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Out of Sorts

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Indisposed, in bad spirits. The French locution is rather remarkable—Ne pas être dans son assiette. “To sort” is to arrange in order, “a sort” is one of the orders so sorted.”

Out of sorts. In printersʹ language, means not having sufficient of some particular letter, mark, or figure.

 

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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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Otos
OTrigger (Sir Lucius)
Oui (French for “yes”)
Out
Out-Herod Herod (To)
Out and Out
Out in the Fifteen—i.e
Out in the Forty-five—i.e
Out of Harness
Out of Pocket
Out of Sorts
Out of the Wood
Outis (Greek, nobody)
Outrigger
Outrun the Constable
Outworks
Ouzel
Ovation
Over
Over
Over and Over Again