APPOINTMENT
NOUNS
1429 — SIGNMENT appointment, assignment → obs.
1569 — MATCH an appointment; an agreement; a bargain, a compact → obs.
1650 — ORDINATION appointment to any office or position → obs.
..20C — BEND an appointment; a rendezvous → Anglo-Irish
1950 — KAFFIR APPOINTMENT an appointment for which one fails to arrive on time → S. Afr. sl.
1957 — NO-SHOW non-appearance at an appointed time or place → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
2001 — BAGGER a person who breaks an appointment → UK teen sl.
2002 — NO SOUND, NO PICTURE a person who does not appear for an appointment → Singapore sl.
VERBS
1400 — TAKE DAY to make an appointment; to appoint or fix a day for the transaction of some business → obs.
..20C — FLAKE to miss an appointment or not show for a date → teen & high school sl.
1902 — STAND UP to fail to keep an appointment with → sl., orig. US
1905 — BE BEHINDHAND LIKE THE MILLER’S FILLER to be dilatory in keeping appointments → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1924 — FALL THROUGH to be unable to keep, or to go back on, an appointment → colloq.
1930 — DATE UP to fill the time of a person with appointments → sl., orig. US
1966 — JAP OUT to fail to keep an appointment or date → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1980 — ICE to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme → sl.
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