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PILLAGE - PLAIT
PILLAGE - nouns
• RAPINE the act or practice of seizing and taking away by force the property of others; plunder, pillage, robbery ...a1420
• RAPINES * acts of violent robbery or pillage ...1494
PILLAGE - verbs
• BEPILL † to pillage completely ...1574
• HARRY to overrun a place or territory with an army; to ravage by war or invasion; to lay waste, to sack, to pillage ...c1205
• HERRY to rob, to plunder, to pillage; used esp. of robbing birds' nests ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PILLAGED - adjectives
• HARRIED plundered, robbed, pillaged ...1844 Sc.
PILLAGING - adjectives
• DIREPTITIOUS † characterized by pillaging, plundering, or robbery ...1532
• PREDATITIOUS † adj. characterized by plundering, pillaging, or robbing; predatory ...1659
PILLAR - nouns
• BASIS † the base of a pillar ...1677
PILLORY - nouns
• LAW-NECK-CLOTH a pillory ...1789
• STOOPING-MATCH. the placing of a number of people in the pillory at the same time ...E19 sl.
• TIMBER-STAIRS † the pillory ...c1750 sl.
PILLORY - nouns, person
• BABE IN THE WOOD one who is imprisoned in the stocks or pillory ...L17 sl.
• INSPECTOR OF PAVEMENTS a man in the pillory ...1821 sl.
• STOOP-NAPPER a man standing in a pillory ...L18 UK criminals’ sl.
PILLORY - verbs
• IMPILLOR †* to put in the pillory ...1645
• NAB THE STOOP to stand in the pillory ...Bk1902 sl.
PILLORY - phrases
• UP TO THE ARMS IN WOOD standing in the pillory ...E19 sl.
PILLOW - nouns
• BED-HEAD † the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster ...1483
• GOOSE HAIR goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these ...1887 Amer. dial.
• HACOYTE †* a cushion or pillow ...1541
• HEADING a pillow or bolster; cloth or other material used to support the head ...1853 Amer. dial.
• NECKING a pillow or equivalent, as used by a cowboy when sleeping outdoors ...1973 Amer. dial.
• OREILLE †* a pillow ...1523
• PILLER a pillow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIT WILLOW a pillow ...c1870 rhyming sl.
• WANGER † a pillow ...c900
• WEEPING WILLOW a pillow ...1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
• WONGER † a pillow ...c900
PILLOWCASE - nouns
• BEAR † a case or covering for a pillow ...1369 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BED-BERE † a pillow-case ...1420
• BERE a pillow-case ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PILLIBEAR CASE a pillowcase ...1758 Amer. dial.
• PILLOW BEER a pillowcase ...1638 Amer. dial.
• PILLOW BIER a pillowcase ...1859 Amer. dial.
PILOT - nouns, person
• ACE 1. an air pilot of exceptional ability ...1914 Eng. sl.
2. a pilot or student pilot who has destroyed five or more friendly aircraft ...1918 Amer. ironic usage
• ACE OF ACES a combat aviator who brought down or killed twenty-give or more enemy aircraft ...Amer. World War I sl.
• AIR CANARY a female aviator; a pilot assigned to fly aircraft to combat areas as opposed to a combat pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AIR HAWK a combat pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AIR JANE a female aviator; a pilot assigned to fly aircraft to combat areas as opposed to a combat pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AVIATRESS a female pilot of an aeroplane ...1910
• AVIATRICE a female pilot of an aeroplane ...1910
• AVIATRIX a female pilot of an aeroplane ...1927
• BIRD IN THE MONKEY SUIT an aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BIRDMAN an aviator, an airman ...1909 colloq.
• BIRDWOMAN a female aviator ...Bk1933 colloq.
• BLACKBIRD a Black person; a Black aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOY UPSTAIRS a pilot, gunner, or bombardier, when in flight ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUZZ BOY a fighter pilot; a member of an air force; used derisively ...1944 Amer. military usage
• BUZZARD an airplane pilot ...1937 Amer. jocular
• CAMEL-DRIVER a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane ...1927 US military sl.
• CAMEL-MERCHANT a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane ...1926 US military sl.
• CHAUFFEUR a pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHINESE ACE (usually offensive) an inept pilot; a pilot who flies with one wing low ...1928 Amer. aviation jocular
• DRIVER a pilot ...c1929 Royal Air Force usage
• EAGLE a student pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• EAGLET a young aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLATHATTER a careless pilot ...World War II Amer. Navy sl.
• FLY BOY a member of an air force, esp. a pilot ...1937 US colloq.
• FLY GUY 1. a US Air Force pilot; any member of the Air Force; now derogatory, implying snobbishness, youth, and cautiousness ...WW II Armed Forces use
2. an aviator, esp. a glamorous, heroic, or daring aviator ...WW II, usually used ironically
3. any airplane pilot ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GIMPER a special and most dependable buddy; a highly competent airman ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOOPHER a competent airman who is almost of top quality ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JOCK a pilot or astronaut ...M20 N. Amer.
• MAGNET ASS a pilot who seems to attract enemy fire frequently ...1962 Amer. military aviation usage
• MODOC (derogatory) a man who becomes a pilot for the sake of pilots' glamorous image ...1936 US sl.
• MODOCK a pilot given to boasting about flying experiences; one who talks about aviation but never flies ...1933 Amer. aviation sl.
• PEA-SHOOTER a fighter pilot or plane ...World War II US Army & Air Force usage
• PEELO a pilot ...c1940 Royal Air Force sl.
• PEEPING TOM a pilot that is expert at flying in bad weather and at dodging from cloud to cloud ...1939 Royal Air Force sl.
• SEA GULL an airman ...World War I navy sl.
• SPLITASS MERCHANT a reckless individual; an expert stunt flier ...Amer. World War I sl.
• WOLF a daredevil pilot who does stunts near the ground ...World War I Amer. sl.
PILOT - verbs
• BUY A FARM of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1956 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• BUY A PLOT of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1954 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• BUY THE FARM of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• BUY THE SHOP of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1954 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• GO FOR A BURTON of a pilot: to be killed in an air crash ...1941 Brit. services' sl.
PIMP, PIMPING - adjectives
• MACK describing anything pertaining to a pimp, such as attitude, philosophy, automobile, or clothes ...1960s US Black sl.
• PANDARIC pert. to a pander, characteristic of a pimp ...1885 rare
• PANDERING pimping ...1603
• PANDERLY † of the nature of or befitting a pander or pimp ...1581
• PANDEROUS † of the nature of or characteristic of a pander or pimp ...c1575
• PANDROUS † of the nature of or characteristic of a pander or pimp ...c1575
PIMP, PIMPING - nouns
• CALIFORNIA PIMPING working as a pimp in a relaxed, low-pressure style ...1972 US sl.
• FAMILY a group of prostitutes and their pimp ...1969 US sl.
• HUSTLE work as a pimp, prostitute, or tramp ...1940s US Black sl.
• MACK the speech a pimp makes to recruit a woman as a prostitute ...1972 US sl.
• MACK, THE the business of pimping ...1955 Amer. sl.
• MACKERELAGE † the services of a bawd or pander ...1602
• MACKERY pimping ...1930s US sl.
• MACKING pimping for a living ...M20 US sl.
• PANDERAGE † the practice or trade of pandering; pimping, procuring ...1612 nonce word
• PANDERISM the practice or trade of a pander ...1601
• PANDERSHIP * the function or trade of a pander ...1656
• SPORTING LIFE the lifestyle of a US pimp - the 'good' life, i.e. money, liquor, women, all the desired pleasures of the flesh ...20C sl.
PIMP - nouns, person
• ABBESS a procuress ...17C Eng. sl.
• ABBOT ON THE CROSS a pimp ...19C sl.
• ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE a pimp working for high-class prostitutes ...1960s US sl.
• ACE-LOVER one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend ...1940s US Black sl., chiefly Southern/Midwest
• ALLEY RAT a pimp, esp. one involved in cheating a prostitute's clients ...1930s US sl.
• ALPHONSE a pimp ...L19 UK rhyming sl. for 'ponce'
• APPLE-MONGER a pimp ...18C sl.
• APPLE-SQUIRE a pimp ...16C Brit. sl.
• APRON-SQUIRE a pimp ...16C Brit. sl.
• ASS-PEDDLER a pimp, a procurer ...20C US sl.
• BED-BROKER † a pander, a pimp ...1592.
• BELLSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
• BELLYSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
• BELSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1592
• B.F. a pimp ...1930s sl.
• BLUDGER a pimp ...1898 sl.
• BROTHER OF THE GUSSET a pimp ...L17 sl.
• CADET a pimp or procurer...1904 US sl.
• CAFINFLERO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CAFISHIO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CANDYMAN a pimp ...1980s US Black sl.
• CHUMP a second-rate pimp, one who just makes enough money to get by ...1970s US Black sl.
• CREEP amongst crooked pimps: one who searches the clothes of a victim while abed with the pimp's prostitute ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CUNT-PENSIONER a kept man; a pimp; a man living on a woman's harlotry or concubinage ...19C colloq.
• DAB a pimp, esp. a bawd ...L19 sl.
• DADDIO a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
• DADDY the lover and protector of a prostitute; a pimp ...1909 US sl.
• DADDY-O a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
• DILLYDONCE a pimp; a ponce ...US rhyming sl.
• EASEMAN a kept man, one who lives on money earned by a woman; a pimp ...1910s US Black sl.
• EASTMAN a kept man, one who lives on money earned by a woman; a pimp ...1911 US sl.
• EASY RIDER a kept man; a pimp ...1914 US sl.
• ECNOP a person who lives off prostitutes' earnings; a ponce ...1956 UK back slang
• FAG a pimp ...20C US sl.
• FAGGOTEER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FAGGOTER a pimp who specializes in selling the services of male homosexual prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• FAGGOT-MASTER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FAKER a pimp ...L19 sl.
• FANCY a man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute ...E19 sl.
• FANCY COVE a pimp, a procurer ...19C sl.
• FANCY-JOSEPH a prostitute's pimp or ponce ...19C Brit. sl.
• FANCY-MAN the lover of a woman, esp. a man who lives on the earnings of a woman, usually a prostitute; broadly, a pimp ...1811 sl.
• FISH AND SHRIMP a pimp ...E20 US rhyming sl.
• FISHMONGER a pimp or procurer ...16C sl.
• FLESH-FLY a whoremonger; a pimp ...L18 Brit. sl.
• FLESH-MAGGOT a whoremonger; a pimp ...L18 Brit. sl.
• FLESH-MONGER a procurer, a pimp; the male keeper of a brothel ...17C sl.
• FLESH-PEDDLER a pimp ...M20 US sl.
• GAGGER one who pimps his own wife ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• GAMER a pimp; a confidence trickster; one who lives by their wits; a person engaged in swindles and hustles as a way of life ...1975 sl.
• GAMESTER a pimp ...E18 sl.
• HACKNEY a pimp ...E16 sl.
• HARD MACK a brutish pimp who relies on force and the threat of force to control his prostitutes ...1972 US sl.
• HOON a pimp; a procurer ...20C Aust. sl.
• ICEBERG SLIM a pimp ...1960s US Black sl.
• JELLY BEAN a pimp ...1935 US sl.
• KAFFIR a pimp; an unpleasant person ...M19 sl., orig. S. Afr.
• KNIGHT OF THE GUSSET a pimp ...L17 sl.
• LADY ABBESS a procuress ...L18 sl.
• MAC a pimp ...1887 sl.
• MACARONI the middleman, usually a pimp, who stands between the client and prostitute ...1970s US sl.
• MACGIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MACGIMPER a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MACK a pander; a usually flashy or successful pimp ...1887 sl.
• MACK DADDY a man who is successful as a pimp or (later), a violent criminal ...1958-59 Amer. criminals' & rap music usage
• MACKER a pimp; a usually flashy or successful pimp ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• MACKEREL † one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426
• MACKMAN a usually flashy or successful pimp ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MAC MAN a pimp ...1950s US Black sl.
