LOOSE IN THE HILT, adv. phr. (old).—Unsteady; ROCKY (q.v.); lax in the bowels.
1839–81. Rump Songs, ‘Bum-Fodder,’ ii., 56.
| For if they stay longer, they will us beguilt | |
| With a Government that is LOOSE IN THE HILT. | |
| Which no body can deny. |
LOOSE IN THE HILT, adv. phr. (old).—Unsteady; ROCKY (q.v.); lax in the bowels.
1839–81. Rump Songs, ‘Bum-Fodder,’ ii., 56.
| For if they stay longer, they will us beguilt | |
| With a Government that is LOOSE IN THE HILT. | |
| Which no body can deny. |
