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Going! - Baseball (gambling)


Called by catcher, second baseman or first baseman to alert the fielders when a runner attempts to steal.

pyjamas (iou)



pyjamas noun pl. Also *pajamas. In attrib. use & in comb. usu. in sing. -ama (otherwise rare). E19.
[Persian & Urdu pay-jamah, pa-jamah, from pa(y) leg + jamah garment. Cf. JAMA noun1.]
Orig., loose trousers, usu. of silk or cotton, tied round the waist, worn by both sexes in Turkey, India, and Other Eastern countries. Now also, nightclothes consisting of loose trousers and a jacket; a daytime outfit of a loose blouse and wide-legged trousers worn by women. Also pair of pyjamas.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'pertaining to a part of a pair of pyjamas' as pyjama bottom, pyjama jacket, etc. Special combs., as pyjama case a bag etc. in which pyjamas may be kept when not being worn; pyjama party a party at which people wear pyjamas.
pyjamaed adjective wearing pyjamas L19.