Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
2. Transfer of Property

788. Borrowing.

   NOUN:BORROWING, pledging, pawning, putting up the spout [slang].
  borrowed plumes; plagiarism (thieving) [See Stealing].
   VERB:BORROW, desume [obs.]; pawn, put up the spout [slang], patronize my uncle [slang].
  raise -, take up- money; raise the wind [slang]; get the -dough, – needful [both slang]; fly a kite, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; run into debt (debt) [See Debt].
  HIRE, rent, farm; take a -lease, – demise; take -, hire- by the -hour, – mile, – year &c.
  APPROPRIATE, adopt, apply, imitate, make use of, take; plagiarize, pirate.
  replevy.
   ADJECTIVE:borrowed &c. v.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.—Hamlet
2. Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.—Bulwer-Lytton
3. Who goes a borrowing Goes a sorrowing.—Tusser