Village, the n.
1. mainly hunting/horseracing, London.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Eng. Spy I 129: I used to keep a good prad here for a bolt to the village [note] A cant phrase for a stolen run to the metropolis. | |
| Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. (2nd edn). | |
| Sl. Dict. | |
| Sl. and Its Analogues. | |
| ‘’Arry in ’Arrygate’ in Punch 24 Sept. 133/3: ’Ow I long to be back in ‘The Village,’ dear boy, with its bustle and fun. | |
| Shadows of the Night in Illus. Police News 26 Oct. 12/4: ‘We’d better [...] do a blooming guy towards the big village (London)’. |
2. (US) the Lower East Side, NYC.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | How the Other Half Lives 225: When it comes to Hell’s Kitchen, [...] and further down First Avenue in ‘the Village,’ the Rag Gang and its allies have no need of fearing treachery. | |
| Battle with the Slum 257: Mrs. Kelly managed to keep a bit of a roof over her boy and herself, down in the ‘village’ on the river front. |
3. (US) Greenwich Village, NYC.
| New York Day by Day 11 Mar. [synd. col.] The Fifth av clubs, the serious thinkers of The Village, the sturdy literary clubs of the West Side [etc.]. | |
| I Thought of Daisy 16: Sue Borglum’s pleasantry had been in the vein of the Village; Daisy’s was in the taste of Broadway. | |
| My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village (1961) 11: Poetry was once Big business in the Village. | |
| Gidget Goes Hawaiian 15: It’s that absolutely divine place in the Village. | |
| Shaft 162: The black man was running loose among the swamp guineas of the Village. | |
| On the Stroll 191: He was a student at Columbia, but he liked to spend time in the Village. | |
| Iced 102: I loved the South End [...] It reminded me of the Village. | |
| Tuff 154: I was down the Village the other day, all these lesbos was holding hands. |
4. attrib. use of sense 3.
| Men from the Boys (1967) 24: He was always reading, and was probably a fag – went around with the Village artists. |