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carry
verb- to carry a firearm US
- I’d get three Hail Marys and the priest’d ask me confidentially if I could get him something light he could carry under his coat. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 7, 1971
- Turn around a lift your tail. All right, you ain’ carryin’. — Robert Campbell, In La-La Land We Trust, p. 173, 1986
- to be in possession of drugs US, 1961
- “Are you carrying?” = “Got any drugs?” — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 34, 1996
- to have surplus money UK: NORTHERN IRELAND
- — C. I. Macafee, A Concise Ulster Dictionary, p. 56, 1996
- to lead or be in charge of something US
- — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 56, 1972
▶ carry a big spoon
to stir up trouble AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 7, 1989
▶ carry a case
to be out of prison on bail UK
A neat play on a basic travel requirement and a “court case”.- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 34, 1996
▶ carry a torch
to yearn for an unrequited love or a love affair that is over; to be devoted to someone without having your devotion reciprocated US, 1927- Well, back in New York I carried a torch, as we used to say. — John O’Hara, Assembly, p. 83, 1961
- Man I must have been blind / To carry a torch / For most of my life — Starsailor, Fever, 2001
▶ carry it to the door
to serve all of a prison sentence US- — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 11, 2002
▶ carry news
to gossip TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1970- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ carry someone’s bags
to be romantically involved with someone US- — Sherman Louis Sergel, The Language of Show Biz, p. 107, 1973
▶ carry the banner
to stay up all night US, 1980- “Are you carrying the banner too, kid?” When Nick looked puzzled, he said, explaining, “Sitting up all night.” — Willard Motley, Knock on Any Door, p. 144, 1947
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 23, 1980
▶ carry the bug
in circus usage, to work as a night watchman US
From BUG— Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 46, 1981▶ carry the can back; carry the can
to take the blame or punishment on behalf of another; to be made a scapegoat; to do the dirty work while another gets the credit UK, 1929
Navy origins.- He got two years. The others got off, and he carried the can back. — Clive Exton, No Fixed Abode [Six Granada Plays], p. 121, 1959
- Regan raised an eyebrow. “You’re the guv’nor–but I take the can!” — The Sweeney, p. 75, 1976
▶ carry the mail- to buy drinks AUSTRALIA
- — Sidney J Baker, The Australian Language, 1966
- to commit a murder for hire US
- I hear they used to call up from Providence whenever they had a particularly bad piece of work and get ahold of Artie Van to carry the mail. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 101, 1971
- to move quickly US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 260, 1946
▶ carry the shit bucket
to perform the lowliest tasks AUSTRALIA- Somebody has to carry the healing arts’ shit bucket. — Petru Popesu, The Last Wave, 1977
▶ carry the silks
in horse racing, to race for a particular owner US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 18, 1951
▶ carry the stick
to live without a fixed abode US, 1978- “Anybody that don’t have a room of their own and bunks in with somebody else for free is carrying a stick, just like a tramp.” — Robert Deane Pharr, S.R.O., p. 181, 1971
- Carrying the stick means not having a fixed address. — Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, p. 13–2, 1978
▶ carry the target
in horse racing, to run in the last position for an entire race US- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 329, 1976
▶ carry the wheels
to accelerate so quickly that the vehicle’s front wheels lift off the ground US- — Lyle K. Engel, The Complete Book of Fuel and Gas Dragsters, p. 150, 1968
▶ carry your bat out
in cricket, to survive your team’s innings undismissed UK, 1934- — Michael Rundell, The Dictionary of Cricket, 1985
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