RETIRE, RETIRED, RETIREMENT
ADJECTIVES
1636 — UMBRATICAL remaining in retirement or seclusion → obs.
1640 — UMBRATILE carried on in retirement or seclusion; not public or practical
1677 — DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote → Eng. dial.
1821 — ON THE SHELF past one’s best, retired
1839 — UMBRATIC confined to the shade or to retirement; retired, secluded
1900 — ENTIRE independent; retired from business → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ONERLY lonely, retired → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — BOWLER-HATTED dismissed, retired → sl.
1996 — RITIRACIED retired → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1999 — OUT TO GRASS retired → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1635 — JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place
1840 — RETIRACY retirement → Amer.
1990 — WRINKLE RANCH a retirement or old people’s home → US students’ sl.
1996 — RITIRACY retirement → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1602 — VACANT one who has held office but is for the time being unemployed or in retirement → obs.
1888 — UMBRATILE one who spends their time in retirement or seclusion
..20C — SNOWBIRD a retired person, who moves to a warmer climate during the winter months → US colloq.
PHRASES
..20C — DOING A DAME NELLIE said of anybody who keeps retiring then returning → Aust. sl.
1945 — ENTITLED TO A WARM CORNER said of a person who has faithfully performed his duties and has grown old in service → US Western usage (Bk.)
VERBS
1589 — PUT OUT TO GRASS to relieve a person of his or her duties; to retire a person, to make a person redundant; also, to cease using a thing
1747 — YELLOW to retire a person
1807 — GO TO GRASS to give up one’s work or duties; to retire
1810 — FILL ONE’S PIPE to be able to retire from work → colloq.
1830 — HANG UP ONE’S FIDDLE to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. dial.
1843 — LAY ON THE SHELF to retire, to dismiss → UK sl.
1845 — HANG UP to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. dial.
1913 — DEN UP to retire; to hibernate → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1915 — PACK UP to retire; to stop working or trying; to die → WWI colloq.
1927 — PULL THE PIN to resign or retire from a job → US sl.
1930 — PUT ON THE SHELF to retire, to dismiss → Aust. sl.
1940 — RACK UP to retire; to abandon an occupation or action → sl.
1942 — HANG UP ONE’S HARNESS to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. sl.
1942 — HANG UP ONE’S HAT to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. sl.
1942 — HANG UP ONE’S RACK to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. sl.
1942 — PACK IN to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die → sl.
1953 — BOWLER-HAT to retire someone compulsorily, esp. demobilizing an officer → Brit. sl.
1968 — HANG UP ONE’S ROPE to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. dial.
1968 — HANG UP ONE’S SADDLE to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. dial.
1971 — DO A MELBA to continually return from retirement; to make frequent comebacks → Aust. sl.
1975 — HANG UP ONE’S BOOTS to quit work; to retire; to die → Amer. sl.
1980 — PUT ONE’S CUE IN THE RACK to retire → sl.
1996 — SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to retire; originally, to retire from the sea → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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