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“Corinthians and exquisites from Bond Street, sporting an eye-glass, … waiting-men in laced coats and plush unmentionables of yellow, green, blue, red, and all the primary colours.”—Rev. N. S. Wheaton: Journal (1830).

 

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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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United States
Unities
Universal Doctor
Universe
University
Unknown
Unlicked or Unlicked Cub
Unlucky Gifts
Unmanned
Unmarried Men of Note
Unmentionables
Unready (The)
Unrighteous [Adokimos]
Unwashed
Up
Up a Tree
Up the Spout
Up to Snuff
Up to the Hub
Up to the Mark
Up-turning of his Glass