subs. (American thieves’).—An hour. [An abbreviation of ‘hour-glass.’]

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  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v. ‘The badger piped his Moll about a GLASS and a half before she cribbed the flat.’

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  THERE’S A DEAL OF GLASS ABOUT, phr. (common).—1.  Applied to vulgar display = ‘IT’S THE THING’ (q.v.).

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  2.  (common).—Said in answer to an achievement in assertion. A memory of the proverb, ‘People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.’

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  WHO’S TO PAY FOR THE BROKEN GLASS? verb. phr. (colloquial).—See STAND THE RACKET.

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  BEEN LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS, adv. phr. (common).—Drunk. For synonyms, see DRINKS and SCREWED.

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