TO BE MORE THAN SEVEN, phr. (common).—Wide-awake. Also, MORE THAN TWELVE.
c. 1876. Music Hall Song, ‘You’re MORE THAN SEVEN’ [Title].
1892. HUME NISBET, The Bushranger’s Sweetheart, 195. Yes, I really do think that the naughty boy is MORE THAN SEVEN.
1898. G. GISSING, The Town Traveller, viii. ‘Oh, we all know that Mr. Gammon’s MORE THAN SEVEN.’