• MACRELL † one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426
• MACRIO †* one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...a1627
• MAGIFFER a pimp ...1950s US sl.
• MAGIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MAGOOFER a pimp ...1950s US sl.
• MALE BAWD a pander ...1607
• MAQUE a pimp ...20C US criminals' & Black sl.
• MAQUERELL † one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426
• MCDADDY a successful pimp or criminal ...1950s US Black sl.
• MCGIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• M'GIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MISSIONARY a pimp ...20C US criminals' euphemism
• MUTTON-MONGER † a whoremonger; a man addicted to prostitutes; a debauched man; a pimp, a wencher ...1532 sl., now rare or obs.
• OLD MAN a prostitute's pimp or lover, regardless of age ...1891 US sl.
• P a ponce, a pimp ...1920s sl.
• PAL JOEY a kept man; a pimp ...1940s sl., orig. US usage
• PANDER a go-between in clandestine amours; one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust; a male bawd, pimp, or procurer ...1530
• PANDERER a go-between in clandestine amours; one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust; a male bawd, pimp, or procurer ...1839
• PANDERESS * a female pander, a bawd, a pimp, a procuress ...1606
• PANDRESS* a female pander, a bawd, a pimp, a procuress ...1606
• PAP an affection name used by a woman to her husband, lover, or pimp ...L19 US sl.
• PAPA an affection name used by a woman to her husband, lover, or pimp ...L19 US sl.
• P.I. a prostitute's bully; a pander; a procurer, a pimp ...c1920 UK sl.
• PONCE a pimp ...1872 Brit. sl.
• POOFTER RORTER a homosexual's pimp ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PROCURER a pimp ...16C
• SALESMAN a pimp ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SILVER SPOON a pimp ...1990s rhyming sl. for' hoon'
• SILVERY a pimp ...1970s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'hoon' (Silvery Moon)
• SILVERY MOON a pimp ...1970s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'hoon'
• SIMPLE PIMP one who barely manages as a pimp and has no hope of transcending that level of employment within the criminal hierarchy ...1950s US Black sl.
• SMOCKSTER a madam or a pimp ...E17 Brit. sl.
• SPLIT a pimp, a procurer ...L19 sl.
• SPORTING-GIRL'S MANAGER a pimp ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SQUIRE OF DAMES † a pimp or pander ...B1900
• SQUIRE OF THE GUSSET a pimp ...L17 sl.
• SQUIRE OF THE PLACKET a pimp ...c1630 colloq.
• STREET PIMP a pimp who works the streets with his prostitutes in order to be present when finances are arranged ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SUBURBAN-ROARER a pimp; a bawdy-house bully ...1659 sl.
• SUGAR PIMP a suave, sweet-talking pimp ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SWEETBACK a pimp ...1929 US sl.
• SWEETBACK MAN a pimp ...1929 US sl.
• SWEET DADDY a lover or any man who provides for a woman; a pimp ...1950s US Black sl.
• VICTUALLER a pimp ...L16 sl.
• WELFARE PIMP a pimp who collects the welfare cheques due to his prostitutes ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• WHOREMASTER a pimp; a procurer ...16C
PIMP - verbs
• BAWD † to pander ...1651 arch. or obs.
• BLUDGE to act as a pimp ...1947 sl.
• HUSSLE to pimp ...1970s sl.
• HUSTLE to pimp ...1970s sl.
• MACK 1. to be or work as a pimp; to procure clients for a prostitute ...1887 Amer. sl.
2. of a pimp: to talk to a woman in a fluently ingratiating way; hence, usually of a man, to speak flirtatiously or make a sexual advance to; to flirt with ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MAN to work as a pimp ...17C sl.
• PAMBER to pander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANDER to act as a pander to; to minister to the gratification of another's lust ...1602
• PANDERIZE † to act the pander, to procure, to pimp ...1603
• PIMP to act as a pimp ...1636 sl.
• PUNK to pimp ...17C Brit. sl.
• RUFFIAN to pimp ...19C Brit. sl.
• STABLE of a pimp: to induce a prostitute to join other prostitutes working for him ...1969 US sl.
• TALK GAME to talk, to chatter, but specifically of a pimp: to chatter about pimping, prostitution, and those involved ...1972 US Black sl.
PIMPLE, PIMPLED - adjectives
• AMPERY covered with blotches or pimples ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BUBUCKLED covered with 'bubukles' or large pimples ...1822-9
• BUBUKLED covered with 'bubukles' or large pimples ...1822-9
• CHITTY †* freckled; covered with warts or pimples ...1552
• MEASLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• MEASLE-FACED having pimples, having a spotty, inflamed complexion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEZLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• SPLODGY coarse in complexion, with pimples ...B1900 sl.
• ZITTY spotty, pimpled ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
PIMPLE - nouns
• ACK a pimple ...1968 US sl.
• ACNE-TYPE SURFACE BLEMISH a pimple ...M20 US advertising usage
• ARRALS pimples; a rash or eruption on the skin; esp. applied to ringworm ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BLOSSOM a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BOLGAN a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMP a pimple ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BURBLE a little red pimple on the face after shaving too close ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CARBUNCLE a red spot or pimple on the nose or face caused by habits of intemperance ...1682
• CAT BOIL swelling on the skin; a small infected pimple, usually on the face ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ERCLE a small swelling, a watery blister; a pimple, a sore place ...1876 Eng. dial.
• ESSCOCK a hot pimple on the face or any part of the body ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GIN-BUD a gin-induced spot or pimple on the face ...c1820 sl.
• GOOSE BUMPS small infected pimples that form usually on the face ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GUBERS acne; facial pimples ...M20 US sl.
• HICKEY a pimple; a mark left by a lovebite ...1934 colloq.
• HICKIE a pimple; a spot ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JACK BUMP a pimple ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JACKY BUMP a pimple ...1967 Amer. dial.
• J-BUMP a pimple ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JERK BUMPS pimples; acne ...20C sl. & colloq.
• LENTIGO a freckle or pimple ...c1400
• LOLLIPOP BITE a small infected pimple on the face ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOVE BUMP a pimple ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MATER BUMP a small infected pimple that forms usually on the face ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEASLE a spot, a pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEASLE-FACE a face covered with red pimples ...1806 Eng. dial.
• MEZZIL a spot, a pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE a spot, a pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MURFLES pimples ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NATURE BUMP a pimple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NATURE HEAD a pimple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NESSCOCK a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESSCOCKLE a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAP a small round tumour or swelling; a pimple ...1552
• PASSION PIMPLE a small infected pimple on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEPJINNY a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PET a boil, pimple, mole, or wart ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PIMGENET † a pimple on the face ...1693 Eng. dial. or sl.
• PIMJIMMY a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMJINNET a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP a pimple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PIMPJENNET a pimple ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PIMPJENNY a pimple ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PINGINNET a pimple ...1912 Amer. dial.
• PINJINNET a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIPJENNY a pimple ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PIPJINNIT a pimple ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PIPJINNY a pimple ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PUCKLE a pimple, a pustule ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLE a pimple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUILT a pimple; a boil, a small blister ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOT a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ROSY-DROP acne; pimples ...E19
• TETTER a small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TICKER a very small spot or pimple on the skin; an eruption on the face ...1824 Sc.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WHORE BOIL adolescent acne; small infected pimples on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ZAT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZENT a pimple ...20C US sl.
• ZIT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZITZ a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZORT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
PIN - nouns
• CARELESS PIN a straight pin as distinguished from a safety pin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DALK † a pin., brooch, clasp, buckle ...c1000
PINBALL - adjectives
• DEAD in pinball: said of a bumper that scores when hit but does not propel the ball back into play ...1977 US sl.
PINBALL - nouns
• GUNCH an attempt to influence the roll of a pinball ...1970s Amer. sl.
• PANIC FLIP in pinball: the premature activation of a flipper ...1977 US sl.
• SAUCER in pinball: a scoring hole with a bevelled lip ...1977 US sl.
• TABLE a pinball machine ...1977 UK sl.
• TOUR BALL in pinball: a ball that stays in play for a relatively long period without scoring many points ...1977 US sl.
PINBALL - nouns, person
• WIZARD in pinball, an expert player ...1977 US sl.
PINBALL - verbs
• GUNCH to attempt to influence the roll of a pinball ...1970s Amer. sl.
• WAIL in pinball: to score a large number of points in a short period of time ...1977 US sl.
PINCERS - nouns
• BEAKS † a pair of pincers, a forceps ...1656
PINCH (amount) - nouns
• PUGIL orig. handful; later, as much or as many as can be held between the thumb and the next two fingers; a large pinch ...L16 arch.
• SCENT a small quantity; a drop or pinch of anything; a little ...1839 Sc.
PINCH (squeeze) - nouns
• GWIDGY-GWEE a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TAILOR'S NIP a playful pinch given to a child wearing new clothes for the first time ...1880 Sc.
• THUMMACK a pinch with the finger and thumb ...1892 Sc.
PINCH - verbs
• NEIVE to catch with the hands, to pinch, to grip ...1824 Sc.
• NEVEL to pinch with the fingers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUACK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUEAK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUEEK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMP to cramp, to pinch; to stint of food, money, etc. ...1880 Sc.
• SQUAT to pinch ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• VELLICATE of things: to act upon or affect so as to irritate; to nip, to pinch, to tear a part of the body by means of small or sharp points ...1604
PINCUSHION - nouns
• PIN PEAR a pincushion ...1940 Amer. dial.
PINE, PINE CONE - nouns
• BURR a pine cone ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE a shoot of new growth on a pine tree ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHAFF the fallen needles from pine trees ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CLOG † a fir cone; a pine cone ...L16
• DIDDLEDEES fallen pine needles ...1889 Amer. dial.
• GOOKUM the sticky stuff that comes out of pine trees; sap ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PICKIES the pointed leaves fallen from pine trees ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIN a pine needle ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PINE BALL a pine cone ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINE BURR a pine cone ...1804 Amer. dial.
• PINE HAMS pine needles ...1976 Amer. dial.
• PINE KEGS pine needles ...1976 Amer. dial.
• PINE-QUILL a narrow, sharp-pointed needle of the pine tree ...1871 Amer. dial.
• PINERY a pine forest; a region characterized by pine forests ...1818 Amer. dial.
• PINE STRAW dead pine needles ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PINE TAG a narrow, sharp-pointed leaf of a conifer; a pine needle ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS a region of pine forest ...1791 Amer. dial.
• SHAT a dry needle from a pine tree ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SHATTER a dry needle from a pine tree ...1831 Amer. dial.
• TAG a narrow, sharp-pointed leaf of a conifer; a pine needle ...1834 Amer. dial.
• TWINKLES pine needles ...1913 Amer. dial.
PINE - nouns, person
• PINEBALLER one who gathers pine cones ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINETOP an old-timer in the pine woods ...1949 Amer. dial.
PINE (yearn) - verbs
• SICKEN to pine with yearning; to long eagerly ...1802
PINEAPPLE - nouns
• PINE the pineapple ...1955 Amer. dial.
PINE AWAY - verbs
• TAPIS † to languish, to pine away; to be mortally sick or diseased ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAPISH † to languish, to pine away; to be mortally sick or diseased ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAPPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TORFLE to founder, to go lame; to decline in health, to pine away, to languish; to lose interest in or draw back from an undertaking ...1575-6 Eng. dial.
PINING - nouns
• LANGUOR † mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit ...a1300
PINNACLE - nouns
• TAPPIE-TOORIE a turret, a pinnacle, a towered structure ...1836 Sc.
• TAPPIETOURIE a turret, a pinnacle, a towered structure ...1836 Sc.
• TAPPY-TOUROCK a turret, a pinnacle, a towered structure ...1836 Sc.
PINS AND NEEDLES - verbs
• PRINKLE to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of 'pins and needles'; to tingle, to prickle ...1721 Sc.
PINT - nouns
• HALF-MUTCHKIN half a pint ...1816 Sc.
• JACK a quarter of a pint ...1736 Eng. dial.
