UPRIGHT


Meaning of UPRIGHT in English

Go upright; a word used by shoemakers, taylors and their servants, when any money is given to make them drink, and signifies, Bring it all out in liquor, though the donor intended less, and expects change, or some of his money, to be returned. Three-penny upright. See THREEPENNY UPRIGHT,

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.