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And He Didn't, phr. (tailors').--A phrase of the all my eye (q.v.) stamp, i.e., 'You tell me you have not; but for all that I think you have'--the action referred to being generally of a discreditable character.

And No Mogue? phr. (tailors').--Used in a variety of ways to signify doubt and uncertainty. It is equivalent to the street gamin's 'no kid?' when used interrogatively, i.e., 'there's no mistake, is there?' 'Now, joking apart?' Also used as a 'set down' to narrators claiming descent from Baron Munchausen[**Münchhausen], in which case it is equivalent to the 'You don't say so!' of politer circles; in both cases the spokesman conveys the idea that one's credulity has been somewhat taxed.

And No Whistle, phr. (tailors').--A kind of tu quoque; usually applied to a man by a listener desiring to convey to the speaker the idea that no matter what others may think to the contrary, he [the listener] believes that what has been said refers to the person speaking.

Andrew Millar, subs, (nautical).--A curious cant name for a ship of war; sometimes simply Andrew. Its origin is quite unknown; but it has been pointed out that Antonio, in the Merchant of Venice, speaks of one of his vessels as his 'wealthy Andrew'; and it has been conjectured that in this case the ship was named after the celebrated Admiral Andrea Doria, who died in 1560. But to trace any connection between this Andrew, however general the use of the name may have become, and the Andrew Millar of modern sailors' slang, would be difficult.

1598. Shakspeare, Merchant of Venice, i., i., 27.

But I should think of shallows and of flats, And see my wealthy Andrew dock'd in sand.

Among Australian smugglers the term still survives for a revenue cutter.

Angel or Flying Angel, subs, (common).--Explained by quotation.

1880. James Greenwood, Seaside Insanity in Odd People in Odd Places, p. 45. It is at this point when the one day excursionist, who, as well as his wife, has an olive-branch or two with him, finds his fortitude suddenly collapse. With the youngest but one (his good lady, of course, carries the baby) bestriding his shoulder, he puts his best foot foremost from the beach to the town so as to be in good time at the station. He is hot and fagged, and his temper is not improved by the knowledge that the cherub to whom he is giving a 'flying angel' is smearing his Sunday hat with the seaweed with which its little fists are full.

Angelicas.--See Angelics.

Angelics, subs. (old).--Unmarried young ladies. Now Angelicas.

1821. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, p. 5. (Dicks' ed., 1889.) Jerry. You think the cut of my clothes rather too rustic--eh? Tom. Exactly; dress is the order of the day. A man must have the look of a gentleman, if he has nothing else. We must assume a style if we have it not. This, what do you call it?--this cover-me-decently, was all very well at Hawthorn Hall, I daresay; but here, among the pinks in Rotten Row, the ladybirds in the Saloon, the angelics at Almack's, the top-of-the-tree heroes, the legs and levanters at Tattersall's, nay, even among the millers at the Fives, it would be taken for nothing less than the index of a complete flat.