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Gilderoy|ˈgɪldərɔɪ|
Chiefly U.S. The name of a Scottish robber, used in the colloq. phr. higher than Gilderoy's kite: extremely high; out of sight.
1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. (1870) xxv. 192 The first time she took her new toy into action she got it knocked higher than Gilderoy's kite—to use the language of the Pilgrims. 1888E. C. Brewer in N. & Q. 7th Ser. V. 357/1 To be ‘hung higher than Gilderoy's kite’ means to be punished more severely than the very worst of criminals... The ballad says: Of Gilderoy sae fraid they ware They bound him mickle strong, Tull Edenburrow they led him thair, And on a gallows hong; They hong him high abone the rest, He was so trim a boy. They ‘hong him high abone the rest’, because his crimes were deemed to be more heinous. So high he hung, he looked like ‘a kite in the air’. 1903G. Brown How to beat Game 53 This theory, however, like many others, is often knocked higher than Gilderoy's kite when put to the test of practice. 1934H. Corey Crime at Cobb's House iii. 35 The colt threw him higher'n Gilderoy's kite. |