PIONEER - nouns, person
• MOSSBACK an old-time pioneer who is satisfied with life and whose narrow ways prevent development ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
PIOUS - adjectives
• PI pious, excessively religious ...1981 sl.
PIOUS - nouns, person
• BIBLE-BACK (often derogatory) a pious or sanctimonious person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CAGOT † an affectedly pious person ...M16 Sc.
• CHRISTER an over-pious or sanctimonious person ...1921 US sl.
• CREEPING JESUS a hypocritically pious person ...c1818 sl.
• DEVIL CATCHER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• DEVIL-CHASER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• DEVIL-DODGER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• DEVIL-DRIVER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• GOD'S ODDLING a pious eccentric ...1953 Amer. dial.
• HOLY WILLIE a sanctimonious, hypocritically pious person ...L19 sl.
• VICE-WHIPPER a clergyman; a pious person ...L17 sl.
PIOUS - verbs
• BE INWARDLY GIVEN to be pious, spiritual ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
PIOUSLY - adverbs
• GODLY piously, devoutly ...1942 Amer. dial.
PIPE - nouns
• CALIDUCT a duct or pipe for the convenience of heat by means of steam, hot water, or air ...1651
• CANEL † a pipe or tube ..c1420
• LEADER a pipe to conduct water ...1875 Sc. & US
• OFFLET a channel or pipe for letting water off ...1838
• SCOOT a gush or flow of water; the pipe or opening from which it flows ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SINK * a conduit, drain, or pipe for carrying away dirty water or sewage; an opening especially made for this purpose; a sewer ...1499
PIPE (smoking) - nouns
• ALDERMAN a long (generally clay) pipe ...c1800 Eng. sl.
• AMBEER the residue that gathers in the stem of a smoker's pipe ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BARNYARD PIPE a corncob pipe ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAW a smoke; a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHURCHWARDEN a very long clay pipe ...Bk1890 sl.
• DOTTLE the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking ...1815
• DOZZLE the unburnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and placed on top of the next pipeful ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GAGE a pipe; a pipeful of tobacco ...1676 sl.
• GAGG a pipe, a pipeful of tobacco ...M17 sl.
• GOLLEROY the dottle of a pipe ...Bk1917 Amer. dial.
• GRAVY BOWL a tobacco pipe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a smoking pipe ...1921 Amer. dial.
• HOD a pipe ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke)
• LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LONG CLAY a long clay pipe ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NOSE WARMER a short pipe ...L19 sl.
• OLD DOG the bowl of a tobacco pipe ...c1885 UK prison sl.
• ORGAN a pipe (smoking) ...L18 sl.
• RAKE-OUT a pipeful of tobacco ...L19 sl.
• REEK a smoke; the act of smoking; a whiff of a pipe ...1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STRAW a long clay pipe; a churchwarden ...Bk1904 sl.
• TOPPER a cigar stump or cigarette end; also, the remains of tobacco in a pipe bowl ...1888 sl.
• YARD OF CLAY a long clay tobacco pipe ...1842
• YARD OF TRIPE a pipe ...M19 rhyming sl.
PIPE (tube) - nouns
• CANAL † a pipe used for conveying water or liquid ...c1449
• QUILL † a small pipe or tube; a small water-pipe ...c1433
• WATERDROP the pipe that takes the collected rain-water down to the ground or to a storage tank; a downspout ...1970 Amer. dial.
PIPE (smoking) - verbs
• ARTICHOKE RIPE to smoke a pipe ...c1855 rhyming sl.
• BLAW to smoke a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW A CLOUD to smoke a pipe ...1819 sl.
• BLOW ONE'S REEK to smoke a pipe ...1896 Sc.
• COCK ONE'S ORGAN to smoke a pipe ...L18 sl.
• FUFF to puff a tobacco pipe ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FUNK to smoke a pipe ...L17 sl.
• PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.
• RAISE A CLOUD to smoke a pipe of tobacco ...L17 sl.
PIQUANT - adjectives
• SALTY piquant, racy ...1866
PIRACY - nouns
• SCUMMERFARE †* piracy ...1358
PIRATE - adverbs
• PIRATOUSLY †* in a piratical manner, by piracy ...1538
PIRATE - nouns
• OLD ROGER the pirates' flag, the Jolly Roger ...18C sl.
• SALLEE-MAN † a Moorish pirate ship ...1637
• SALLEE ROVER † a Moorish pirate ship ...1686
PIRATE - nouns, person
• ACKMAN a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKPIRATE a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ALGERINE one who acts like a pirate ...1841 US
• CAPER † a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair ...1657 obs. exc. hist.
• DAVY JONES'S NATURAL CHILDREN pirates; smugglers ...19C nautical usage
• GALLIOT † a pirate ...c1425
• LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
• LOTMAN a pirate ...? L18 nautical sl.
• MAROONER a buccaneer, a pirate ...1661
• RAT † a pirate ...1673
• SCAUMER † a pirate, a plunderer; a cattle-lifter ...1836 Sc.
PISTOL - see GUN
PIT - nouns
• DALE † a hole in the ground; a hollow, a pit, a gulf ...a800
• LAKE † a pit; a den of lions; also, occasionally, a grave ...c1320
PITCH (throw) - verbs
• LAB to pitch, to throw from the hand, with a swing of the arm, in the manner a quoit is thrown ...1818 Sc.
• TIPPLE to throw, to pitch ...1887 Eng. dial.
PITCH - verbs
(pitch - a thick, black substance that was used in the past to make wooden ships and buildings waterproof)
• IMPICATE †* to cover with pitch ...1623
PITCHER - nouns
• PARRICK a little jug; a small pitcher ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PITCHFORK - nouns
• BANGER a pitchfork with three prongs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EVIL a three-pronged dung-fork; a pitchfork ...1848 Eng. dial.
• GRAIP a trident pitchfork ...1930 Amer. dial. arch.
• TARRICROOK a bent pitchfork ...1897 Sc.
PITH - nouns
• UPSTANDING pith, substance, strength ...1902 Sc.
PITIABLE - adjectives
• DOG-ASS wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOG-ASSED wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• ERNEFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ERNFUL † sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable ...1601
• NACE pitiable, destitute, in great and abject want ...1795 Sc.
• SAIRIE in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SAIRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SARRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
PITIABLE - nouns, person
• OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable ...E19 sl.
• PILGARLIC a pitiable person ...16C Eng. dial.
• POOR HEART † a pitiable person ...1599
• SACK a pitiable, downtrodden person ...1950s US sl.
PITIED - adjectives
• IMMISERABLE †* not to be pitied ...1623
PITIFUL - adjectives
• SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful ...1825 Sc.
• SHAN pitiful, silly ...E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SIMPLE † poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal ...a1300
PITIFUL - nouns, person
• CHITTY-FACE † a term of reproach or contempt; a thin, pinched, or childish face; one who has a thin, pinched face; a puny child with a little face; a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
PITILESS - adjectives
• BAUCH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
• BAUGH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
• DESPITEOUS spiteful, malevolent, malicious, cruel; passing gradually into the sense: pitiless, merciless ...c1510
• HARD AS NAILS stern and unyielding; harsh; pitiless ...1862
• HEART-BOUND † having the heart shut up or fast-closed to a person; pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy ...1616
• ILLACHRYMABLE †* incapable of weeping; pitiless, unmerciful ...1623
• IMPITEOUS ruthless, pitiless ...1877
• ORELESS † void of reverence, mercy or pity; merciless, cruel ...a1000
• UNBOWELLED unaffectionate, pitiless ...1592
PITILESS - nouns, person
• ABLACH a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person ...1788 Sc.
PITILESSLY - adverbs
• VENGEABLY vindictively; cruelly; pitilessly ...1412-20 arch.
PITTANCE - nouns
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece; a miserable pittance ...1867 Eng. & Amer. dial.
PITY - adjectives
• NESH † tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings ...c897
PITY - nouns
• HARM † pity; a pity ...c1430
• ORE † grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency ...a1000
• SIN a pity; a shame ...c1300, now chiefly Sc.
PITY - nouns, person
• IMMISERABLE † one whom nobody pities ...B1900
• WALAWAY † an object of contempt or pity ...1827 Sc.
PITY - verbs
• GAGGER to tell the tale, to move to pity ...1932 UK sl.
• MEAN to pity, to condole with ...1747 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE PITYSAKE ON to have mercy on, to take pity on ...1952 Amer. dial.
• WALLY. to pity ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WELLEY † to pity ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YEARN to feel pity or compassion; to cause to feel pity ...1785 Eng. dial.
PITY - interjections
• ALAS-AT-EVER! † an exclamation of pity ...1703 Eng. dial.
• AY-DI-ME! an exclamation of regret or pity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DELP! an exclamation used to express pity; God help! ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ECH! an exclamation expressive of pity, surprise, or disgust ...1833 Sc.
PITYING - verbs
• BE A RIGHT OLD MISERY to be a depressing person; to act in a self-pitying manner ...L19 sl.
PIZZA - nouns
• ALPO sausage topping for a pizza ...1996 US sl.
• BONDAGE PIE a pizza with sausage and mushroom topping ...1996 US sl.
• CARP anchovies as a pizza topping ...1996 US sl.
• CIRCLE OF DEATH a bad pizza ...20C teen & high school sl.
• MONA LISA a pizza ...1980s rhyming sl.
• TOMATO PIE pizza; a pizza ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WHITE PIZZA a pizza that contains cheese but no tomatoes ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ZA pizza ...1968 US sl.
PLACARD - nouns
• PANCART † a placard bearing a public notification ...1656
PLACARD - nouns, person
• WALL-OBSERVER † one who is addicted to reading placards ...1673
PLACATED - adjectives
• PACABLE † capable of being pacified, placated, or appeased ...a1834
PLACE - adjectives
• EEVER of places: upper, higher ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOOFY of a place: bizarre ...1910s sl.
• HAGASTED familiar with a place through long residence there ...1866 Sc.
• LAID OUT of a place: smart, neat ...1960s US Black sl.
• RACKETTY of places: low, shady ...c1840 sl.
• RACKETY of places: low, shady ...c1840 sl.
• SALT-AND-PEPPER of a place: frequented by both Blacks and Whites ...1950s US sl.
• TIN-POT of a place: small, insignificant ...L19 NZ sl.
• TOPIC † pert. to a particular place or locality; local ...1610
• UNCOUTH of places: not commonly known or frequented; solitary, desolate, wild, ragged, rough ...a1542
• WANDERING †* of places: out-of-the-way, inaccessible, remote ...1600
PLACE - adverbs
• AT-AFTER of place: at the rear, after ...1879 Eng. dial.
• ONEWHERE * in one place, as opposed to another; in one place only ...1611
• SUNDRYWHERE † in various places; here and there ...1548
• TOPICALLY * in respect to place; locally ...1648
PLACE - prepositions
• AT-AFTER of place: behind, after ...1883 Eng. dial.
PLACE - nouns
• ACHE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ANKLE a rough place, a 'dive' ...Brit. sl.
• ARMPIT a highly undesirable town or place ...1968 US sl.
• ARMPIT OF THE NATION the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city or town ...1960s sl., orig. US
• ARMPIT OF THE UNIVERSE the worst place ...1968 US sl.
• ARMPIT OF THE WORLD the worst place ...1968 US sl.
• ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place ...1930s sl., orig. US
• ARSE-HOLE OF CREATION a detestable place ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ARSEHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE an unpleasant place ...1950 sl.
• ARSEHOLE OF THE WORLD any particularly unpleasant place
• ASS-END OF CREATION the most remote or hateful place or position ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END OF NOWHERE nowhere; a very out-of-the-way place ...1920s US sl.
• ASS-END OF THE WORLD the most remote or hateful place or position ...1960 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE the most detestable spot in a given area; a detestable place ...1859 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF CREATION a detestable place ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE LAND a detestable place ...1927 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE a detestable place ...1950 sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD a detestable place ...1959 Amer. sl.
• ASS-KICKER an unpleasant place; a challenging situation ...1960s US sl.
