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Did anyone check the OED? "Cut of ___ jib" just might be an Atlantic phrase in origin rather than any nation. In the 175h/18th centuries "The Atlantic" was quite a culture all by itself, independently of nationality. Carrol Carrol > -----Original Message----- > From: T. S. Eliot Discussion forum. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of [log in to unmask] > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 7:27 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Phrasal help wanted, s.v.p. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 11, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Peter Dillane <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Hi David, > > it's interesting that all three of your examples could be heard in > Australia in those over say 50 but still I can't think of hearing any one use set > her cap at. Is it a well worn joke that one about the Geordie hymn - > "fookhim"? > > Pete > > > On 11/02/2013, at 10:52 PM, David Boyd wrote: > > > Probably just survived slightly into presentday English culture > / idiom but never, because there wasn't the same,stable, cultural contnuum, > migrated to American - eg, do Americans tend to refer to liking the cut of > someone's jib or taking a shine to someone or pillorying someone? > > On 11 February 2013 10:19, P <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Can anyone in this illustrious litterarily and > linguistically advantaged motley crew advise me as to why a Geordie in the > 20th/21st Century would use the 18th/19th C. phrase "set her cap at" > meaning to attempt to attract a member of the male sex? > Multi-thx in advance. > P. M. > > >