OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

Definition: OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

1. An old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nonpayment	Pay under protest; button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings; apply the sponge; pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed; swindle; run up bills, fly kites.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

Domain	Title
Books	Laughter over the Left Shoulder (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Alternative Orthography: OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 56 45 52 54 48 45 4C 45 46 54 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001100 01000101 01000110 01010100 00100000 01010011 01001000 01001111 01010101 01001100 01000100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#86 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#76 &#69 &#70 &#84 &#32 &#83 &#72 &#79 &#85 &#76 &#68 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0056 0045 0052 0054 0048 0045 004C 0045 0046 0054 0053 0048 004F 0055 004C 0044 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER

Definition: OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER