1892. Milliken, ’Arry Ballads, p. 14. I should like to go in for blue blood, and ’ang out near the clubs and the parks.
To hang out a shingle, verb. phr. (American).—To start or carry on business.
1871. Public Opinion, Dec. Tom Stowell hung out his shingle as a lawyer at the Tombs, afterwards at Essex-market, and eventually in Brooklyn.
To hang one’s latchpan, verb. phr. (common).—To be dejected; to pout. Fr., faire son aquilin.
To hang it out, verb. phr. (common).—To skulk; to mike (q.v.).
To hang up, verb. phr. (common).—1. To give credit; to score (or chalk) up: said of a reckoning. Also ‘to put on the slate’ or (American) on the ice (q.v.).
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v. Hang-it-up, speaking of the Reckoning at a Bowsing-Ken, when the Rogues are obliged, for want of Money, to run on Tick.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
2. (American).—To bear in mind; to remember.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Hang it up. Think of it, remember it.