1888. Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. When he was FULL the police came and jugged.
2. (turf).—Used by bookmakers to signify that they have laid all the money they wish against a particular horse.
FULL-GUTS, subs. phr. (common).—A swag-bellied man or woman.
A FULL HAND, subs. phr. (American waiters’). Five large beers. For analogous expressions, see GO.
FULL IN THE BELLY, subs. phr. (colloquial).—With child.
FULL IN THE PASTERNS (or THE HOCKS), subs. phr. (colloquial).—Thick-ankled.
FULL TEAM, subs. phr. (American).—An eulogium. A man is a FULL TEAM when of consequence in the community. Variants are WHOLE TEAM, or WHOLE TEAM AND A HORSE TO SPARE. Cf., ONE-HORSE = mean, insignificant, or strikingly small.
FULL IN THE WAISTCOAT, adj. phr. (colloquial).—Swag-bellied.
FULL OF ’EM, adj. phr. (common).—Lousy; nitty; full of fleas.
TO HAVE (or WEAR) A FULL SUIT OF MOURNING, verb. phr. (pugilists’).—To have two black eyes. HALF-MOURNING = one black eye. For synonyms, see MOUSE.
TO COME FULL BOB, verb. phr. (old colloquial).—To come suddenly; to come full tilt.
1672. MARVELL, The Rehearsal Transposed (in GROSART, iii., 414). The page and you meet FULL BOB.
FULL AGAINST, adv. phr.—Dead, or decidedly opposed to, a person, thing, or place.
FULL-BOTTOMED (or -BREECHED, or -POOPED), adv. phr. (colloquial).—Broad in the behind; BARGE-ARSED (q.v.).
FULL-FLAVOURED, adv. phr. (colloquial).—Peculiarly rank: as a story, an exhibition of profane swearing, an emission of wind, etc.
FULL-FLEDGED, adv. phr. (venery).—Ripe for defloration.
FULL-GUTTED, adv. phr. (colloquial).—Stout; swag-bellied.
FULL OF EMPTINESS, adv. phr. (common).—Utterly void.
FULL ON, adv. phr. (colloquial).—See strongly in a given direction, especially in an obscene sense: e.g., FULL ON FOR IT or FULL ON FOR ONE = ready and willing au possible.
AT FULL CHISEL, adv. phr. (American).—At full speed; with the greatest violence or impetuousity. Also FULL DRIVE; FULL SPLIT. Cf., HICKETY SPLIT; RIPPING; STAVING ALONG; TWO-THIRTY, etc.
IN FULL BLAST, SWING, etc., adv. phr. (colloquial).—In the height of success; in hot pursuit.
1859. G. A. SALA, Twice Round the Clock, 5 A.M., Part I. At five a.m. the publication of the Times newspaper is, to use a north-country mining expression, in ‘FULL BLAST.’
1884. Daily News, Feb. 9, p. 5, col. 2. If he visit New York in that most pleasant season, the autumn, he will find that the ‘fall’ trade is ‘in FULL BLAST.’
1888. Daily Telegraph, 17 Nov. By half-past ten o’clock the smoking-room was IN FULL SWING.
IN FULL DIG, adv. phr. (common).—On full pay.
IN FULL FEATHER, see FEATHER.
IN FULL FIG.—1. See FIG (to which may be added the following illustrative quotations).
1836. M. SCOTT, The Cruise of the Midge, p. 178. In front of this shed—FULL FIG, in regular Highland costume, philabeg, short hose, green coatee, bonnet and feather, marched the bagpiper. Ibid. (1836), Tom Cringle’s Log, ch. xi. Captain Transom, the other lieutenant, and myself in full puff, leading the van, followed by about fourteen seamen.
1838. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker (2nd ed.), ch. viii. ‘Lookin’ as pleased as a peacock when it’s IN FULL FIG with its head and tail up.’
1841. Punch, i., p. 26, col. 1. Dressed IN FULL FIG—sword very troublesome—getting continually between my legs.
1874. E. WOOD, Johnny Ludlow (1st ed.), No. IV., p. 62. When our church bells were going for service, Major Parrifer’s carriage turned out with the ladies all IN FULL FIG.
2. adv. phr. (venery).—Said of an erection of the penis; PRICK-PROUD (q.v.). For synonyms, see HORN.
LIKE A STRAW-YARD BULL: FULL OF FUCK AND HALF STARVED, phr. (venery).—A friendly retort to the question, ‘How goes it?’ i.e., How are you?
FULL OF IT, phr. (common).—With child.
FULL OF GUTS, phr. (colloquial).—Full of vigour; excellently inspired and done: as a picture, a novel, and so forth. See GUTS.
FULL OF BEANS, see BEANS.
FULL OF BREAD, see BREAD.
