PACK UP ONE'S AWLS AND BE GONE to depart for good ...M17 colloq.
PALE AS DISHWATER very pale ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. PEA, THE the person in authority; the boss ...1969 Aust. sl. PEACHAMAROOT someone or something very fine or splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. PEANUT an insignificant person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. PEA-SOUP (derogatory) a French-Canadian; the French-Canadian patois ...1896 N. Amer. sl. PEA-SOUPER (derogatory) a French-Canadian; the French-Canadian patois ...1942 N. Amer. sl. PECK'S BAD BOY a mischievous boy ...1883 sl., chiefly US PERCOLATE! let it happen! ...1960s Amer. sl. PIE-EYED intoxicated with alcohol ...L19 US sl. PIFFED dead; killed ...20C US sl. PIFFED intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 US sl. PIFFLE to talk nonsense ...L19 Brit. & US colloq. PIFFLE! a mild exclamation ...E20 US colloq. PIFTED dead; killed ...20C US sl. PIG SWEAT any inferior alcoholic beverage ...20C US sl. PIG SWEAT beer ...20C US sl. PIG TRANQUILIZER the drug PCP ...20C US drugs sl. PIGEON-EYED intoxicated with alcohol ...E18 US sl. PIG-MEAT a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...M20 US sl. PIKESTAFF the penis ...18C Brit. sl. PINE DRAPE a coffin ...1945 US sl. PIPPIN a term of endearment; a person of good ability ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. PLAY WHALEY to try to do more than one can; generally used in irony ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. PLAY SMASH to make a great blunder; to do a thing wholly wrong ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. PLUG UGLY said of a very ugly man, not genteel ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. POGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs. POGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl. POGGLED exhausted; in a state of collapse; completely drunk ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Scot. POINTED HEAD a stupid, dunce-like mind; a brainless cranium ...1940s Amer. sl. POINTED HEAD an intellectual ...1972 Amer. sl. POISON PILL any financial stratagem that causes a company to be unattractive to takeover bidders ...M1980s Amer. business & finance usage POKE-EASY a lazy, slow person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. POOPSIE a term of endearment ...1942 US sl. POOR AS A RAKE very thin ...1883 Eng. dial. POOSHIE a call to a cat ...Irish sl. POOSHIE an effeminate man ...Irish sl. POOSHIE one who takes offense easily; a timorous person ...1966 Ulster sl.
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