• BACK O' BEYOND a remote, obscure place ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD PLACE IN THE ROAD a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way settlement ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD SPOT IN THE ROAD a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way settlement ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1897 Sc.
• BALFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1933 Sc.
• BALLFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1912 Sc.
• BELFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1932 Sc.
• BEYOND THE BEYOND a very out-of-the-way place ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BILLY HELL a desolate place; hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BRO a place for which one feels great affinity because of birth, upbringing, long residence, etc. there ...Welsh
• BUGGER'S WOODS an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUSHES, THE an insignificant or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE PATCH a place or thing of little importance; an out-of-the-way place ...1862 Amer. sl.
• CACTUS a remote place, the backblocks ...1944 Aust. sl.
• CALF-COUNTRY the place where one spent one's youth ...Sc.
• CALF-GROUND the place where one spent one's youth ...Sc.
• CHICKEN COOP any small place ...1900s US sl.
• COW PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CUBESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1959 sl., orig. US
• DIDDY-WAH-DIDDY used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off ...1929 Amer. dial.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• DOGPATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DOO-WAH-DIDDY used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off ...1988 Amer. dial.
• DULLSVILLE, OHIO anywhere other than Las Vegas ...1985 US sl.
• DUMP an unpleasant place ...1915 sl., orig. US
• EAST JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• EAST JESUS, ARKANSAS a fictitious place, difficult to find, and peopled with uneducated and poor people ...1994 US sl.
• EAST JESUS NOWHERE the outback ...1961 US sl.
• EAST PASTURE a distant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EL DORADO an ideal place ...1596
• END place, position, situation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• END OF COMEBACK an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• END OF NOWHERE an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FALL-OFF an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FLEA-BAG an unpleasant place ...1941 sl.
• GAFF a place, an area, such as a street ...L19 sl.
• GOBBLER HILL a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLER'S KNOB a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGEHOLE a filthy or disreputable place ...1986 Amer. sl.
• GUTBUCKET a low place or dive ...1944 US Black sl.
• HACKLEBARNEY a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to ...1950 Amer. sl.
• HADES a place between or behind hills and out of sight ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• HALE † a corner, a nook; a secret place ...c897
• HEAVEN a place of supreme bliss ...1377
• HECKER a remote or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-CERTAIN a nickname for some out-of-the-way or rundown place; a seedy place ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HELL-HOLE an unpleasant place ...1866 sl.
• HELL'S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELLTOWN a rundown or disreputable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HENPECK a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOBOKEN an insignificant, out-of-the-way place ...20C US sl.
• HOLE an unpleasant place ...1876 sl.
• HOLE IN THE ROAD a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place ...1635
• JOINT a place or establishment, as a hotel, restaurant. etc. ...sl.
• KENNING-PLACE † a place prominently in sight ...1610
• LAND'S END an out-of-the-way place or an unimportant village ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST CHANCE an out-of-the-way or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial. jocular
• LAYOUT an apartment, a house, or any place ...M19 US sl.
• MANOR the area where you are born, or where you live and/or are well known ...1962 Brit. sl.
• MIDDLE-ERD the nether regions; the lowest or furthest parts of a place ...1897 Sc.
• MUCKHOLE a filthy, unappetizing place or room ...1900s sl.
• NATIVE † a native place or country ...1604 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEST a place; a place of residence ...1596 sl.
• NESTERSVILLE an out-of-the-way place; a very small or unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEVER-HEED-UM-STREET an unknown place; nowhere ...1891 Eng. dial.
• NOPLACEVILLE a dull or boring place or town; a small town; a jerkwater town ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• OFFICE any place where one does work or spends a great deal of time ...L17 sl.
• ONE-HORSE TOWN a small or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OPTIMACY †* the best or highest place ...1651
• OTHER SIDE OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• OUT BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• PAD a place, house, or apartment; a room, esp. a bedroom ...1938 sl.
• PALTOCK'S INN †* a mean or inhospitable place ...1579
• PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROW (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEANUTSVILLE (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PIGSTY a dirty or untidy place ...1820 sl.
• PISS-HOLE an unpleasant place ...1973 sl.
• PLUMB NEARLY a name for an out-of-the-way place ...1942 Amer. dial.
• POCHUCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PODOCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1840 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK CENTRE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1901 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK HOLLOW a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKIA a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK JUNCTION a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKVILLE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916Amer. dial.
• PUKA any small, private place, such as a pigeonhole in a desk, a safe, a purse, a small suitcase, or the like ...WWII US Navy use
• PUKE HOLE a shabby. shoddy, dirty place ...1973 US sl.
• QUARE PLACE somewhere unpleasant ...1960s Irish sl.
• QUATERVOIS †* a place where four ways meet ...1646
• RABBIT PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SACRED SITE a place one holds in reverence ...1987 Aust. sl.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE HOLLER an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHIT-CHUTE a disgusting, filthy place ...2000s sl.
• SHIT-HOLE an unpleasant place ...1969 sl.
• SIBERIA a place of abandonment or being ignored or sent to Coventry ...1930s US prison sl.
• SKANK-PIT an unpleasant, distasteful place ...1999 US sl.
• SKUNK CITY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK HOLLOW a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S MISERY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S NECK a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKTOWN a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK VALLEY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SQUARESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
• SQUAREVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
• TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TO-DRAUGHT † a place that people draw to; a resort ...a1300
• TOPOLATRY excessive reverence for a place ...a1800
• TOPONYMY the place names of a country or district as a subject of study ...1876
• TOPOPHOBIA a morbid dread of certain places ...1899
• TURKEY RUN a remote or insignificant place ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TOWN a remote or insignificant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TROT a remote or insignificant place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UBI † 1. place, position; location ...1614
† 2. present place or position; whereabouts ...1778
• UBIATION † the act of occupying a new place ...1624
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
• UBITY †* place, locality ...1624
• UP-PUTTING a place, situation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VALHALLA a place or sphere assigned to persons, etc., worthy of special honour ...c1845
PLACE - nouns, person
• POLYTOPIAN † one who visits many places ...1611 nonce word
• REVENANT one who returns to a place after prolonged absence ...1886
• SUITOR †* a frequenter of a place ...c1290
PLACE (locality) - verbs
• COME TO THE SEAM-NEEDLE to reach a good stopping place ...1944 Amer. dial.
PLACE, PLACE UPON - verbs
• BESTOW to place, to locate; to put in a position or situation ...c1374 arch.
• IMMOTE †* to convey or put upon something; to place upon ...c1420
• IMPONE † to place or set upon something; to impose ...1529
• IMPOSE to lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, to place, to deposit ...1597 arch.
• LAU to place ...1967 UK sl.
• MEET † to place, to put ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PAMP to place or put something somewhere ...1990 Sc. sl.
• PARK to place, to put down ...1910s sl.
• SITUATE * to give a site to; to place, to locate ...c1532
• YARK † to put in position, to set, to place ...a1300
• YAT to put or place in a hurried, throwing manner; to shove, to stuff in hurriedly ...1962 Sc.
PLACED - adjectives
• BESTEAD † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• BESTED † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• MALPOSED wrongly placed ...1900
PLACID - adjectives
• EASYFUL placid, indolent, easygoing, complacent ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PLACIDIOUS †* gentle, placid ...1607
PLACING - nouns
• IMPOSITION * the act of putting, placing, or laying on; also, a layer over something ...1597
PLAGIARISM - nouns
• PAPER-STEALTH † literary piracy, plagiarism ...1647
PLAGIARIST - nouns, person
• SPONGE-WIT a plagiarist ...B1900 sl.
PLAGIARIZE - verbs
• CABBAGE to plagiarize ...L19 sl.
• LIFT to steal, to rob; to plagiarize ...1526 sl.
PLAGUE - nouns
• BAD YELLOW the plague ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CANACIN † the plague ...1673
• CANAKIN † the plague ...1673
• CANNIKIN the plague ...1688 sl.
• GARGET a distemper, plague ...1615
• MALISON the plague, the devil ...1898 Sc.
• MANQUALM † plague, pestilence ...a900
• ONFALL † an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity; an assault, on onset ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• TOKEN † a spot on the body indicating disease, esp. the plague ...1634 now rare or obs.
PLAGUE - verbs
• BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass ...1600
• TARVEAL † to drive a person hard at work, to harass, to fatigue; to vex, to plague ...1768 Sc.
• URBISH to plague, to tease, to harass ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PLAID - nouns
• FAIK a plaid ...1714 Sc.
PLAIN - adjectives
• DILUCIDATE † made clear, plain, or lucid ...1651
• EVEN-DOWN direct, plain, without reserve or qualification ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAMILIAR † homely, plain; hence, easily understood ...1529
• HOMELY AS A BASKET OF CHIPS, AS plain ...1827 Amer. dial.
• LEVEL * plain, point-blank ...1820
• MEESE plain ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
• NAKED * free from concealment or reserve; plain, straightforward; outspoken, free ...a1225
• OFF-HAND plain, honest, blunt; free-spoken ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ORDINARY physically plain; commonplace; unattractive ...M19
• ORNERY ordinary, commonplace, plain ...1838 Amer. dial.
• PALPABLE easily perceived; open to recognition; plain, evident, apparent, obvious, manifest ...1545
• PLAIN AS A PACKSTAFF, AS † a plain as a pikestaff, quite obvious and unmistakable ...1542
• PLAIN AS PARRITCH of persons: homely, unattractive in appearance; very plain (parritch = porridge) ...1899 Sc.
• PLAIN AS THE LETTER S perfectly plain ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PLAIN VANILLA plain, simple, no frills, esp. used of sexual activity ...1970s sl.
• SINGLE † simple, plain; without further qualification or addition ...c1421
• THIEF-LIKE plain, ugly; hard-looking ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNARTED † unartificial; plain ...1628
• UNBRAW plain, unattractive ...1973 Sc.
• UNCOLOURED plain, simple ...1845
• UNSONSY ill-looking, plain ...1894 Sc.
• VANILLA plain, simple, no frills, esp. used of sexual activity ...1970s sl.
PLAIN (land) - nouns
• CAMPAIGN † a tract of open country; a plain ...1628
• CAMPANIA † a large open level tract of ground without hills; a plain ...1647
PLAIN - nouns, person
• CAGMAG a plain or slovenly woman ...L18 sl.
• RALPH an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man ...1950s homosexual sl.
PLAIN (land) - nouns, person
• PEDIONOMITE * one who lives on a plain; a dweller in a plain ...1876
PLAIN - verbs
• DECLARE † to make clear or plain anything that is obscure or imperfectly understood; to clear up, to explain, to elucidate, to interpret ...c1325
• DILUCIDATE † to make clear, plain, or evident; to free from obscurity; to elucidate, to explain ...1538
• NOT TO PUT A FEATHEREDGE ON IT to speak plainly ...1903 Amer. dial.
PLAINLY - adverbs
• FAIR † plainly, easily, clearly, distinctly; frankly, downright ...1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAIR AND CLEAR plainly, clearly ...1860 Eng. dial.
• NATIVELY † naturally, without disguise, plainly, straightforwardly ...a1564
• UNCURIOUSLY † in a plain or unelaborate manner ...1490
• YARE † well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt ...a900
PLAIN-SPEAKING - adjectives
• PLANILOQUENT †* plain-speaking; speaking without reserve ...1656
PLAINTIFF - nouns, person
• ORATRESS † a female pleader, petitioner, or plaintiff ...1586
• ORATRICE † a female pleader, plaintiff, petitioner, or offerer of prayers ...1432
• ORATRIX † a female petitioner or plaintiff ...1464
• QUERENT * a complainant, a plaintiff ...1727
• RAPPER a plaintiff, a prosecutor ...1900s US sl.
