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Dowse on the Chops (A)

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A ding or blow on the face. “A dowse on the blubber-chops of my friend the baronet” means a setting down, a snubbing.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Downfall (A)
Downing Professor
Downing Street (London)
Downpour (A)
Downright
Downright Dunstable
Downstairs
Downy (The)
Downy Cove (A)
Dowsabell
Dowse on the Chops (A)
Doxy
Doyleys
Dozen
D. P. or Dom. Proc
Drac
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Draconian Code
Draft
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Drag in, Neck and Crop