Jack. - Horntip

Long-tailed. 230 Longwind ed.
4. (old).— See quot.
1755. JOHNSON, Did., S.V. LONGTAIL,
a canting term for, one or another.
LONG-TAILED, adj. (old).—Of gentle
birth ; of good standing.
1662. Runzi Songs, i. 195. She
blushing said, that LONG-TAILED men
would tell, Quoth I, I'll be as silent
as the night.
LONG-TAILED BEGGAR, s2tbs. phr.
(common).—A cat.
1834. MARRvAT, Peter Simile, ii.
'You must lam n to chaw baccy, drink
grog, and call the cat a BEGGAR, and
then you knows all a midshipman's expected
to know nowadays.'
1874. HOTTEN, Slang Diet., S.V.
LONG-TAILED BEGGAR. _A boy, during
his first, and a very short voyage, to
sea, had. . . entirely forgotten the name
of the cat, and was obliged, pointing to
puss, to ask his mother what she called
that 'ere LONG-TAILED BEGGAR?' Sailors
when they hear a freshwater tar discoursing
largely are apt to say, But how
mate about that LONG-TAILED BEGGAR ? '
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Baudrons
(Scots') ; gib ; grimalkin; masheen ;
nimshod ; puss ; Thomas ; Tyb.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Un lapin
de go Uttie re (familiar = rabbit of
the tiles) ; un greffier, grIffard
or griffon (griffe = claw) ; un
gaspard (popular).
ITALIAN SYNONYMS. Lear° ;
gulf°.
SPANISH SYNONYMS. Estaffi
on, estaSin, or estaffier.
LONG-TAILED FINNIPS (or LONG-
TAILED 'U NS), subs. phr. (thieves').
—Banknotes for high amounts.
1857. SNOWDEN, Afag. Assist., 3rd
ed., 144, S.V.
LONG-TEA, subs. (schoolboys').—i.
Tea poured from a pot held high ;
and (2) LANT (q.v.).
LONG-TONGUE, subs. (old).—A talebearer
; a chatterbox.
c.1550. INGLELEND, Disobedient Chad
[DoDsLEv, Old Plays (1874), ll. 282].
What banging, what cursing. LONG-
TONGUE, is with thee.
1886. BARHAM, Ingoldsby Legends.
Grandmother's Clock.' Very short legs
and a very LONG TONGUE.
LONG-TONGUED, adj. (old).—Talkative.
1593. SHAKSPEARE, 7'. Andron., IV.
2. 150. 'Tis a deed of policy : Shall she
live to betray this guilt of ours, A LONG-
TONGUED babbling gossip ?
1823. GEosE, Vulg. Tongue [3rd
ed.], S.V. LONG-TONGUED. Loquacious,
not able to keep a secret, He is as LONG-
TONGUED as Granny ; Granny was an idiot
who could lick her own eye.
LONG-TOGS, subs.(nautical).—Shoregoing
clothes in general, and dressclothes
in particular.
1833. MARRykr, Peter Simile, III.
ii. May I be so bold as to ask, Captain
O'Brien, whether I must wear one of
them LONG-TOG, swallow-tailed coats—
because if so I prefer being a quartermaster.
1834. MARRYAT, Yack Faithful,
xxix. I had fitted on what are called
at sea, and on the river, LONG TOGS;
i.e., I was dressed as most people are
on shore.
1883. CLARK RUSSELL, Sailor's
Language, s.v.
LONG-TOT, subs. (common).—A long
set of figures for addition : as in
examinations.
LONGWINDED, adj. (old : now recognised).—Diffuse;
protracted ; loquacious.
See quots. 1690 and
796.
1592. NASHE, Pierce Pen ilesse
[GRosART (1883-4), ii. 77]. It will make
them icily LONG-WINDED.
1635. DAVENANT, News front Plymouth,
ii. 1. I never read of such a
LONG-WINDED monster.