phr. (common).—An interjection of (1) derision; (2) incredulity; (3) supplication. Cf., COME IT STRONG.
1837. R. H. BARHAM, The Ingoldsby Legends (Misadventures at Margate) (ed. 1862), p. 322.
| It was not so much for myself as for that vulgar child, | |
| And I said, ‘A pint of double X, and please to DRAW IT MILD!’ |
1841. Punch, vol. I., p. 60, col. 2. DRAW IT MILD! as the boy with the decayed tooth said to the dentist.
1841. The Comic Almanack, p. 271. Vehement cries of ‘bravo!’ and ‘DRAW IT MILD!’ here interrupt the speaker; but he declares he cannot DRAW IT ANY MILDER.
1850. F. E. SMEDLEY, Frank Fairlegh, p. 10. DRAW IT MILD, old fellow! interrupted the young gentleman in question.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, vol. I., p. 154. This caused angry words, and Nancy was solemnly requested to DRAW IT MILD, like a good soul.
1854. MARTIN and AYTOUN, Bon Gaultier Ballads, ‘The Biter Bit.’
| And if you’d please, my mother dear, your poor desponding child, | |
| Draw me a pot of beer, mother, and mother! DRAW IT MILD. |
