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 was Incognita; this as well as anonyma had reference to the unrecognised position these ladies hold in what is called 'Society,' which tries to shut its eyes to a product of its own vice. The French cocotte best corresponds to the English term. For synonyms generally, see Barrack hack.

1864. G. A. Sala, Quite Alone, ch. i. Is that anonyma driving twin ponies in a low phaeton, a parasol attached to her whip, and a groom with folded arms behind her? Bah! there are so many anonymas nowadays. If it isn't the Nameless One herself, it is Synonyma.

1865. Ouida, Strathmore, ch. vi. 'I'm getting tired of Mondes, one confounds so easily with Demi-monde, and aristocrats that are so near allied to anonyma.'

1881. Doran, In and about Drury Lane, vol. II., p. 159. Those anonymas, who dress with such exquisite propriety lest they should be mistaken for modest women.

1889. Modern Society, July 13, p. 852. 'Christopher's Honeymoon,' by Mr. Malcolm Watson, produced at the Strand, on Wednesday, is not wholly bad, but it is too thin. The honeymooner is surprised at his wedding breakfast by the news that a former wife, whom he thought dead, is still alive. Matters are still further complicated when his mother-in-law mistakes his buxom laundress for a fair anonyma.

Another. You're another, phr. (common).--A retort--in usage hardly courteous or suave. Generally spoken in anger or resentment. The quotations which follow specify clearly the manner of use. It is interesting to note how very old is this common rejoinder--nearly 350 years; it is, moreover, an example which fully illustrates the value of the historical method in dealing with slang words and phrases.

c. 1534. N. Udall, Roister Doister, III., v., p. 58 (Arber). R. Royster. If it were another but thou, it were a tenane. M. Mery. Ye are an other your selfe, sir. [m.]

1750. Fielding, Tom Jones, bk. IX., ch. vi. 'You mistake me, friend,' cries Partridge, 'I did not mean to abuse the cloth; I only said your conclusion was a non-sequitur.' 'You are another,' cries the Serjeant, 'an' you come to that. No more a sequitur than yourself.'

1836. Dickens, Pickwick, ch. xv., p. 123. 'Sir,' said Mr. Tupman, 'you're a fellow.' 'Sir,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'you're another.'

1888. Sir W. Harcourt, Speech at Eighty Club, Feb. 21. You know the little urchins in the street have a conclusive argument. They say 'you're another.'

Another Acrobat, phr. (music-hall).--Another drink--acrobat being a play upon the word 'tumbler,' i.e., a glass.

Another Guess, adj., or Another Guess Sort of Man, phr. (old). A cute man; one who is, in modern lingo, up to snuff (q.v). 'Guess' suggests an erroneous derivation; the word is really a corruption of 'another-gates' [according to Murray the original genitive case 'of another-gate, i.e., of another way, manner, or fashion'].

Another Lie Nailed to the Counter, phr. (American).--A detected slander. The practice of nailing spurious coins to shop counters is, even yet, not an obsolete custom in country districts; and hence, probably, is derived this colloquialism.

1888. Texas Siftings, Oct. 20. 'Who employed you last?' 'A Republican speaker, who had me back up his declaration that Cleveland was in the habit of beating his wife!' 'But that lie was nailed a good while ago.' 'I know it,' chuckled the c.l, 'but it's easy enough to pull out the nail.'