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A saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/. 
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A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt. 
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And railroad term for someone who refused to join the union or who openly colluded with management to thwart the union. 
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A species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse". 
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A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial. 
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