Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-01-11

he ne says Over the Left" !" ssIn Horn,r or.
In Pigs Eye" all of which are com,
mon exclamations of disbelief in what is
being narrated. The earliest record of
the former being used is found in tbe rec--
ords OF the County Court in Hartford. In
| IiUo, man by the name of Waters was
fned e5 for contempt of Court, in saving
to the Judge, as he left the court after a
trial In which he was one of the principal
parties, God bless you, 0cer the left ls0uL-
der'' q
The elephant - is one of the peculiar
attractions of New York, which gaping
greenhorns from the rural districts are so
anxious to see when they make their
maiden visit to this CITY, The .animafn
is, however, myth, but the term is used
to convey the idea of disappointment of
high-raised expectations, and arose at the
breaking out of the gold fever, when
those who went to California and returned
disappointed were said ''to have seen
the elephant" 1t is metaphor, probably,
taken from the travelling menagerie,
where the show closes with an exhibition
of the elcphant,
Cock OF the walk " is, in street par
lance, master spirit or leader, and owes
its origin 10 the fact that places where
poultry are fed are called walks in Eng
land, and the barn-door or game cocks in
variably fight for supremacy until one has
obtained the victory.
Policemen have received numerous nick
names, and street-boy is scarcely ever
heard to mention one by the above title
but calls him cop" or a "peeler,"
and shouts to his comrades when he sees
one coming to cheese il, /" stew it," or
clay low" Cop means to catch, and
to beware, and by tine addition of F is
formed
an old London term for a policemen
When Sir Robert Peel introduced the
new police in England they were called
"peelers," which has emigrated to this
country and become engrafted ON our
stock. Cheese it" is a corruption OF
cease il" to leave OFF or to hold ones
nose
A "dead beat " is person completely
worn out or done for, and his effects are
said to be ''up the spout" or Sin hook,
or at his ''uncle's," where they have been
placed to ''raise the wind" or ''whistle
up the breeze" :" Up the spout" origin
ated in a pawnbroker's shop, where the
spout is the elevator by which goods are
removed from the ground floor to the
lofts. The "beat" is often heard to sigh
for ''old times rocks" when he was
''some pumpkins" or "a big thing onice,
and was able to ''step up to the captains
office and settle" like 'tany other man."
and was called "a bully boy with glass
eyen by the ''b'hoys." He ran with the
machine" too, and was always ready to
go the ''whole hog or none, when every
thing was lovely and the goose hangs
high" But he went ''to fight NIT Sigel,"
and having "seen the elephant" he re-
turned without any stamps" for he lost
all his 'spondulicks" in fighting the I'll
GER" which finally ''settled his hash"
AI,,,oat tho ,1onr1ar Eno1icb r1hracaS-
find their way to this country, and are
received with open mouths by that class
of people included under the head of vul-
gar The reverse, however, is not equal
" true, for the English do not adopt
many of our popular phrases. A few
have been carried there in various ways,
and are current coin, but the great ma
jor;ty lose their point when they leave our
shores.
Tommy Dodd' has been for long
time one of the pet phrases of London
sporting men, and a stock term in ire
uuent use at the London music halls. 1t
accompanied the British blondes to New
York, and was introduced by them in the
song of the same name, which begins
with the words. Heads or tails, I'm
bound to win" The term is used in toss
ing up," when the odd man goes out, but
its origin is unknown.
A Londoner when he wishes TO threaten
a person, says ''Ill warm you;" New
Yorker exclaims ''Fll put head on you.
The former sprung into existence ana
popularity few years ago, when every
body was expecting the appearance of the
great comet 1t spread like wildfire, and
in a few days after its birth it was uni
versally prevalent in the streets of Lon
DON 1t still retains the popularity which
it obtained
sFWould it surprise You to leara" is at
the present time the most popular phrase
in England. Ministers use it in their ser
mons; lawyers utter it at the bar; physl-
clans announce it to their patients; and a
song has already appeared in which the
line is brought in. would IL surprise
YOU to learn that a chop can be had for "a
shilling?" is placarded outside of the chop
houses in London "Would it surprise
you to learn that wet carpets can be had at
a bargain?" stares you in the face
on every corner, and a member OF the
boot-black brigade salutes you with the
query, "Would it surprise you to learn
that black boots for tuppence: The
expression arose in the celebrated Itch
| borne case, where it was continually used
by Sir ROUNDED Palmer, and repeated so
often that it became standing joke.
Returning to New York, we find that a
slang term is creeping into use, which, al
though worn out in London, is new TO the
majority of New Workers. 1t is "snyed'
or s'snied," term of contempt, meaning
worthless, mean, or, TO use popular ex-
preston, 'good for nix" The word is
corruption of the German schneider, which
means tailor.
An appropriate term to mention in clos
ing is "solong,s which is frequently heard
nowadays, and is synonymous with
! goodbye" or s'adieu." 1t has been in
use for a long time in Scotland, and is one
| of the stock phrases of that country,
where it probably originated.-Ner York
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