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Definition: DOWN WITH THE DUST |
DOWN WITH THE DUST1. Deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] ``My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.'' --Fuller. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Payment | Pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up, fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend; put down, lay down. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 4F 57 4E 57 49 54 48 54 48 45 44 55 53 54 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001111 01010111 01001110 00100000 01010111 01001001 01010100 01001000 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000100 01010101 01010011 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D O W N   W I T H   T H E   D U S T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 004F 0057 004E 0057 0049 0054 0048 0054 0048 0045 0044 0055 0053 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)384957482574354422544239238555354 |
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