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four-in-hand
1. a. A vehicle with four horses driven by one person.
1793European Mag. XXIII. 46 Swift thro' Hyde Park I drive my four-in-hand. 1825Disraeli in Smiles Life J. Murray (1891) II. xxvi. 188 The four-in-hands of the Yorkshire squires. 1842Tennyson Walking to Mail 103 As quaint a four-in-hand As you shall see—three pyebalds and a roan.
fig.1837Longfellow in Life (1891) I. 277 This four-in-hand of outlandish animals [the foreign instructors at Harvard College], all pulling the wrong way, except one.
b. A kind of necktie of the variety designed to be tied in a loose knot with hanging ends. Also four-in-hand tie. Chiefly U.S.
1892Pall Mall G. 11 Oct. 7/2 You do not need..slippers, nor *four-in-hand ties. 1902S. Hale Let. (1919) 374 The young men in Tuxedos, four-in-hands, panamas. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny x. 166 While trying to figure out Jimmy's method of tying his four-in-hand he cordially gave information. 1909Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 24 June 5/1 Knitted and French Four-in-hands, made of fiber and short lengths of silk. 1919T. K. Holmes Man fr. Tall Timber xix. 224 She had fashioned..a crimson four-in-hand to be tied at the low, rolling collar of her blouse. 1942E. Paul Narrow St. ii. 12 His twinkling blue eyes..noted my American felt hat and four-in-hand tie. 1967Boston (Mass.) Herald 1 Apr. 21/2 The traditional four-in-hand or ascot.
2. quasi-adv. With a four-in-hand.
1812Combe (Dr. Syntax) Picturesque xx. 145 Thus off they went, and, four-in-hand, Dash'd briskly tow'rds the promis'd land. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. ix. 276 He drives them down four-in-hand.
3. a. attrib. and Comb., as four-in-hand club, four-in-hand-driver, four-in-hand-driving; four-in-hand tie: see sense 1 b.
1849E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa I. 169 A style that completely outdoes the..most renowned members of the *‘Four in hand’ Club at home. 1877M. M. Grant Sun-Maid ii, He considered himself equal to the best whip in the Four-in-Hand Club.
1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 153 Flash *Four-in-Hand and Donkey drivers.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair x, Boxing, rat-hunting..and *four in hand driving were then the fashion of our British aristocracy.
b. quasi-adj.
1799H. More Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 75 The intrepid female, the hoyden..the swinging arms, the confident address, the regimental, and the four-in-hand. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. iii. (1811) 41 It is excessively pleasant to hear a couple of these four-in-hand gentlemen retail their exploits over a bottle. 1856G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Cov. xx, The tobacco-smoking, four-in-hand Miss Coventry. |