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Harry, n.2|ˈhærɪ|
Also 4–7 Herry.
[ME. Herry, from Henry by assimilation of nr to rr; er subseq. becoming ar, as in harry v.]
A familiar equivalent of the Christian name Henry (whence also the feminine name Harriet, originally = Henriette); used also in transferred applications, and as part of many appellatives.
I.
1. The proper name.
c1386Chaucer Cook's Prol. 34 And ther-fore Herry Bailly by thy feith Be thou naf[t] wrooth. 1519Interlude 4 Elem. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 30 The most wise prince the seventh Herry. 1648Milton Sonnet to Lawes, Harry, whose tuneful and well-measured song [etc.].
2. As a generic name for:
a. A country fellow (? obs.).
b. A young Englishman of a low-class type: cf. 'Arry.
1796Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Harry, a country fellow. 1828Craven Dial., Harry, a country man, a rude boor. 1874All Year Round XII. 617 We have all been introduced to Harry at home..We do not style him 'Arry, as some offensively and in the worst taste do.
c. flash Harry: an ostentatious, loudly-dressed, and usually ill-mannered man; cf. flash a.3 Also attrib.
1960J. Rae Custard Boys ii. xiii. 158 ‘They're just a lot of smart Alecs.’ ‘Flash Harrys,’ suggested Peter. 1960Times 31 Oct. 16/4 He registers emotional upset by a slightly raised eyebrow, and then briskly readjusts his flash-Harry tie. 1962Times 22 May 15/4 Her flash-Harry boy-friend.
3. pl. Harrys or King Harrys: playing cards of the second quality.
1842Bradshaw's Jrnl. 16 Apr. (in Philol. Soc. Trans. 1867, 63) The best cards are called Moguls, the others Harrys and Highlanders. 1866in Stationer & Fancy Trades Register 1 Sept. (Ibid.). The different qualities of cards are distinguished as Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews. 1867Fry Playing-Card terms (Ibid. 64) Harrys, so called from the device on the wrappers.
II. With qualification, Old, Lord, blind.
4. Old Harry: A familiar name for the Devil: see also old and nick. to play Old Harry with: to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin.
1777Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) III. 54 In the north of England Old Harry is also one of the popular names of the devil. 1796in Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. viii, There is none but Ould Harry, as I know of, that can match ye. 1837Marryat Dog-fiend xlvii, They've played Old Harry with the rigging. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Merch. Venice Moral, Pitch Greek to old Harry, and stick to Conundrums! 1880Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family II. ix, These evening damps and chills play Old Harry with one's bronchial tubes.
5. (See quots.)
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Old Harry, a Composition used by Vintners, when they bedevil their Wines. 1796Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Old harry, a composition used by vintners to adulterate their wines.
6. by the Lord Harry: a form of swearing; of doubtful origin.
1687Congreve Old Bach ii. i, By the Lord Harry he says true. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. xx. (1737) 87 Sound, Friend, in the Lord Harry's Name. 1821Byron Epigr. Braziers' Addr. Caroline, By the Lord Harry! They'll find..much more. 1890Besant Demoniac xv, Then, by the Lord Harry..if the Devil wins this time, you shall be the prize show of the mad-house!
7. blind Harry: see blind a. 16.
8. to box Harry: see box v.2 3 b.
III. Combinations.
9. a. In apposition: harry-banning, a local name of the three-spined stickleback. harry-bird, the Greater Shearwater (Puffinus major). Harry Denchman, Harry Dutchman, local names of the hooded or Danish crow. † harry-lion, ‘a horse-godmother’ (Halliwell). harry-long-legs, the cranefly or daddy-long-legs. † harry-ruffian, a swaggerer.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 235 Stickle-backs, Hackles: or *Harry bannings, are naught and unwholesome.
1778Eng. Gazetteer s.v. Pembrokeshire, The puffin and the *harry-bird breed in holes, and commonly in those of the rabbits.
18..W. G. Waters Words not in Forby in Norf. Arch. VIII. 167 *Harry Denchman, the Danish crow.
