† court-endn.
The end of the town where the Court is, the fashionable quarter. (Cf. west end n.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > fashionable part
court-end1712
west end1823
up-town1946
golden mile1951
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 450. ⁋5 A wealthy Spark of the Court-end of the Town.
1779 F. Burney Let. 26 May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 271 Mr. Thrale's House is in West street [Brighton], which is the Court end of the Town here as well as in London.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. ii. 153 A puppet-show was exhibited at the court end of the town.
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n.1712- to take a page out of another's playbook
- to take a part against
- to take a part with
- to take a party
- to take a pawn en passant
- to take a pee
- to take a peek
- to take a peg lower
- to take a person a buttonhole lower
- to take a person a peg lower
- to take a person all etc time
- to take a person all her time
- to take a person all his time
- to take a person as one finds him
- to take a person as one finds him etc
- to take a person as one finds him her
- to take a person at advantage
- to take a person at advantages
- to take a person at face value
- to take a person at her word
- to take a person at his etc offer
- to take a person at his etc proposal
- to take a person at his her offer
- to take a person at his her proposal
- to take a person at his offer