For though it be true that sex is antecedent to art, art was enlisted in the service of sex very early in the history of the race, and has, if a colloquialism may be allowed here, done yeoman service ever since.
As a colloquialism it is all very well; but I regard it with a certain alarm, for where all trace of a word disappears, people are apt to forget the logical and grammatical necessity for it.
But in everyday speech a certain amount of colloquialism is inevitable.
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him.
Bowse up the jib, a colloquialism to denote the act of tippling: it is an old phrase, and was probably derived from the Dutch buyzen, to booze.
A colloquialism for mounting an epaulette, or receiving a commission.
The colloquialism expressive of the promotion of a flag-lieutenant and midshipman on an admiral's hauling down his flag.
Also a colloquialism for marque, as a letter of mart or marque.
Also, red-coats of old; whence lobster-box, a colloquialismfor barracks.
Not worth a stiver" is a colloquialism to express a person's poverty.
He had never found any one in his life before quite so provocative of colloquialism as Mr. Pope.
When we use the projections of the house to hold ourselves on to in the dream, are we not reminded of the familiar colloquialism about persons with well-developed breasts: "She has something to hold onto"?
A colloquialism for to withdraw from or refuse to carry out an agreement.
The colloquialism by which plenty, which is a noun, is treated as an adjective or adverb is altogether inadmissible.
In the sense of “somewhat ill,” as though depressed by the weather, this is a colloquialism better avoided.
An undesirable colloquialism for “not much good,” “of no great importance.
A colloquialism for withdraw as from an argument, a position or contest.
As a colloquialism signifying “queer” this adjective should be used with care.
A colloquialism for “with fair intention or with reputation for fair dealing; honest.
An unwarranted colloquialism for “to be here (or there) again in a moment.
A colloquialism for “lacking in spirit or liveliness, dull or tedious;” applied indiscriminately to persons or things.
A colloquialism for “a dependent or parasite:” the term is inelegant and therefore undesirable.
As a noun used instead of recommendation, this word is a colloquialism the use of which should be discouraged.
A valuable word in proper use, as applied to that which is adapted and worthy to win affection; but as a colloquialism improperly applied indiscriminately to every form of agreeable feeling or quality.
Mr Gale was distinguished by a blunter mode of speech; he discoursed with open-air vigour, making use now and then of a racycolloquialism which the other would hardly have permitted himself.
Preciseness must be avoided, for in a young man it seemed to argue conscious effort: a loose sentence now and then, a colloquialism substituted for the more grammatical phrase.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "colloquialism" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