• SUIT-MAKER † one who institutes a suit; a plaintiff ...1469
PLAINTIVE - verbs
• TOOT to make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loudly or mournfully; to howl; to whine or cry ...1808
• RAPINE the act or practice of seizing and taking away by force the property of others; plunder, pillage, robbery ...a1420
• RAPINES * acts of violent robbery or pillage ...1494
PILLAGE - verbs
• BEPILL † to pillage completely ...1574
• HARRY to overrun a place or territory with an army; to ravage by war or invasion; to lay waste, to sack, to pillage ...c1205
• HERRY to rob, to plunder, to pillage; used esp. of robbing birds' nests ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PILLAGED - adjectives
• HARRIED plundered, robbed, pillaged ...1844 Sc.
PILLAGING - adjectives
• DIREPTITIOUS † characterized by pillaging, plundering, or robbery ...1532
• PREDATITIOUS † adj. characterized by plundering, pillaging, or robbing; predatory ...1659
PILLAR - nouns
• BASIS † the base of a pillar ...1677
PILLORY - nouns
• LAW-NECK-CLOTH a pillory ...1789
• STOOPING-MATCH. the placing of a number of people in the pillory at the same time ...E19 sl.
• TIMBER-STAIRS † the pillory ...c1750 sl.
PILLORY - nouns, person
• BABE IN THE WOOD one who is imprisoned in the stocks or pillory ...L17 sl.
• INSPECTOR OF PAVEMENTS a man in the pillory ...1821 sl.
• STOOP-NAPPER a man standing in a pillory ...L18 UK criminals’ sl.
PILLORY - verbs
• IMPILLOR †* to put in the pillory ...1645
• NAB THE STOOP to stand in the pillory ...Bk1902 sl.
PILLORY - phrases
• UP TO THE ARMS IN WOOD standing in the pillory ...E19 sl.
PILLOW - nouns
• BED-HEAD † the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster ...1483
• GOOSE HAIR goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these ...1887 Amer. dial.
• HACOYTE †* a cushion or pillow ...1541
• HEADING a pillow or bolster; cloth or other material used to support the head ...1853 Amer. dial.
• NECKING a pillow or equivalent, as used by a cowboy when sleeping outdoors ...1973 Amer. dial.
• OREILLE †* a pillow ...1523
• PILLER a pillow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIT WILLOW a pillow ...c1870 rhyming sl.
• WANGER † a pillow ...c900
• WEEPING WILLOW a pillow ...1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
• WONGER † a pillow ...c900
PILLOWCASE - nouns
• BEAR † a case or covering for a pillow ...1369 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BED-BERE † a pillow-case ...1420
• BERE a pillow-case ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PILLIBEAR CASE a pillowcase ...1758 Amer. dial.
• PILLOW BEER a pillowcase ...1638 Amer. dial.
• PILLOW BIER a pillowcase ...1859 Amer. dial.
PILOT - nouns, person
• ACE 1. an air pilot of exceptional ability ...1914 Eng. sl.
2. a pilot or student pilot who has destroyed five or more friendly aircraft ...1918 Amer. ironic usage
• ACE OF ACES a combat aviator who brought down or killed twenty-give or more enemy aircraft ...Amer. World War I sl.
• AIR CANARY a female aviator; a pilot assigned to fly aircraft to combat areas as opposed to a combat pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AIR HAWK a combat pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AIR JANE a female aviator; a pilot assigned to fly aircraft to combat areas as opposed to a combat pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AVIATRESS a female pilot of an aeroplane ...1910
• AVIATRICE a female pilot of an aeroplane ...1910
• AVIATRIX a female pilot of an aeroplane ...1927
• BIRD IN THE MONKEY SUIT an aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BIRDMAN an aviator, an airman ...1909 colloq.
• BIRDWOMAN a female aviator ...Bk1933 colloq.
• BLACKBIRD a Black person; a Black aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOY UPSTAIRS a pilot, gunner, or bombardier, when in flight ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUZZ BOY a fighter pilot; a member of an air force; used derisively ...1944 Amer. military usage
• BUZZARD an airplane pilot ...1937 Amer. jocular
• CAMEL-DRIVER a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane ...1927 US military sl.
• CAMEL-MERCHANT a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane ...1926 US military sl.
• CHAUFFEUR a pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHINESE ACE (usually offensive) an inept pilot; a pilot who flies with one wing low ...1928 Amer. aviation jocular
• DRIVER a pilot ...c1929 Royal Air Force usage
• EAGLE a student pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• EAGLET a young aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLATHATTER a careless pilot ...World War II Amer. Navy sl.
• FLY BOY a member of an air force, esp. a pilot ...1937 US colloq.
• FLY GUY 1. a US Air Force pilot; any member of the Air Force; now derogatory, implying snobbishness, youth, and cautiousness ...WW II Armed Forces use
2. an aviator, esp. a glamorous, heroic, or daring aviator ...WW II, usually used ironically
3. any airplane pilot ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GIMPER a special and most dependable buddy; a highly competent airman ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOOPHER a competent airman who is almost of top quality ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JOCK a pilot or astronaut ...M20 N. Amer.
• MAGNET ASS a pilot who seems to attract enemy fire frequently ...1962 Amer. military aviation usage
• MODOC (derogatory) a man who becomes a pilot for the sake of pilots' glamorous image ...1936 US sl.
• MODOCK a pilot given to boasting about flying experiences; one who talks about aviation but never flies ...1933 Amer. aviation sl.
• PEA-SHOOTER a fighter pilot or plane ...World War II US Army & Air Force usage
• PEELO a pilot ...c1940 Royal Air Force sl.
• PEEPING TOM a pilot that is expert at flying in bad weather and at dodging from cloud to cloud ...1939 Royal Air Force sl.
• SEA GULL an airman ...World War I navy sl.
• SPLITASS MERCHANT a reckless individual; an expert stunt flier ...Amer. World War I sl.
• WOLF a daredevil pilot who does stunts near the ground ...World War I Amer. sl.
PILOT - verbs
• BUY A FARM of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1956 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• BUY A PLOT of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1954 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• BUY THE FARM of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• BUY THE SHOP of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1954 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
• GO FOR A BURTON of a pilot: to be killed in an air crash ...1941 Brit. services' sl.
PIMP, PIMPING - adjectives
• MACK describing anything pertaining to a pimp, such as attitude, philosophy, automobile, or clothes ...1960s US Black sl.
• PANDARIC pert. to a pander, characteristic of a pimp ...1885 rare
• PANDERING pimping ...1603
• PANDERLY † of the nature of or befitting a pander or pimp ...1581
• PANDEROUS † of the nature of or characteristic of a pander or pimp ...c1575
• PANDROUS † of the nature of or characteristic of a pander or pimp ...c1575
PIMP, PIMPING - nouns
• CALIFORNIA PIMPING working as a pimp in a relaxed, low-pressure style ...1972 US sl.
• FAMILY a group of prostitutes and their pimp ...1969 US sl.
• HUSTLE work as a pimp, prostitute, or tramp ...1940s US Black sl.
• MACK the speech a pimp makes to recruit a woman as a prostitute ...1972 US sl.
• MACK, THE the business of pimping ...1955 Amer. sl.
• MACKERELAGE † the services of a bawd or pander ...1602
• MACKERY pimping ...1930s US sl.
• MACKING pimping for a living ...M20 US sl.
• PANDERAGE † the practice or trade of pandering; pimping, procuring ...1612 nonce word
• PANDERISM the practice or trade of a pander ...1601
• PANDERSHIP * the function or trade of a pander ...1656
• SPORTING LIFE the lifestyle of a US pimp - the 'good' life, i.e. money, liquor, women, all the desired pleasures of the flesh ...20C sl.
PIMP - nouns, person
• ABBESS a procuress ...17C Eng. sl.
• ABBOT ON THE CROSS a pimp ...19C sl.
• ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE a pimp working for high-class prostitutes ...1960s US sl.
• ACE-LOVER one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend ...1940s US Black sl., chiefly Southern/Midwest
• ALLEY RAT a pimp, esp. one involved in cheating a prostitute's clients ...1930s US sl.
• ALPHONSE a pimp ...L19 UK rhyming sl. for 'ponce'
• APPLE-MONGER a pimp ...18C sl.
• APPLE-SQUIRE a pimp ...16C Brit. sl.
• APRON-SQUIRE a pimp ...16C Brit. sl.
• ASS-PEDDLER a pimp, a procurer ...20C US sl.
• BED-BROKER † a pander, a pimp ...1592.
• BELLSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
• BELLYSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
• BELSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1592
• B.F. a pimp ...1930s sl.
• BLUDGER a pimp ...1898 sl.
• BROTHER OF THE GUSSET a pimp ...L17 sl.
• CADET a pimp or procurer...1904 US sl.
• CAFINFLERO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CAFISHIO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CANDYMAN a pimp ...1980s US Black sl.
• CHUMP a second-rate pimp, one who just makes enough money to get by ...1970s US Black sl.
• CREEP amongst crooked pimps: one who searches the clothes of a victim while abed with the pimp's prostitute ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CUNT-PENSIONER a kept man; a pimp; a man living on a woman's harlotry or concubinage ...19C colloq.
• DAB a pimp, esp. a bawd ...L19 sl.
• DADDIO a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
• DADDY the lover and protector of a prostitute; a pimp ...1909 US sl.
• DADDY-O a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
• DILLYDONCE a pimp; a ponce ...US rhyming sl.
• EASEMAN a kept man, one who lives on money earned by a woman; a pimp ...1910s US Black sl.
• EASTMAN a kept man, one who lives on money earned by a woman; a pimp ...1911 US sl.
• EASY RIDER a kept man; a pimp ...1914 US sl.
• ECNOP a person who lives off prostitutes' earnings; a ponce ...1956 UK back slang
• FAG a pimp ...20C US sl.
• FAGGOTEER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FAGGOTER a pimp who specializes in selling the services of male homosexual prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• FAGGOT-MASTER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FAKER a pimp ...L19 sl.
• FANCY a man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute ...E19 sl.
• FANCY COVE a pimp, a procurer ...19C sl.
• FANCY-JOSEPH a prostitute's pimp or ponce ...19C Brit. sl.
• FANCY-MAN the lover of a woman, esp. a man who lives on the earnings of a woman, usually a prostitute; broadly, a pimp ...1811 sl.
• FISH AND SHRIMP a pimp ...E20 US rhyming sl.
• FISHMONGER a pimp or procurer ...16C sl.
• FLESH-FLY a whoremonger; a pimp ...L18 Brit. sl.
• FLESH-MAGGOT a whoremonger; a pimp ...L18 Brit. sl.
• FLESH-MONGER a procurer, a pimp; the male keeper of a brothel ...17C sl.
• FLESH-PEDDLER a pimp ...M20 US sl.
• GAGGER one who pimps his own wife ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• GAMER a pimp; a confidence trickster; one who lives by their wits; a person engaged in swindles and hustles as a way of life ...1975 sl.
• GAMESTER a pimp ...E18 sl.
• HACKNEY a pimp ...E16 sl.
• HARD MACK a brutish pimp who relies on force and the threat of force to control his prostitutes ...1972 US sl.
• HOON a pimp; a procurer ...20C Aust. sl.
• ICEBERG SLIM a pimp ...1960s US Black sl.
• JELLY BEAN a pimp ...1935 US sl.
• KAFFIR a pimp; an unpleasant person ...M19 sl., orig. S. Afr.
• KNIGHT OF THE GUSSET a pimp ...L17 sl.
• LADY ABBESS a procuress ...L18 sl.
• MAC a pimp ...1887 sl.
• MACARONI the middleman, usually a pimp, who stands between the client and prostitute ...1970s US sl.
• MACGIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MACGIMPER a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MACK a pander; a usually flashy or successful pimp ...1887 sl.
• MACK DADDY a man who is successful as a pimp or (later), a violent criminal ...1958-59 Amer. criminals' & rap music usage
• MACKER a pimp; a usually flashy or successful pimp ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• MACKEREL † one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426
• MACKMAN a usually flashy or successful pimp ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MAC MAN a pimp ...1950s US Black sl.
• MACRELL † one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426
• MACRIO †* one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...a1627
• MAGIFFER a pimp ...1950s US sl.
• MAGIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MAGOOFER a pimp ...1950s US sl.
