diplen.
/ˈdɪpliː/ A marginal mark of this form >, used by the ancient grammarians to indicate various readings, rejected verses, beginning of a new paragraph, etc.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diple, a note or mark in the Margent to signifie that there is somewhat to be amended.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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n.1656- to give someone enough to do
- to give someone kennedy
- to give someone laldy
- to give someone one
- to give someone some skin
- to give someone the chuck
- to give someone the gate
- to give someone the glad hand
- to give someone the johnny
- to give someone the lonsdale
- to give someone the rinky-dink
- to give someone the rinkydink
- to give someone the shirt off one's back
- to give someone the willies
- to give something a body swerve
- to give something a fair wind
- to give something a pass
- to give something a rest
- to give something a thought
- to give something another thought
- to give something in lot to
- to give something mouth
- to give something one's best shot
- to give something the chuck
- to give something the double o