deuseaville

English

Alternative forms

deasyville, deausaville, deuceaville, deuse a vile, deuseavile, dewsavell, dewse-a-vile, dewse-a-vyle, deyseaville, duceavil, deusavil

Etymology

Possibly from daisy +‎ -ville

Noun

deuseaville (uncountable)

(obsolete, British, thieves' cant) The countryside.
- 1707, “The Rum-Mort's Praise of Her Faithless Maunder”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎, published 1896, page 36:
  Duds and cheats thou oft hast won, / Yet the cuffin quire couldst shun; / And the deuseaville didst run, / Else the chates had thee undone.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:deuseaville.

Derived terms

deuseaville stampers

References

Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “deuseaville”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC.
John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891) “deuseaville”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 271.

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