What is the meaning of BY CRIKEY. Phrases containing BY CRIKEY
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By a long chalk is slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
By a long sight is American slang for by a long way, by a good deal.
By the way, in passing.
An exclamation of surprise used by Ruurians.
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
By pass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
Fly by night is British slang for an untrustworthy person.Fly by night is London Cockney rhyming slang for drunk (tight).
Lay by is Australian slang for to reserve an item in a shop by putting a deposit on it.
By right, by strict justice, entitled. "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States."
A slang term used meaning boy, buddy...ie: "How's she goin' by'...this is used by people in Nova Scotia (esp. Cape Breton), Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
By is slang for in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned.
By a street is slang for by a long way.
By a long shot is American slang for by a good distance, by a considerable amount.
Slow complicated operation whereby one train passes another on a single-track railroad when the other is on a siding too short to hold the entire train. Saw by is applied to any move through switches or through connecting switches that is necessitated by one train passing another
By a jugful is American slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
Four by two is London Cockney rhyming slang for Jew.
By the cringe is a British slang exclamation.
By chalks is Australian slang for by a long way.
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n.
Private end or view; by-interest.
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A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
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Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
n.
A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
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A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
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Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
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Past; gone by.
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On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
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With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
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One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
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A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
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Against.
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Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
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Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
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Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
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In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
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An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
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One who goes by; a passer.
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Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.
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