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Rory O'More Rhyming slang.|ˈrɔərɪ əʊˈmɔə(r)|
Also Rory O'Moore and ellipt. as Rory, rory.
[The name of a legendary Irish rebel, the eponymous hero of a popular ballad (1826) and novel (1837) by S. Lover (1797–1868), Irish writer.]
a. The floor; also on the Rory, poor, penniless.
b. A door.
1857‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 17 Rory-O'More, n. floor. 1859Hotten Dict. Slang 145 Rory O'Moore, the floor. 1892‘Doss Chiderdoss’ in Sporting Times 29 Oct. 1/2, I fired him out of the Rory quick. 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 98/2 Rory O'More, the door. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid xviii. 178 Some lousy berk must have been snooping around the place and found that rory open. 1938F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 332 On the Rory, penniless. 1953Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §466/3 Rory O'Moore, a door. 1973B. Aylwin Load of Cockney Cobblers x. 49 Rory O'More, floor or door, Rory. |