subs. (nursery).—See quot. also FLYING-ANGEL.
1880. GREENWOOD, Seaside Insanity [Odd People in Odd Places, 45]. With the youngest but one … bestriding his shoulder … his temper is not improved by the knowledge that the cherub to whom he is giving a ‘FLYING ANGEL’ is smearing his Sunday hat with the seaweed with which its little fists are full.
ANGEL ON HORSEBACK, subs. phr. (common).—See quot.
1901. SARAH GRAND, Babs the Impossible, xv. She would especially like a savoury that evening…. ANGELS ON HORSEBACK, now—those delicious little morsels of oysters rolled in bacon, and served on crisp toast, very hot.