1885Swainson Prov. Names Birds 86 Hooded crow (Corvus cornix)..*Harry Dutchmen.
1607Christmas Prince (1816) 33 Good-wife Spiggot..her selfe staulked in the middest like a great *Harry-Lion (as it pleased the audience to terme it).
1676Cotton Angler ii. 338 We have also this month a *Harry-long-legs. 1781F. Burney Diary 14 Sept., A Harry Longlegs..after much trial to catch, eluded me. 1851S. Judd Margaret ii. i. (1871) 160 She has caught a harry-long-legs and holds it by one of its shanks.
1609–10Corbet Elegie on Ravis Poems (1807) 5 When I past Paules, and travell'd in that walke Where all oure Brittaine-sinners sweare and talk; Ould *Harry-ruffians, bankerupts, southsayers.
b. In arbitrary appositive uses of which a few have emerged as set expressions, e.g. Harry Flakers Naut. slang, exhausted; Harry Flatters Naut. slang, (of the sea) calm; Harry Freeman's (also Harry Frees) chiefly Naut. slang, a gift; also as adj., free; Harry James slang, nose.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 115 It's Harry Freeman's, a gift. Something gratis. (Navy.) 1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 64 Harry Frees, the name given in the Grand Fleet to the very welcome fruit and vegetables sent up as gifts by the public. 1935‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas xii. 139, I don't expect to supply cigarettes Harry Freemans. 1941C. Graves Life Line 154 Fortunately, the sea has dropped and it is Harry Flatters. Harry Flatters means flat calm, and Harry is used as a predicate for almost any expression. 1946Lancet 2 Feb. 177/1 Get in there, and strip off Harry Nuders. 1950T. E. Lawrence Mint 32 Sort of thing the civvies in London pay fifty quid for, we get harry-freeman's. 1958F. Norman Bang to Rights 36 Plenty of dust floating about in the air, which gets..up your Harry James. 1962John o' London's 14 June 571/2 ‘Harry Flakers’ to mean worn out after a party or heavy work. Ibid., ‘Harry Flatters’ for a flat calm sea. 1962P. Purser Peregrination 22 xxii. 99 It's okay for our kind of thing but it would be Harry Grimmers for ordinary civilians. 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 58, I wuz lookin fer some Arry Freeman's, I was looking for something for nothing. a1966M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) viii. 103 Get me a Harry pinkers—a large one. 1969Guardian 14 Mar. 10/5 It's derisory, old boy, they'll turn it down harry nem-conners. Ibid., Harry shambles, old boy... In the old Imperial Aircraft days..the engineer would bring the old kite down harry plonkers on the grass.
10. attrib. Harry groat, a groat coined by Henry VIII; the old Harry groat, is that which bears the king's head with a long face and long hair. Harry noble, a gold coin of Henry VI. Harry racket, a name of Blindman's buff. Harry sovereign, a sovereign of Henry VII or Henry VIII.
1633Marmion Antiquary ii. in Hazl. Dodsley XIII. 456 A piece of antiquity; sir, 'tis English coin; and if you will needs know, 'tis an old *Harry groat. 1681Hickeringill Vind. Naked Truth ii. 26 In Henry the Eighths time, (when a Harry-groat was the chiefest Silver-Coyne).
1456Sc. Acts. Jas. II, c. 7 Mone of vþer cuntreis..sik as the *henry Ingliss noble. 1488Ld. High Treas. Acc. Scot. I. 80 Item, in Hari nobilis and salutis fourti and ane. 1497Ibid. 345 Item, to Hannis, gunnar..a quartar of ane Harj nobill.
1611Cotgr., Capifou, a play..not much vnlike our *Harry⁓racket, or Hidman-blind. Ibid., Cline-mucette, the game called Hodman-blind; Harrie-racket; or, are you all hid.
1615J. Stephens Satyr. Ess. 371 She hath old *harry soveraignes..to give away on her death bed. |