order of…, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

order of… n.

order of the boot (n.)

order of the hempen riband (n.) [play on SE hemp, from which the rope is made]

a judicial hanging, esp. at Tyburn.

1672

R. Boyle Mr Anthony in DSUE (1984).

order of the push (n.)

see under push n.

order of the rag (n.) [rag = flag]

the military life.

1751

Fielding Amelia (1926) I 79: It is the opinion which, I believe, most of you young gentlemen of the order of the rag deserve.

order of the sack (n.)

see under sack n.

order of the street (n.)

an act of ejection from a house.

1899

A. Binstead Gal’s Gossip 16: He well knew that to disobey the lady meant instant investiture in the order of the street.

order of the tin can (n.) [can v. (2)]

(US) dismissal from a job.

1913

T.A. Dorgan Daffydils 22 Jan. [synd. cartoon strip] The boss told him he’d have to set type faster or get the grand order of the tin can.

order of the wooden cross (n.)

death in battle.

1915		R. Norton letter 15 Feb. in DeWolfe Howe Harvard Volunteers (1916) 196: [A]nyone who thinks he is coming out here to wander over the stricken field doing the Sir Philip Sidney act [...] had better stay home. This hero business will only win him the Order of the Wooden Cross.
1916		J.N. Hall Kitchener’s Mob 80: If there were any men slated for the Order of the Wooden Cross, the bombers were those unfortunate men.