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▪ I. met., met, n.2
colloq. abbrev. of metropolitan a. (as in Metropolitan Railway, Metropolitan Opera House, Metropolitan Police, etc.). In pl.: stocks or shares in the London Metropolitan Railway.
1886H. Baumann Londinismen 107/2 Mets, Aktien der unterirdischen (Metropolitan) Eisenbahn. 1896Farmer & Henley Slang IV. 305/2 Met. 1. A member of the Metropolitan (or New York) Base-Ball Club. 2. in pl. (Stock Exchange), Metropolitan Railway Shares. 3. The Met (London), the Metropolitan music-hall. 1908Daily Report 7 Feb. 1/4 Both ‘Mets.’ and ‘Districts’ have moved in contrast with the Railway market generally. 1926[see metroland]. 1937‘C. McCabe’ Face on Cutting-Room Floor iii. 18 Then I was suddenly in the crowd of clerks and typists rushing towards King's Cross Met station. 1944‘D. Hume’ Toast to Corpse ix. 91 You haven't had thirty years in the Mets for nothing, and you've been about a bit. 1946L. Baker Out on Limb viii. 85 She walked like a queen,..sang like head bird at the Met, and had a brilliant career. 1953Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Oct. 2/4 There is very little Wagner at the Met this year. 1968‘M. Underwood’ Man who killed too Soon xiv. 120 Inspector Drew's colleagues in other forces, especially those in the Met. 1971[see firm n.1 2 c]. 1972P. Marks Collector's Choice i. 15 The crowds came to ogle the Van Goghs and the multi-million-dollar Rembrandts—the Met had thirty-seven. 1973Radio Times 26 Feb. 7 It is no longer cheap to travel to and from London on the Met. 1973‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground iii. iv. 202 An operatic mezzo-soprano, who had sung at the Met, La Scala, Covent Garden. 1974S. Gulliver Vulcan's Bulletins 112 Something or other might be found to interest the Mets or the Home Office... Your trading days would be over. 1974D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 147 The television set blared baseball. The New York Mets were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
▪ II. met., met, n.3
colloq. abbrev. of meteorological a. or of Meteorological Office(r). Freq. with capital initial.
1940War Illustr. 26 Jan. 19/2 One of the ‘Met. men’ studying the big thermometer attached to one of the inter-plane struts of his ‘Gladiator’. 1942T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 113 What's the met. report like? 1943L. Cheshire Bomber Pilot iii. 45 The latest ‘met’ forecast came in... Navigation should be easy. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 45 Met. or Mets., the Meteorological Officer. [R.A.F.] 1943R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 32 The Met. Officer has sent his obs. through each hour. 1958New Scientist 15 May 9/2 The met. observations become meaningful only when compared with the observations made by the other parties all over the continent. 1964Punch 7 Oct. 527/1 Metmen ask each other. 1970New Scientist 24 Dec. 569/1 It is almost inevitable..that the Met Office will come in for derision over their latest idea. 1972K. Campbell Thunder on Sunday 9 He picked up the blue weather folder that the Met Officer at Keflavik had given him. 1973W. M. Duncan Big Timer i. 14 The met men promise a hard winter. 1974L. Lamb Man in Mist viii. 50 The Superintendent turned..to ask what the met. report had been. |