subs. phr. (old).—Any, and every one; ‘TOM, DICK, AND HARRY’ (q.v.).

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  1542.  UDALL, The Apophthegmes of Erasmus, 311. It was not his entent to bryng vnto Sylla PHILIP AND CHEINIE, mo then a good meiny, but to bryng hable souldiours of manhood approued and well tried to his handes.

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  1557.  TUSSER, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandries [E.E.D.S. (1878), 8].

        Loiterers I kept so meanie,
Both PHILIP, HOB, and CHEANIE.

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  1563–4.  T. BECON, Prayers and Other Pieces (1844), 276. Ye pray for PHILIP AND CHENY, more than a good meany.

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