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in and in, in-and-in, adv. and n.
[in adv.]
A. adv.
1. a. Further and further in; continually inwards; esp. in phrase to breed in and in, to breed always within a limited stock (see breed v. III); so to marry in and in, to marry with near relatives, in successive generations.
1633B. Jonson Tale Tub iv. ii, A weaver he was..his shittle Went in and in still. We [joiners] do lay Things in and in, in our work. 1765Treat. Dom. Pigeons 61 Should he (as the term is) breed them in and in..the breed would degenerate. 1794Sporting Mag. IV. 115 This practice is well known, under the term of breeding in-and-in. 1828Macaulay Misc. Writings (1860) I. 266 Their minds, if we may so express ourselves, bred in and in. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 163 The marrying in and in of the same family tends constantly to weakness or idiotcy.
b. Entirely in, sharing fully.
1926J. Black You can't Win x. 131 We know you are ‘right’... That's why you are declared ‘in and in’ with the works.
c. attrib. (in quasi-adj. use).
1831T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. XIV. 444 They maintained a sort of in-and-in communication with each other. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. iv. 75 Avoiding in-and-in breeding. 1881Sheldon Dairy Farming 13/1 The practice of close in-and-in breeding has..produced extraordinary results. 1891Pall Mall G. 8 July 1/2 Sometimes it leads to ‘in-and-in’ marrying, and the royal families deteriorate or die of exhaustion. 1892Daily News 19 Jan. 2/6 The charter was, in fact, nothing more nor less than an in-and-in system between two colleges which would have the main control of the faculties and the studies and the examinations.
2. (See quot.)
1926Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 14 In and in, a method of packing reams too large conveniently to travel flat. The ream is divided in half, and the two portions clasped in and in to each other.
B. n.
†1.
a. The name given to a throw made with four dice, when these fell all alike or as two doublets. Obs.
1633Shirley Gamester iii. iv, A curse upon these reeling dice! That last in-and-in was out my way ten pieces. 1668Dryden Even. Love iii. i. Wks. 1883 III. 310 The highest duplet wins, except you throw in and in, which is called raffle. 1668Davenant Man's the Master v. i, The devil's in the dice if you throw twice in and in, without any light.
†b. A gambling game, played by three persons with four dice; the player who threw in and in (see above) took all the stake. Obs.
A full description of the game is given in Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1680) 117.
1630B. Jonson New Inn iii. i, He is a merchant still, adventurer, At in-and-in. 1671Shadwell Humourist iii, I saw you..inveigle a third man at Six-penny In and In. 1674Cotton Compl. Gamester (1680) 13, I have seen three persons sit down at twelve penny In and In [etc.].
2. A space which opens up and ever discloses something further in.
1890J. H. Stirling Philos. & Theol. iv. 69 A boundless in and in of subjective internalities.
3. slang. (See quot.)
1935Evening News 29 June 3/2 The ‘in-and-in’ is simply the point at which the swindler apparently risks his own money with that of the dupe. |