that's your sort

English

Phrase

that's your sort

  1. (slang, obsolete) That's it; that's the spirit; expressing approval or encouragement.
    • 1825, The Universal Songster (volume 1, page 260)
      He is a punster, give him a good licking. Talking of licking, he had better lick his own coat. That's your sort, cut away!

References
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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