subs. (colloquial).—Behaviour; proceedings; conduct. Cf., CARRYINGS ON.
1845. DOUGLAS JERROLD, Mrs. Caudle, Lecture viii. Pretty place it must be where they don’t admit women. Nice GOINGS-ON, I daresay, Mr. Caudle.
1870. Lloyd’s Newspaper, 11 Sept. ‘Review.’ Elsie is beloved by Gawthwaite, the village schoolmaster, and he takes her to task for her GOINGS-ON.
