What is the meaning of FOUR BY-FOUR. Phrases containing FOUR BY-FOUR
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By a long sight is American slang for by a long way, by a good deal.
By pass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
By a long chalk is slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
four sugars and four creams
Lay by is Australian slang for to reserve an item in a shop by putting a deposit on it.
Four by two is London Cockney rhyming slang for Jew.
Jew. He's not from around here - he's a four.
By is slang for in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned.
By a jugful is American slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
Noun. A Jewish person. Cockney rhyming slang on Jew. Can be offens. [1930s]
Fly by night is British slang for an untrustworthy person.Fly by night is London Cockney rhyming slang for drunk (tight).
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
By chalks is Australian slang for by a long way.
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
Four poster is London Cockney rhyming slang for toaster.
By a long shot is American slang for by a good distance, by a considerable amount.
Jew
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.
By a street is slang for by a long way.
By right, by strict justice, entitled. "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States."
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Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
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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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A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
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Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
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Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
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Having four wheels.
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A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
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Having four corners or angles.
v. t.
To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
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A vehicle having four wheels.
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Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
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A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
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Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
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Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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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.
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The sum of four units; four units or objects.
v. t.
anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
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Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.
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Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
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The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
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