Lonsdalen.
/ˈlɒnzdeɪl/, U.S. /ˈlɑnzˌdeɪl/ Used attributively to denote any of various belts conferred upon professional boxing champions of the United Kingdom. Also transferred. So to give (someone) the Lonsdale (slang), to dismiss, repudiate, ‘throw out’ (cf. belt n.4).
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Lonsdale1910
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously
to send packingc1450
trussa1500
to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577
to set packing1577
pack1589
ship1594
to send away with a fly in one's ear1606
to give a packing penny to1609
to pack off1693
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
to send about one's business1728
trundle1794
to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816
bundle1823
to give the bucket to1863
shake1872
to give (a person) the finger1874
to give (a person) the pushc1886
to give (someone or something) the chuck1888
to give (someone) the gate1918
to get the (big) bird1924
to tie a can to (or on)1926
to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938
to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958
1910 Daily Graphic 18 Oct. 10/4 At the National Sporting Club..last evening, the contest was decided for the Bantam-weight Championship of Great Britain, the winner of which also holds the Lonsdale belt for that weight.
1914 Boxing's Bk. Records 9 (caption) Lonsdale Belt Holders.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 167 I can always give her the Lonsdale after a week or two.
1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 77 The Wiz was wearing a gladiator Lonsdale belt with studs on it.
1973 Country Life 26 July 249/1 The traditional Lonsdale Belt..with its enamel portrait of the 5th Earl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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