Jack. - Horntip

Marlin's-hammer. 287 Mash.
1874. MORTIMER COLLINS, Frances,
ix. 'This is my cousin, Dick Wyldote.
You ought to know him. He's got an
infallible MARTINGALE—breaks the bank
everywhere.'
1887. Science, x. 44. The fallacy
of those who devise sure methods of defeating
the bank (MARTINGALES as they
are termed), etc.
M ARTI N'S- HA M M ER.MARTIN'S-HAM-
MER KNOCKING AT THE WICKET,
subs. phr. (old).—Twins.
MARVEL, verb. (American).—To
walk; TO BE OFF: e.g. 'He MAR-
VELLED for home '. Also MARBLE
(q.v.).
MARY! intj. (printers').—No score
or love in JEFF-ING (q.v.) with
quads.
To TIE WITH ST.MARY'S KNOT,
verb. phr. (Scots').—To hamstring.
1784. Poetical Museum, 'Dick o'
the Cow,' p. 27. Then Dickie into the
stable is gane,—Where there stood thirty
horses and three ; He has TIED THEM A'
We ST. MARY'S KNOT, A' these horses
but barely three.
M AR Y- A N N, subs.(obsolete).—r. The
dea ex machind evolved from
trades-unionism at Sheffield, to the
utter destruction of recalcitrant
grinders. Cf. MOLLY MAGUIRES.
2. (dressmakers').—A dress
stand.
3. (common). — A sodomite.
For synonyms see USHER. Sp.
nzanflorito.
1895. Reynolds's New., 2 June,
p. I , col. 4. I remember when residing
in Oxford having pointed out to me in
Llie High' more than one professional
catamite ; just as waiting for a 'bus at
Piccadilly-circus a few years later I
heard prostitutes jocosely apostrophizing
the MARY-ANNS who plied their beastly
trade upon the pavement beside the
women.
MARYGOLD. See MARIGOLD.
M AR Y-JAN E, subs. phr. (venery).—
The female pudendum. For sy-
nonyms see MONOSYLLABLE.
MARYLAND-END, subs.(American).—
The hock of a ham : cf. VIRGI-
NIA-END. —BARTLETT.
MARYLEBONE STAGE. See MARROW-
BONE-STAGE.
MARY-WALKERS, subs. phr. (Amer-
ican).—Trousers. For synonyms
see KICKS. [After Dr. Mary Wal-
ker,who adoptedTurkish trousers].
MASCOT, subs. (common).—A luckpiece,
or talisman ; somebody,
or something, which ensures good
fortune to the owner. Fr. la
mascotte. [If the luck-piece be
alive, the master-quality disappears
with the loss of his (or her) virginity].
1886. Pofiular Science Monthly,
XXX. 121. It is even fashionable to talk
about MASCOTS—a MASCOT being an
object, animate or inanimate, that
contributes to the good fortune of its
possessor.
1888. LiAbincoll, Jan., p. 137.
What is the origin of the term MASCOT?
MASH, subs. (common).—r. A sweetheart.
Also MASHER.
1883. Illustrated London News,
9 June, p. 563, col. 3. He appears to
be the MASH (if it is permissible to quote
the cant phrase of the day) at one and
the same time of Queen Anne, the
Duchess of Marlborough, and his own
legitimate sweetheart.
1889, The Mirror, 26 Aug., p. 6,
col 2. For whom, dear Mabel, do you
dye your wig-hair, And paint and
powder ?—Who is this new MASH?
2. (Common).—ON THE MASH,
see MASHER.