• MALE BAWD a pander ...1607
• MAQUE a pimp ...20C US criminals' & Black sl.
• MAQUERELL † one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426
• MCDADDY a successful pimp or criminal ...1950s US Black sl.
• MCGIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• M'GIMP a pimp ...1910s rhyming sl.
• MISSIONARY a pimp ...20C US criminals' euphemism
• MUTTON-MONGER † a whoremonger; a man addicted to prostitutes; a debauched man; a pimp, a wencher ...1532 sl., now rare or obs.
• OLD MAN a prostitute's pimp or lover, regardless of age ...1891 US sl.
• P a ponce, a pimp ...1920s sl.
• PAL JOEY a kept man; a pimp ...1940s sl., orig. US usage
• PANDER a go-between in clandestine amours; one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust; a male bawd, pimp, or procurer ...1530
• PANDERER a go-between in clandestine amours; one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust; a male bawd, pimp, or procurer ...1839
• PANDERESS * a female pander, a bawd, a pimp, a procuress ...1606
• PANDRESS* a female pander, a bawd, a pimp, a procuress ...1606
• PAP an affection name used by a woman to her husband, lover, or pimp ...L19 US sl.
• PAPA an affection name used by a woman to her husband, lover, or pimp ...L19 US sl.
• P.I. a prostitute's bully; a pander; a procurer, a pimp ...c1920 UK sl.
• PONCE a pimp ...1872 Brit. sl.
• POOFTER RORTER a homosexual's pimp ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PROCURER a pimp ...16C
• SALESMAN a pimp ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SILVER SPOON a pimp ...1990s rhyming sl. for' hoon'
• SILVERY a pimp ...1970s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'hoon' (Silvery Moon)
• SILVERY MOON a pimp ...1970s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'hoon'
• SIMPLE PIMP one who barely manages as a pimp and has no hope of transcending that level of employment within the criminal hierarchy ...1950s US Black sl.
• SMOCKSTER a madam or a pimp ...E17 Brit. sl.
• SPLIT a pimp, a procurer ...L19 sl.
• SPORTING-GIRL'S MANAGER a pimp ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SQUIRE OF DAMES † a pimp or pander ...B1900
• SQUIRE OF THE GUSSET a pimp ...L17 sl.
• SQUIRE OF THE PLACKET a pimp ...c1630 colloq.
• STREET PIMP a pimp who works the streets with his prostitutes in order to be present when finances are arranged ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SUBURBAN-ROARER a pimp; a bawdy-house bully ...1659 sl.
• SUGAR PIMP a suave, sweet-talking pimp ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SWEETBACK a pimp ...1929 US sl.
• SWEETBACK MAN a pimp ...1929 US sl.
• SWEET DADDY a lover or any man who provides for a woman; a pimp ...1950s US Black sl.
• VICTUALLER a pimp ...L16 sl.
• WELFARE PIMP a pimp who collects the welfare cheques due to his prostitutes ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• WHOREMASTER a pimp; a procurer ...16C
PIMP - verbs
• BAWD † to pander ...1651 arch. or obs.
• BLUDGE to act as a pimp ...1947 sl.
• HUSSLE to pimp ...1970s sl.
• HUSTLE to pimp ...1970s sl.
• MACK 1. to be or work as a pimp; to procure clients for a prostitute ...1887 Amer. sl.
2. of a pimp: to talk to a woman in a fluently ingratiating way; hence, usually of a man, to speak flirtatiously or make a sexual advance to; to flirt with ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MAN to work as a pimp ...17C sl.
• PAMBER to pander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANDER to act as a pander to; to minister to the gratification of another's lust ...1602
• PANDERIZE † to act the pander, to procure, to pimp ...1603
• PIMP to act as a pimp ...1636 sl.
• PUNK to pimp ...17C Brit. sl.
• RUFFIAN to pimp ...19C Brit. sl.
• STABLE of a pimp: to induce a prostitute to join other prostitutes working for him ...1969 US sl.
• TALK GAME to talk, to chatter, but specifically of a pimp: to chatter about pimping, prostitution, and those involved ...1972 US Black sl.
PIMPLE, PIMPLED - adjectives
• AMPERY covered with blotches or pimples ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BUBUCKLED covered with 'bubukles' or large pimples ...1822-9
• BUBUKLED covered with 'bubukles' or large pimples ...1822-9
• CHITTY †* freckled; covered with warts or pimples ...1552
• MEASLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• MEASLE-FACED having pimples, having a spotty, inflamed complexion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEZLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• SPLODGY coarse in complexion, with pimples ...B1900 sl.
• ZITTY spotty, pimpled ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
PIMPLE - nouns
• ACK a pimple ...1968 US sl.
• ACNE-TYPE SURFACE BLEMISH a pimple ...M20 US advertising usage
• ARRALS pimples; a rash or eruption on the skin; esp. applied to ringworm ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BLOSSOM a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BOLGAN a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMP a pimple ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BURBLE a little red pimple on the face after shaving too close ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CARBUNCLE a red spot or pimple on the nose or face caused by habits of intemperance ...1682
• CAT BOIL swelling on the skin; a small infected pimple, usually on the face ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ERCLE a small swelling, a watery blister; a pimple, a sore place ...1876 Eng. dial.
• ESSCOCK a hot pimple on the face or any part of the body ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GIN-BUD a gin-induced spot or pimple on the face ...c1820 sl.
• GOOSE BUMPS small infected pimples that form usually on the face ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GUBERS acne; facial pimples ...M20 US sl.
• HICKEY a pimple; a mark left by a lovebite ...1934 colloq.
• HICKIE a pimple; a spot ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JACK BUMP a pimple ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JACKY BUMP a pimple ...1967 Amer. dial.
• J-BUMP a pimple ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JERK BUMPS pimples; acne ...20C sl. & colloq.
• LENTIGO a freckle or pimple ...c1400
• LOLLIPOP BITE a small infected pimple on the face ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOVE BUMP a pimple ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MATER BUMP a small infected pimple that forms usually on the face ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEASLE a spot, a pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEASLE-FACE a face covered with red pimples ...1806 Eng. dial.
• MEZZIL a spot, a pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE a spot, a pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MURFLES pimples ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NATURE BUMP a pimple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NATURE HEAD a pimple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NESSCOCK a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESSCOCKLE a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAP a small round tumour or swelling; a pimple ...1552
• PASSION PIMPLE a small infected pimple on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEPJINNY a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PET a boil, pimple, mole, or wart ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PIMGENET † a pimple on the face ...1693 Eng. dial. or sl.
• PIMJIMMY a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMJINNET a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP a pimple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PIMPJENNET a pimple ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PIMPJENNY a pimple ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PINGINNET a pimple ...1912 Amer. dial.
• PINJINNET a pimple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIPJENNY a pimple ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PIPJINNIT a pimple ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PIPJINNY a pimple ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PUCKLE a pimple, a pustule ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLE a pimple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUILT a pimple; a boil, a small blister ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOT a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ROSY-DROP acne; pimples ...E19
• TETTER a small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TICKER a very small spot or pimple on the skin; an eruption on the face ...1824 Sc.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WHORE BOIL adolescent acne; small infected pimples on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ZAT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZENT a pimple ...20C US sl.
• ZIT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZITZ a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
• ZORT a spot, a pimple, a blackhead ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
PIN - nouns
• CARELESS PIN a straight pin as distinguished from a safety pin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DALK † a pin., brooch, clasp, buckle ...c1000
PINBALL - adjectives
• DEAD in pinball: said of a bumper that scores when hit but does not propel the ball back into play ...1977 US sl.
PINBALL - nouns
• GUNCH an attempt to influence the roll of a pinball ...1970s Amer. sl.
• PANIC FLIP in pinball: the premature activation of a flipper ...1977 US sl.
• SAUCER in pinball: a scoring hole with a bevelled lip ...1977 US sl.
• TABLE a pinball machine ...1977 UK sl.
• TOUR BALL in pinball: a ball that stays in play for a relatively long period without scoring many points ...1977 US sl.
PINBALL - nouns, person
• WIZARD in pinball, an expert player ...1977 US sl.
PINBALL - verbs
• GUNCH to attempt to influence the roll of a pinball ...1970s Amer. sl.
• WAIL in pinball: to score a large number of points in a short period of time ...1977 US sl.
PINCERS - nouns
• BEAKS † a pair of pincers, a forceps ...1656
PINCH (amount) - nouns
• PUGIL orig. handful; later, as much or as many as can be held between the thumb and the next two fingers; a large pinch ...L16 arch.
• SCENT a small quantity; a drop or pinch of anything; a little ...1839 Sc.
PINCH (squeeze) - nouns
• GWIDGY-GWEE a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TAILOR'S NIP a playful pinch given to a child wearing new clothes for the first time ...1880 Sc.
• THUMMACK a pinch with the finger and thumb ...1892 Sc.
PINCH - verbs
• NEIVE to catch with the hands, to pinch, to grip ...1824 Sc.
• NEVEL to pinch with the fingers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUACK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUEAK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUEEK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMP to cramp, to pinch; to stint of food, money, etc. ...1880 Sc.
• SQUAT to pinch ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• VELLICATE of things: to act upon or affect so as to irritate; to nip, to pinch, to tear a part of the body by means of small or sharp points ...1604
PINCUSHION - nouns
• PIN PEAR a pincushion ...1940 Amer. dial.
PINE, PINE CONE - nouns
• BURR a pine cone ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE a shoot of new growth on a pine tree ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHAFF the fallen needles from pine trees ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CLOG † a fir cone; a pine cone ...L16
• DIDDLEDEES fallen pine needles ...1889 Amer. dial.
• GOOKUM the sticky stuff that comes out of pine trees; sap ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PICKIES the pointed leaves fallen from pine trees ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIN a pine needle ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PINE BALL a pine cone ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINE BURR a pine cone ...1804 Amer. dial.
• PINE HAMS pine needles ...1976 Amer. dial.
• PINE KEGS pine needles ...1976 Amer. dial.
• PINE-QUILL a narrow, sharp-pointed needle of the pine tree ...1871 Amer. dial.
• PINERY a pine forest; a region characterized by pine forests ...1818 Amer. dial.
• PINE STRAW dead pine needles ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PINE TAG a narrow, sharp-pointed leaf of a conifer; a pine needle ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS a region of pine forest ...1791 Amer. dial.
• SHAT a dry needle from a pine tree ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SHATTER a dry needle from a pine tree ...1831 Amer. dial.
• TAG a narrow, sharp-pointed leaf of a conifer; a pine needle ...1834 Amer. dial.
• TWINKLES pine needles ...1913 Amer. dial.
PINE - nouns, person
• PINEBALLER one who gathers pine cones ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINETOP an old-timer in the pine woods ...1949 Amer. dial.
PINE (yearn) - verbs
• SICKEN to pine with yearning; to long eagerly ...1802
PINEAPPLE - nouns
• PINE the pineapple ...1955 Amer. dial.
PINE AWAY - verbs
• TAPIS † to languish, to pine away; to be mortally sick or diseased ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAPISH † to languish, to pine away; to be mortally sick or diseased ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAPPISH to waste or pine away; to begin to be mortally ill ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TORFLE to founder, to go lame; to decline in health, to pine away, to languish; to lose interest in or draw back from an undertaking ...1575-6 Eng. dial.
PINING - nouns
• LANGUOR † mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit ...a1300
PINNACLE - nouns
• TAPPIE-TOORIE a turret, a pinnacle, a towered structure ...1836 Sc.
• TAPPIETOURIE a turret, a pinnacle, a towered structure ...1836 Sc.
• TAPPY-TOUROCK a turret, a pinnacle, a towered structure ...1836 Sc.
PINS AND NEEDLES - verbs
• PRINKLE to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of 'pins and needles'; to tingle, to prickle ...1721 Sc.
PINT - nouns
• HALF-MUTCHKIN half a pint ...1816 Sc.
• JACK a quarter of a pint ...1736 Eng. dial.
