subs. (American).—Credit; DAY (q.v.). TO CALL ONE’S JAWBONE = to live on credit, or RUN ONE’S FACE (q.v.).
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. To run one’s face; to get a light; to give (or strike) on the mace; to mace it; to get on sock (or, on the nod), to go tick.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Avoir l’arche; avoir l’ardoise (= TO CHALK IT UP); le cróme or croume (tramps’); grésillonner (= to ask credit); avoir l’œil (general); la symbole.
1862. Times, 21 Oct. (San Francisco correspondent). Individuals, who, in digger’s parlance, live on JAWBONE.
