Cowshed, The (Christ’s Hospital).—See ante. It should be stated that The Cowshed is a sort of pent-house near the Warden’s residence which workmen use for divers purposes.
Cricket-machine, subs. (Stonyhurst).—A boy who studies cricket scores with excessive care.
Crock, subs. (general).—An indifferent performer at a game.
Crocked. To be crocked, verb. phr. (general).—To be injured at a game.
Crow’s-wing (and -refectory), subs. (Stonyhurst).—The part of the house in which the masters live and fare. See Crow.
Cut. To cut in, verb. phr. (Harrow).—If a boy misses his place in the line at Bill (q.v.), and tries to run in irregularly, he is said TO CUT IN.
D, subs. (Felsted).—A division of “punishment bounds.” Nominally the bounds were:—A = practically no bounds; B = the ordinary bounds, the roads about a mile from the school; C = punishment bounds, confinement to the cricket-fields and playground; and D = confinement to the old school-house playground, one of the commonest forms of punishment till 1876, when the present school-house was opened. C and D were also known respectively as Mongrel and Quod.
Dame, subs. (Eton and Harrow).—Originally many ladies kept boarding-houses: hence the word. See ante.
Damnation-hill (Harrow).—See Damnation-corner and Howson and Warner, Harrow School (1898), 80.