PIONEER - nouns, person
• MOSSBACK an old-time pioneer who is satisfied with life and whose narrow ways prevent development ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
PIOUS - adjectives
• PI pious, excessively religious ...1981 sl.
PIOUS - nouns, person
• BIBLE-BACK (often derogatory) a pious or sanctimonious person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CAGOT † an affectedly pious person ...M16 Sc.
• CHRISTER an over-pious or sanctimonious person ...1921 US sl.
• CREEPING JESUS a hypocritically pious person ...c1818 sl.
• DEVIL CATCHER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• DEVIL-CHASER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• DEVIL-DODGER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• DEVIL-DRIVER a clergyman; any overly pious person ...18C sl.
• GOD'S ODDLING a pious eccentric ...1953 Amer. dial.
• HOLY WILLIE a sanctimonious, hypocritically pious person ...L19 sl.
• VICE-WHIPPER a clergyman; a pious person ...L17 sl.
PIOUS - verbs
• BE INWARDLY GIVEN to be pious, spiritual ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
PIOUSLY - adverbs
• GODLY piously, devoutly ...1942 Amer. dial.
PIPE - nouns
• CALIDUCT a duct or pipe for the convenience of heat by means of steam, hot water, or air ...1651
• CANEL † a pipe or tube ..c1420
• LEADER a pipe to conduct water ...1875 Sc. & US
• OFFLET a channel or pipe for letting water off ...1838
• SCOOT a gush or flow of water; the pipe or opening from which it flows ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SINK * a conduit, drain, or pipe for carrying away dirty water or sewage; an opening especially made for this purpose; a sewer ...1499
PIPE (smoking) - nouns
• ALDERMAN a long (generally clay) pipe ...c1800 Eng. sl.
• AMBEER the residue that gathers in the stem of a smoker's pipe ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BARNYARD PIPE a corncob pipe ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAW a smoke; a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHURCHWARDEN a very long clay pipe ...Bk1890 sl.
• DOTTLE the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking ...1815
• DOZZLE the unburnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and placed on top of the next pipeful ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GAGE a pipe; a pipeful of tobacco ...1676 sl.
• GAGG a pipe, a pipeful of tobacco ...M17 sl.
• GOLLEROY the dottle of a pipe ...Bk1917 Amer. dial.
• GRAVY BOWL a tobacco pipe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a smoking pipe ...1921 Amer. dial.
• HOD a pipe ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke)
• LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LONG CLAY a long clay pipe ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NOSE WARMER a short pipe ...L19 sl.
• OLD DOG the bowl of a tobacco pipe ...c1885 UK prison sl.
• ORGAN a pipe (smoking) ...L18 sl.
• RAKE-OUT a pipeful of tobacco ...L19 sl.
• REEK a smoke; the act of smoking; a whiff of a pipe ...1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STRAW a long clay pipe; a churchwarden ...Bk1904 sl.
• TOPPER a cigar stump or cigarette end; also, the remains of tobacco in a pipe bowl ...1888 sl.
• YARD OF CLAY a long clay tobacco pipe ...1842
• YARD OF TRIPE a pipe ...M19 rhyming sl.
PIPE (tube) - nouns
• CANAL † a pipe used for conveying water or liquid ...c1449
• QUILL † a small pipe or tube; a small water-pipe ...c1433
• WATERDROP the pipe that takes the collected rain-water down to the ground or to a storage tank; a downspout ...1970 Amer. dial.
PIPE (smoking) - verbs
• ARTICHOKE RIPE to smoke a pipe ...c1855 rhyming sl.
• BLAW to smoke a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW A CLOUD to smoke a pipe ...1819 sl.
• BLOW ONE'S REEK to smoke a pipe ...1896 Sc.
• COCK ONE'S ORGAN to smoke a pipe ...L18 sl.
• FUFF to puff a tobacco pipe ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FUNK to smoke a pipe ...L17 sl.
• PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.
• RAISE A CLOUD to smoke a pipe of tobacco ...L17 sl.
PIQUANT - adjectives
• SALTY piquant, racy ...1866
PIRACY - nouns
• SCUMMERFARE †* piracy ...1358
PIRATE - adverbs
• PIRATOUSLY †* in a piratical manner, by piracy ...1538
PIRATE - nouns
• OLD ROGER the pirates' flag, the Jolly Roger ...18C sl.
• SALLEE-MAN † a Moorish pirate ship ...1637
• SALLEE ROVER † a Moorish pirate ship ...1686
PIRATE - nouns, person
• ACKMAN a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKPIRATE a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ALGERINE one who acts like a pirate ...1841 US
• CAPER † a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair ...1657 obs. exc. hist.
• DAVY JONES'S NATURAL CHILDREN pirates; smugglers ...19C nautical usage
• GALLIOT † a pirate ...c1425
• LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
• LOTMAN a pirate ...? L18 nautical sl.
• MAROONER a buccaneer, a pirate ...1661
• RAT † a pirate ...1673
• SCAUMER † a pirate, a plunderer; a cattle-lifter ...1836 Sc.
PISTOL - see GUN
PIT - nouns
• DALE † a hole in the ground; a hollow, a pit, a gulf ...a800
• LAKE † a pit; a den of lions; also, occasionally, a grave ...c1320
PITCH (throw) - verbs
• LAB to pitch, to throw from the hand, with a swing of the arm, in the manner a quoit is thrown ...1818 Sc.
• TIPPLE to throw, to pitch ...1887 Eng. dial.
PITCH - verbs
(pitch - a thick, black substance that was used in the past to make wooden ships and buildings waterproof)
• IMPICATE †* to cover with pitch ...1623
PITCHER - nouns
• PARRICK a little jug; a small pitcher ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PITCHFORK - nouns
• BANGER a pitchfork with three prongs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EVIL a three-pronged dung-fork; a pitchfork ...1848 Eng. dial.
• GRAIP a trident pitchfork ...1930 Amer. dial. arch.
• TARRICROOK a bent pitchfork ...1897 Sc.
PITH - nouns
• UPSTANDING pith, substance, strength ...1902 Sc.
PITIABLE - adjectives
• DOG-ASS wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOG-ASSED wretched; inferior; pitiable ...20C Amer. sl.
• ERNEFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ERNFUL † sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable ...1601
• NACE pitiable, destitute, in great and abject want ...1795 Sc.
• SAIRIE in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SAIRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
• SARRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry ...1721 Sc.
PITIABLE - nouns, person
• OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable ...E19 sl.
• PILGARLIC a pitiable person ...16C Eng. dial.
• POOR HEART † a pitiable person ...1599
• SACK a pitiable, downtrodden person ...1950s US sl.
PITIED - adjectives
• IMMISERABLE †* not to be pitied ...1623
PITIFUL - adjectives
• SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful ...1825 Sc.
• SHAN pitiful, silly ...E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SIMPLE † poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal ...a1300
PITIFUL - nouns, person
• CHITTY-FACE † a term of reproach or contempt; a thin, pinched, or childish face; one who has a thin, pinched face; a puny child with a little face; a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
PITILESS - adjectives
• BAUCH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
• BAUGH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
• DESPITEOUS spiteful, malevolent, malicious, cruel; passing gradually into the sense: pitiless, merciless ...c1510
• HARD AS NAILS stern and unyielding; harsh; pitiless ...1862
• HEART-BOUND † having the heart shut up or fast-closed to a person; pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy ...1616
• ILLACHRYMABLE †* incapable of weeping; pitiless, unmerciful ...1623
• IMPITEOUS ruthless, pitiless ...1877
• ORELESS † void of reverence, mercy or pity; merciless, cruel ...a1000
• UNBOWELLED unaffectionate, pitiless ...1592
PITILESS - nouns, person
• ABLACH a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person ...1788 Sc.
PITILESSLY - adverbs
• VENGEABLY vindictively; cruelly; pitilessly ...1412-20 arch.
PITTANCE - nouns
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece; a miserable pittance ...1867 Eng. & Amer. dial.
PITY - adjectives
• NESH † tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings ...c897
PITY - nouns
• HARM † pity; a pity ...c1430
• ORE † grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency ...a1000
• SIN a pity; a shame ...c1300, now chiefly Sc.
PITY - nouns, person
• IMMISERABLE † one whom nobody pities ...B1900
• WALAWAY † an object of contempt or pity ...1827 Sc.
PITY - verbs
• GAGGER to tell the tale, to move to pity ...1932 UK sl.
• MEAN to pity, to condole with ...1747 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE PITYSAKE ON to have mercy on, to take pity on ...1952 Amer. dial.
• WALLY. to pity ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WELLEY † to pity ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YEARN to feel pity or compassion; to cause to feel pity ...1785 Eng. dial.
PITY - interjections
• ALAS-AT-EVER! † an exclamation of pity ...1703 Eng. dial.
• AY-DI-ME! an exclamation of regret or pity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DELP! an exclamation used to express pity; God help! ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ECH! an exclamation expressive of pity, surprise, or disgust ...1833 Sc.
PITYING - verbs
• BE A RIGHT OLD MISERY to be a depressing person; to act in a self-pitying manner ...L19 sl.
PIZZA - nouns
• ALPO sausage topping for a pizza ...1996 US sl.
• BONDAGE PIE a pizza with sausage and mushroom topping ...1996 US sl.
• CARP anchovies as a pizza topping ...1996 US sl.
• CIRCLE OF DEATH a bad pizza ...20C teen & high school sl.
• MONA LISA a pizza ...1980s rhyming sl.
• TOMATO PIE pizza; a pizza ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WHITE PIZZA a pizza that contains cheese but no tomatoes ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ZA pizza ...1968 US sl.
PLACARD - nouns
• PANCART † a placard bearing a public notification ...1656
PLACARD - nouns, person
• WALL-OBSERVER † one who is addicted to reading placards ...1673
PLACATED - adjectives
• PACABLE † capable of being pacified, placated, or appeased ...a1834
PLACE - adjectives
• EEVER of places: upper, higher ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOOFY of a place: bizarre ...1910s sl.
• HAGASTED familiar with a place through long residence there ...1866 Sc.
• LAID OUT of a place: smart, neat ...1960s US Black sl.
• RACKETTY of places: low, shady ...c1840 sl.
• RACKETY of places: low, shady ...c1840 sl.
• SALT-AND-PEPPER of a place: frequented by both Blacks and Whites ...1950s US sl.
• TIN-POT of a place: small, insignificant ...L19 NZ sl.
• TOPIC † pert. to a particular place or locality; local ...1610
• UNCOUTH of places: not commonly known or frequented; solitary, desolate, wild, ragged, rough ...a1542
• WANDERING †* of places: out-of-the-way, inaccessible, remote ...1600
PLACE - adverbs
• AT-AFTER of place: at the rear, after ...1879 Eng. dial.
• ONEWHERE * in one place, as opposed to another; in one place only ...1611
• SUNDRYWHERE † in various places; here and there ...1548
• TOPICALLY * in respect to place; locally ...1648
PLACE - prepositions
• AT-AFTER of place: behind, after ...1883 Eng. dial.
PLACE - nouns
• ACHE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ANKLE a rough place, a 'dive' ...Brit. sl.
• ARMPIT a highly undesirable town or place ...1968 US sl.
• ARMPIT OF THE NATION the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city or town ...1960s sl., orig. US
• ARMPIT OF THE UNIVERSE the worst place ...1968 US sl.
• ARMPIT OF THE WORLD the worst place ...1968 US sl.
• ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place ...1930s sl., orig. US
• ARSE-HOLE OF CREATION a detestable place ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ARSEHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE an unpleasant place ...1950 sl.
• ARSEHOLE OF THE WORLD any particularly unpleasant place
• ASS-END OF CREATION the most remote or hateful place or position ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END OF NOWHERE nowhere; a very out-of-the-way place ...1920s US sl.
• ASS-END OF THE WORLD the most remote or hateful place or position ...1960 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE the most detestable spot in a given area; a detestable place ...1859 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF CREATION a detestable place ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE LAND a detestable place ...1927 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE a detestable place ...1950 sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD a detestable place ...1959 Amer. sl.
