1891. N. Gould, Double Event, p. 305. ‘Great Scott! what the deuce is Wells up to?’ said the Squire.
1892. R. L. Stevenson and L. Osbourne, The Wrecker, p. 106. Great Cæsar!
1892. Tit Bits, 19 Mar., p. 416, c. 1. He. Great Cæsar! There you go again! She. James will you please remember that it is your wife to whom you are speaking, sir? He. No other woman could drive me raving, distracted, crazy, asking silly questions about—She. James!
Great Shakes. See Shakes.
Great Smoke, subs. (thieves’)—London.
Great Sun, intj. (common).—An exclamation.
1876. Besant and Rice, Golden Butterfly. Great Sun! I think I see it now.
Great-unwashed, subs. (colloquial).—The lower classes; the rabble. Also the unwashed. [First used by Burke; popularised by Scott.]
1892. Sydney Watson, Wops the Waif, ch. iii., p. 4. We begin to understand what is meant by the lowest classes, the great unwashed.
Great Whipper-in, subs. phr. (common).—Death; old floorer (q.v.).