Colt’s tooth

elderly persons of juvenile tastes are said to have a COLT’S TOOTH , i.e. , a desire to shed their teeth once more, to see life over again. Comb-cut , mortified, disgraced, “down on one’s luck.”— See CUT . Come , a slang verb used in many phrases; “Aint he COMING IT ?” i.e. , is he not proceeding at a great rate? “Don’t COME TRICKS here,” “don’t COME THE OLD SOLDIER over me,” i.e. , we are aware of your practices, and “twig” your manœuvre. Coming it strong , exaggerating, going ahead, the opposite of “drawing it mild.” Coming it also means informing or disclosing. Also, in pugilistic phraseology, to COME IT means to show fear; and in this respect, as well as in that of giving information, the expre ion “ COME IT ” is best known to the lower and most dangerous cla es.