• ASS-KICKER an unpleasant place; a challenging situation ...1960s US sl.
• BACK O' BEYOND a remote, obscure place ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD PLACE IN THE ROAD a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way settlement ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD SPOT IN THE ROAD a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way settlement ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1897 Sc.
• BALFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1933 Sc.
• BALLFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1912 Sc.
• BELFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1932 Sc.
• BEYOND THE BEYOND a very out-of-the-way place ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BILLY HELL a desolate place; hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BRO a place for which one feels great affinity because of birth, upbringing, long residence, etc. there ...Welsh
• BUGGER'S WOODS an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUSHES, THE an insignificant or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE PATCH a place or thing of little importance; an out-of-the-way place ...1862 Amer. sl.
• CACTUS a remote place, the backblocks ...1944 Aust. sl.
• CALF-COUNTRY the place where one spent one's youth ...Sc.
• CALF-GROUND the place where one spent one's youth ...Sc.
• CHICKEN COOP any small place ...1900s US sl.
• COW PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CUBESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1959 sl., orig. US
• DIDDY-WAH-DIDDY used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off ...1929 Amer. dial.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• DOGPATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DOO-WAH-DIDDY used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off ...1988 Amer. dial.
• DULLSVILLE, OHIO anywhere other than Las Vegas ...1985 US sl.
• DUMP an unpleasant place ...1915 sl., orig. US
• EAST JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• EAST JESUS, ARKANSAS a fictitious place, difficult to find, and peopled with uneducated and poor people ...1994 US sl.
• EAST JESUS NOWHERE the outback ...1961 US sl.
• EAST PASTURE a distant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EL DORADO an ideal place ...1596
• END place, position, situation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• END OF COMEBACK an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• END OF NOWHERE an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FALL-OFF an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FLEA-BAG an unpleasant place ...1941 sl.
• GAFF a place, an area, such as a street ...L19 sl.
• GOBBLER HILL a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLER'S KNOB a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGEHOLE a filthy or disreputable place ...1986 Amer. sl.
• GUTBUCKET a low place or dive ...1944 US Black sl.
• HACKLEBARNEY a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to ...1950 Amer. sl.
• HADES a place between or behind hills and out of sight ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• HALE † a corner, a nook; a secret place ...c897
• HEAVEN a place of supreme bliss ...1377
• HECKER a remote or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-CERTAIN a nickname for some out-of-the-way or rundown place; a seedy place ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HELL-HOLE an unpleasant place ...1866 sl.
• HELL'S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELLTOWN a rundown or disreputable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HENPECK a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOBOKEN an insignificant, out-of-the-way place ...20C US sl.
• HOLE an unpleasant place ...1876 sl.
• HOLE IN THE ROAD a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place ...1635
• JOINT a place or establishment, as a hotel, restaurant. etc. ...sl.
• KENNING-PLACE † a place prominently in sight ...1610
• LAND'S END an out-of-the-way place or an unimportant village ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST CHANCE an out-of-the-way or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial. jocular
• LAYOUT an apartment, a house, or any place ...M19 US sl.
• MANOR the area where you are born, or where you live and/or are well known ...1962 Brit. sl.
• MIDDLE-ERD the nether regions; the lowest or furthest parts of a place ...1897 Sc.
• MUCKHOLE a filthy, unappetizing place or room ...1900s sl.
• NATIVE † a native place or country ...1604 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEST a place; a place of residence ...1596 sl.
• NESTERSVILLE an out-of-the-way place; a very small or unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEVER-HEED-UM-STREET an unknown place; nowhere ...1891 Eng. dial.
• NOPLACEVILLE a dull or boring place or town; a small town; a jerkwater town ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• OFFICE any place where one does work or spends a great deal of time ...L17 sl.
• ONE-HORSE TOWN a small or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OPTIMACY †* the best or highest place ...1651
• OTHER SIDE OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• OUT BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• PAD a place, house, or apartment; a room, esp. a bedroom ...1938 sl.
• PALTOCK'S INN †* a mean or inhospitable place ...1579
• PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROW (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEANUTSVILLE (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PIGSTY a dirty or untidy place ...1820 sl.
• PISS-HOLE an unpleasant place ...1973 sl.
• PLUMB NEARLY a name for an out-of-the-way place ...1942 Amer. dial.
• POCHUCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PODOCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1840 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK CENTRE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1901 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK HOLLOW a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKIA a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK JUNCTION a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKVILLE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916Amer. dial.
• PUKA any small, private place, such as a pigeonhole in a desk, a safe, a purse, a small suitcase, or the like ...WWII US Navy use
• PUKE HOLE a shabby. shoddy, dirty place ...1973 US sl.
• QUARE PLACE somewhere unpleasant ...1960s Irish sl.
• QUATERVOIS †* a place where four ways meet ...1646
• RABBIT PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SACRED SITE a place one holds in reverence ...1987 Aust. sl.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE HOLLER an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHIT-CHUTE a disgusting, filthy place ...2000s sl.
• SHIT-HOLE an unpleasant place ...1969 sl.
• SIBERIA a place of abandonment or being ignored or sent to Coventry ...1930s US prison sl.
• SKANK-PIT an unpleasant, distasteful place ...1999 US sl.
• SKUNK CITY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK HOLLOW a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S MISERY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S NECK a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKTOWN a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK VALLEY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SQUARESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
• SQUAREVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
• TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TO-DRAUGHT † a place that people draw to; a resort ...a1300
• TOPOLATRY excessive reverence for a place ...a1800
• TOPONYMY the place names of a country or district as a subject of study ...1876
• TOPOPHOBIA a morbid dread of certain places ...1899
• TURKEY RUN a remote or insignificant place ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TOWN a remote or insignificant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TROT a remote or insignificant place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UBI † 1. place, position; location ...1614
† 2. present place or position; whereabouts ...1778
• UBIATION † the act of occupying a new place ...1624
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
• UBITY †* place, locality ...1624
• UP-PUTTING a place, situation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VALHALLA a place or sphere assigned to persons, etc., worthy of special honour ...c1845
PLACE - nouns, person
• POLYTOPIAN † one who visits many places ...1611 nonce word
• REVENANT one who returns to a place after prolonged absence ...1886
• SUITOR †* a frequenter of a place ...c1290
PLACE (locality) - verbs
• COME TO THE SEAM-NEEDLE to reach a good stopping place ...1944 Amer. dial.
PLACE, PLACE UPON - verbs
• BESTOW to place, to locate; to put in a position or situation ...c1374 arch.
• IMMOTE †* to convey or put upon something; to place upon ...c1420
• IMPONE † to place or set upon something; to impose ...1529
• IMPOSE to lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, to place, to deposit ...1597 arch.
• LAU to place ...1967 UK sl.
• MEET † to place, to put ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PAMP to place or put something somewhere ...1990 Sc. sl.
• PARK to place, to put down ...1910s sl.
• SITUATE * to give a site to; to place, to locate ...c1532
• YARK † to put in position, to set, to place ...a1300
• YAT to put or place in a hurried, throwing manner; to shove, to stuff in hurriedly ...1962 Sc.
PLACED - adjectives
• BESTEAD † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• BESTED † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• MALPOSED wrongly placed ...1900
PLACID - adjectives
• EASYFUL placid, indolent, easygoing, complacent ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PLACIDIOUS †* gentle, placid ...1607
PLACING - nouns
• IMPOSITION * the act of putting, placing, or laying on; also, a layer over something ...1597
PLAGIARISM - nouns
• PAPER-STEALTH † literary piracy, plagiarism ...1647
PLAGIARIST - nouns, person
• SPONGE-WIT a plagiarist ...B1900 sl.
PLAGIARIZE - verbs
• CABBAGE to plagiarize ...L19 sl.
• LIFT to steal, to rob; to plagiarize ...1526 sl.
PLAGUE - nouns
• BAD YELLOW the plague ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CANACIN † the plague ...1673
• CANAKIN † the plague ...1673
• CANNIKIN the plague ...1688 sl.
• GARGET a distemper, plague ...1615
• MALISON the plague, the devil ...1898 Sc.
• MANQUALM † plague, pestilence ...a900
• ONFALL † an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity; an assault, on onset ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• TOKEN † a spot on the body indicating disease, esp. the plague ...1634 now rare or obs.
PLAGUE - verbs
• BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass ...1600
• TARVEAL † to drive a person hard at work, to harass, to fatigue; to vex, to plague ...1768 Sc.
• URBISH to plague, to tease, to harass ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PLAID - nouns
• FAIK a plaid ...1714 Sc.
PLAIN - adjectives
• DILUCIDATE † made clear, plain, or lucid ...1651
• EVEN-DOWN direct, plain, without reserve or qualification ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAMILIAR † homely, plain; hence, easily understood ...1529
• HOMELY AS A BASKET OF CHIPS, AS plain ...1827 Amer. dial.
• LEVEL * plain, point-blank ...1820
• MEESE plain ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
• NAKED * free from concealment or reserve; plain, straightforward; outspoken, free ...a1225
• OFF-HAND plain, honest, blunt; free-spoken ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ORDINARY physically plain; commonplace; unattractive ...M19
• ORNERY ordinary, commonplace, plain ...1838 Amer. dial.
• PALPABLE easily perceived; open to recognition; plain, evident, apparent, obvious, manifest ...1545
• PLAIN AS A PACKSTAFF, AS † a plain as a pikestaff, quite obvious and unmistakable ...1542
• PLAIN AS PARRITCH of persons: homely, unattractive in appearance; very plain (parritch = porridge) ...1899 Sc.
• PLAIN AS THE LETTER S perfectly plain ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PLAIN VANILLA plain, simple, no frills, esp. used of sexual activity ...1970s sl.
• SINGLE † simple, plain; without further qualification or addition ...c1421
• THIEF-LIKE plain, ugly; hard-looking ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNARTED † unartificial; plain ...1628
• UNBRAW plain, unattractive ...1973 Sc.
• UNCOLOURED plain, simple ...1845
• UNSONSY ill-looking, plain ...1894 Sc.
• VANILLA plain, simple, no frills, esp. used of sexual activity ...1970s sl.
PLAIN (land) - nouns
• CAMPAIGN † a tract of open country; a plain ...1628
• CAMPANIA † a large open level tract of ground without hills; a plain ...1647
PLAIN - nouns, person
• CAGMAG a plain or slovenly woman ...L18 sl.
• RALPH an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man ...1950s homosexual sl.
PLAIN (land) - nouns, person
• PEDIONOMITE * one who lives on a plain; a dweller in a plain ...1876
PLAIN - verbs
• DECLARE † to make clear or plain anything that is obscure or imperfectly understood; to clear up, to explain, to elucidate, to interpret ...c1325
• DILUCIDATE † to make clear, plain, or evident; to free from obscurity; to elucidate, to explain ...1538
• NOT TO PUT A FEATHEREDGE ON IT to speak plainly ...1903 Amer. dial.
PLAINLY - adverbs
• FAIR † plainly, easily, clearly, distinctly; frankly, downright ...1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAIR AND CLEAR plainly, clearly ...1860 Eng. dial.
• NATIVELY † naturally, without disguise, plainly, straightforwardly ...a1564
• UNCURIOUSLY † in a plain or unelaborate manner ...1490
• YARE † well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt ...a900
PLAIN-SPEAKING - adjectives
• PLANILOQUENT †* plain-speaking; speaking without reserve ...1656
PLAINTIFF - nouns, person
• ORATRESS † a female pleader, petitioner, or plaintiff ...1586
• ORATRICE † a female pleader, plaintiff, petitioner, or offerer of prayers ...1432
• ORATRIX † a female petitioner or plaintiff ...1464
• QUERENT * a complainant, a plaintiff ...1727
• RAPPER a plaintiff, a prosecutor ...1900s US sl.
• SUIT-MAKER † one who institutes a suit; a plaintiff ...1469
PLAINTIVE - verbs
• TOOT to make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loudly or mournfully; to howl; to whine or cry ...1808