Jack. - Horntip

Kick. 96 Kick.
1690. B. E., Dia. Cant, Crew,
S.V. KICK, a High KICK, the top of the
Fashion ; also singularity therein.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue,
KICK. It is all THE KICK, it is the present
mode.
d.1814. DIBDIN [quoted in Century].
'Tis THE KICK, I say, old 'un, so I brought
it down.
1833. NEAL, Down Easters, v. p.
64. What do ye pay for sech a pair o'
boots as them in Eurup ? Newest fashion
out here-all THE KICK, I spose, hey ?
d.1836. GEO. COLMAN the Younger
[quoted by BREWER]. I cocked my hat,
and twirled my stick, And the girls they
called me quite THE KICK.
2. (old).-A sixpence : of compound
sums only, e.g. three and
a KICK' = 35. 6d. For synonyms
see BENDER.
1725. New Cant. Diet., s.v.
1785. GRosE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1823. -AloNcRIEFF, Tom (5_- Yerry,
iii, 3. What's to pay landlord ? ' . . . .
Fourteen bob and a KICK your honor.'
1834. H. AINSWORTH, ROOk7V00d,
Xiii. Two coach-wheels [crowns], half
a bull [half a crown] ,three hogs [shillings],
and a KICK.'
1860. Punch, xxxix, p. 97. Moshesh
is a brick ; This cost but ten and a KICK.
1864. Soiled Dove, p. 263. Six bob
and a KICK, if so be as the holes are
mended.'
1871. Echo, 15 May. What do you
mean by telling me that you will take it
away for a KICK ? " Wot do I mean ?
why wot I say ; I'll do the job for
sixpence, and me and my mate sweep
up any mess we makes as well.'
1871. Ficaro, March. Let persons
addicted to the use of slang, in whose
dialect two-and-a-KICK means half-acrown,
remark, if they please, that they
would twelve times rather have a KICK
than a half-penny.
3. (common).-A moment; a
JIFFY (q.v.)
4. (thieves'). -See quot. 1859.
For synonyms see POGE.
1859. MATsELL, Vocabulum, S.V.
KICK. The Moll stubbled her skin in her
KICK, the woman held her purse in her
pocket.
1869. GREENWOOD, Nigh/ in a
Workhouse. I rifled his RICK of his
shiners so fine.
5. (American).-A grudge.
1887. FRANCIS, Saddle and Mocassin,
p. 308. I haven't got any KICK
against Don Juan.
6. (trade).-The hollow in the
butt oi a bottle.
1851-61. MAYHEW, Land. Lab. etc.,
H. 511. Some bottles has great KICKS
at their bottoms.
1864. Scotsman, 29 June, . . . .
fraudulently manufactured bottles, which
by reason of an oblong cavity in the
bottom (called in -London a KICK) contain
from Jo to 20 per cent less than
the due quantity.
1864. Left Her Home, p. 65. The
bottle fell on the KICK, and being made
of strong glass. . . . did not break.
7. in 11. (old).-Breeches; trousers.
Also KICKSTERS and KICK-
SIES : Cf. HAMS.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Arse-rug;
bum-bags; bell-bottoms; burn-curtain;
bags ; calf-clingers; CANVAS-
SEENS, (q.v.) ; continuations ;
don't-name-'ems ; ducks; gamcases
; hams ; inexpressibles; ineffables;
inimitables; kicks; kickseys;
moles ; mustn't- mention - 'ems ;
PEG-TOPS (q .v .); pants ; rice-bags ;
sit-upons ; SKILTS (q.v.); SLACKS
(q .v .); strides ; trolly-wags; trucks;
TRU NKs(q.7 ,.); unhintables; unmentionables;
unutterables ; unwhisperables
; WHISTLING BREECHES
(q. V.).
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Unbenard
(popular); la braillande or bradlar
de (thieves') ; les calinettes
(common); la cotte (= blue canvass
working trousers) ; la culbute
or le culbutant (thieves'); un four-