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▪ I. put-up, ppl. a.|ˈpʊt ʌp|
[pa. pple. of to put up: see put v.1 56.]
1. (orig. Thieves' slang.) Arranged or concocted beforehand, as a burglary, by conspiracy with other persons, as servants in the house; preconcerted, planned in an underhand manner: see put v.1 56 t. Often in phr. a put-up job. Also absol. as n.
1810Ann. Reg. 296 The police officers are of opinion, that the robbery of the above cathedral is what is called, in the slang language, a put-up robbery. 1838Dickens O. Twist xix, At least it can't be a put-up job, as we expected. Ibid. xxxi, We call it a put-up robbery,..when the servants is in it. 1893G. J. Goschen in Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 3/1 Your acceptance of one amendment is part and parcel of your rejection of the other. It is a put-up job. 1903Outing XLII. 660/2 ‘Why, man,’ he exclaimed, ‘it's a graft—a dirty put-up game. Can't you see it?’ 1923H. G. Wells Men like Gods i. ii. 19 The whole of this business is, as they say nowadays, a put-up thing. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid xv. 148 He would believe that it was a put-up. 1941[see line n.2 13 g]. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 213 There's going to be a lot saying it's a put-up job.
2. a. Rarely in other senses of put up, as ‘a put-up statue’ (put v.1 56 r), ‘a put-up candidate’ (56 j), ‘put-up drugs’ (56 n), ‘put-up goods’ (56 l).
1846Dickens Pictures from Italy 124 An English lady..who always carries..a put-up parasol. 1897G. B. Shaw Let. 26 Mar. (1965) 738 He sends Felix to bid for fashionable put-up plays.
b. transf. put-up price, the up-set price at or above which something will be sold at an auction (see put v.1 56 l).
1895Daily News 17 Aug. 5/3 The put-up prices are very low.
▪ II. put-up, n.
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