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▪ I. Oliver3 slang.|ˈɒlɪvə(r)|
Also oliver.
[A male Christian name, perh. alluding to Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), leader of the Parliamentary troops in the Civil War.]
The moon.
1781[see whiddle v.]. 1834W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. v. 360 Now Oliver puts his black nightcap on, And every star its glim is hiding. Ibid. III. v. 284 Oliver whiddles!—who cares—who cares If down upon us he peers and stares? Mind him who will? with his great white face, Boldly I'll ride by his glim to the chase. 1870R. F. Burton Vikram & Vampire v. 171 But, look sharp, mind old Oliver, or the lamb-skin man will have the pull of us. 1882Sydney Slang Dict. 6/2 Oliver, the moon. ‘When Oliver looks pale,’ when the moon is waning. 1895New Rev. July 7 ‘There's a moon out.’ ‘The better for us to pick 'em off, Dan,’ I returned, laughing at him. ‘What—Oliver? damn Oliver!’ said Zacchary. ‘Let's push forward and come to quarters.’ 1935E. Weekley Something about Words vi. 107 Oliver, thieves' cant for the moon, is not in the Oxford Dictionary.
▪ II. Oliver4|ˈɒlɪvə(r)|
[The name of William Oliver (1695–1764), a physician of Bath, who invented the recipe.]
= Bath Oliver (s.v. Bath n.2 2 a). Also attrib.
1853E. M. Sewell Experience of Life ii. 18 The Oliver biscuits, in the small, deep, old china dessert plates, were to my belief then never bought at any shop in Carsdale. Ibid. vii. 64 She was sitting..at a table..on which stood..a china basket with Oliver biscuits.
▪ III. Oliver
in a Roland for an Oliver: see Roland. |