, strong, sweet,
and plenty of it.—Dickens.
Ladies' Mile, subs. phr. (general).—Rotten
Row in Hyde Park—the
principal airing ground during
the London season.
1871. Daily News, 10 May. Why should not a handsome young Englishwoman, he may ask himself, as she canters along the Ladies' Mile, be as good to look at as a cow?
1885 J. Coleman, in Longman's Mag., v. 494. The fashionable mob in the Ladies' Mile.
Ladies' Tailoring, subs. phr. (venery).—Copulation.
Cf. Stitch.
For synonyms see Greens and
Ride.
Ladies' Treasure (Delight, or
Plaything), subs. phr. (venery).—The
penis.
Ladle, verb. (theatrical).—To enunciate
pretentiously; to mouth
(q.v.).
Lad of (or on) the Cross, subs. phr.
See Cross.
Lad o' Wax, subs. phr. (old).—1. A
cobbler; a Cock o' wax (q.v.). For
synonyms see Snob.
2. (old).—A boy; a doll of a man; a man of wax = a 'proper' man.
Ladron, subs. (old).—A thief. [From
the Spanish].
1652. Shirley, The Brothers [Nares]. Ped. I am become the talk Of every picaro and ladron.
Lad's leavings (A), subs. phr.
(old).—A girl. For synonyms see
Titter.
1737. Ray, Proverbs (3rd ed.), 58. Lasses are lad's leavings.
Lady, subs. (old).—1. See quot.
1690: cf. Lord.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, a very crooked, deformed, and ill-shapen Woman.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
2. (common).—The reverse or tail (q.v.) of a coin: see Head, subs., sense 2.
3. (common).—A quart or pint pitcher wrong side uppermost.
4. (nautical).—The keeper of the gunner's small stores: lady's hole = the place where such stores are kept.
5. (American).—A woman of any station; usually in combination, as Fore-lady, Sales-lady, Cook-lady.
