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 Old Braggs, subs. phr. (military).—The 28th Foot, now the 1st Batt. Gloucestershire Regiment: from its Colonel's name, 1734-51. Also "The Slashers."

Old Bucks, subs. phr. (military).—The Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly The 16th Foot. Also "The Peacemakers" and "The Feather-beds."

Old Buffs, subs. phr. (military).—The Third Foot, now The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Also Nut-crackers and Resurrectionists.

Old-crow, subs. phr. (American).—A drink; a dram. [In the United States old crow = a choice brand of Bourbon or corn whiskey].

c. 1862 Broadside Ballad [quoted in Slangy Jargon and Cant]. Life seems a bit to soften when I try a good old crow.

Old-ding, subs. phr. (venery).—The female pudendum: see Monosyllable.—Lex. Bal. (1811); Grose (1823).

Old-dog, subs. phr. (common).—1. A half-burnt plug of tobacco left in the bowl of a pipe.

2. (colloquial).—A lingering antique.

1846. Dickens, Dombey, x. 79. An old campaigner, sir, said the Major, a smoke-dried, sun-burnt, used-up, invalided old dog of a Major, sir.

Adj. phr. (old).—Particularly good.

1596. Nashe, Have with you, Epis. Ded. par. 5. O, he hath been olde dogge at that drunken, staggering kinde of verse.

1664. Butler, Hudibras; II. iii. 5, 208. He (Sidrophel) was old dog at physiology.

1696. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Old-dog-at-it, good or expert. Ibid. Old-dog-at-common-prayer, a poor Hackney that cou'd Read, but not Preach well.

1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.

Old Donah (or Old Woman), subs. phr. (tramps').—A mother.

1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo> xvi. Well my old pot switched with the cook, my old donah, and I was born a twelvemonth afterwards.

Old Doss, subs. phr. (thieves').—See quots. and Cage.

1823. Grose, Vulg. Tongue [Egan]. s.v. Old doss, Bridewell.

1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Old doss, The Tombs [the New York City gaol].

Old Dozen, subs. phr. (military).—The Suffolk Regiment, formerly the 12th Foot.

Old Driver, subs. phr. (common).—The devil: see Skipper.

Old Ebony, subs, (literary).—Blackwood's Magazine. Also Maga.

Old Eyes, subs. phr. (military).—The Grenadier Guards; also known as "The Sand Bags," "The Coalheavers," "The House-maids' Pets," and "The Bermuda Exiles."

Old File, subs. phr. (common).—A miser; a skinflint (q.v.). Also see Old, adj. sense 5.

Old Five and Threepennies, subs. phr. (military).—The Fifty-third Foot. [From its number and (formerly) the daily pay of an ensign]. Also Brickdusts.

Old Floorer, subs. phr. (common).—Death.