What is the meaning of BY CHALKS. Phrases containing BY CHALKS
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By chalks is Australian slang for by a long way.
By a jugful is American slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
By a long chalk is slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
A slang term used meaning boy, buddy...ie: "How's she goin' by'...this is used by people in Nova Scotia (esp. Cape Breton), Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.
Slow complicated operation whereby one train passes another on a single-track railroad when the other is on a siding too short to hold the entire train. Saw by is applied to any move through switches or through connecting switches that is necessitated by one train passing another
By is slang for in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned.
By the way, in passing.
By a street is slang for by a long way.
An exclamation of surprise used by Ruurians.
Fly by night is British slang for an untrustworthy person.Fly by night is London Cockney rhyming slang for drunk (tight).
By a long sight is American slang for by a long way, by a good deal.
Four by two is London Cockney rhyming slang for Jew.
By right, by strict justice, entitled. "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States."
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
Lay by is Australian slang for to reserve an item in a shop by putting a deposit on it.
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
By a long shot is American slang for by a good distance, by a considerable amount.
By pass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
By the cringe is a British slang exclamation.
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In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
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A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
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Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
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Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
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A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
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Private end or view; by-interest.
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Past; gone by.
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A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
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Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
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On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
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One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
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Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
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One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.
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Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
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Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
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An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
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One who goes by; a passer.
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Against.
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A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
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With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
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