"Tie that bull outside" (1908); "Tie one on" (1945)
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Sun Dec 18 03:25:14 UTC 2005
I was looking tor "tie one on" (get drunk) when ProQuest died for the
evening. Any HDAS cites?...When I have Thai food, my friend always says "Thai one
on."
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What about HDAS for "tie that bull outside"?
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(OED)
to tie one on [cf. to tie a bun on s.v. _BUN_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=fulltext&queryword=tie+the+knot&first=1&max_to_show=10&sea
rch_spec=fulltext&sort_type=alpha&search_id=sInE-wCVX15-6011&control_no=502525
67&result_place=1&xrefword=bun&ps=n.&homonym_no=5) n.5] slang (chiefly
U.S.): to get drunk.
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1951 Western Folklore X. 82 The Act of Drinking:..to swill one down; to tie
one on.
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_Gettysburg Times_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=olJOpJH/3rKKID/6NLMW2u4TYdMJI1N1Pa8H3onW7NBwUONAFOFcSQ==) _Saturday, November
10, 1945_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=) _Gettysburg,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="tie+one+on"+AND+cityid:1097
0+AND+stateid:77+AND+range:1753-1954) _Pennsylvania_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="tie+one+on"+AND+stateid:77+AND+range:1753-1954)
...and host, Marcinkow-ki (jrocei'dod to "TIE ONE ON." and wa.s arro.stod
a secONd..
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(OED)
tie that bull outside or to another ashcan
(U.S. slang): I do not believe you; ‘tell me another’. to tie a can to (or
on) (slang): to reject or dismiss (a person); to stop (an activity).
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1921 _J. DOS PASSOS_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-d2.html#j-dos-passos) Three Soldiers IV. i. 212 ‘Fellers, the war's over!’.. ‘Tie that
bull outside,’ came from every side of the ward.
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_Oakland Tribune_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=j91JOupTOn+KID/6NLMW2nowmrVceAQDDihz2r6kkB+0jJg0ChkcxEIF+CsZYmrz) _Wednesday,
October 07, 1908_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)
_Oakland,_ (ht
tp://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="tie+that+bull+outside"+AND+cityid:21100+AND+stateid:14) _California_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="tie+that+bull+outside"+AND+stateid:14) ...Nelson.
Away there, Jlmmv. TIE THAT BULL OUTSIDE We can never atand for.....35m.,
umpire, K. McManus. Interclass TIE Game Will Be Played Cff Today Tho..
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_Nevada State Journal_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=ssVO2f5ZuruKID/6NLMW2m3yYKf/NgUka9Ozlsvwf4cP8YhryqBPvQ==) _Thursday, July 01,
1909_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=) _Reno,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="tie+that+bull+outside"+AND+cityid:
24394+AND+stateid:63) _Nevada_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="tie+that+bull+outside"+AND+stateid:63) ...Mng.....70 HEAR THAT
SONG "TIE THAT BULL OUTSIDE" Croxton Every afternoon..
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