• TAKE a state of excitement, grief, fluster, etc. ...1896 Scot.
• TANTY-RANTY fornication ...1821 Scot. obs. • TICKLE a successful crime or illegal deal ...1938 sl. • TO A GNAT'S HEEL precisely ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • U.B.S. underwear, usually female (UnderBodies) ...1970s US campus sl. • USED-BEER DEPARTMENT a toilet ; a W.C., esp. one in a tavern or saloon ...20C sl. • VAMPIRE the tarantula spider ...1843 rare • VASTY vast, immense ...1596 (Shakespeare) • WELFARE PIMP a pimp who collects the welfare cheques due to his prostitutes ...M20 US criminals' sl. • ABDABS 'afters'; the second course, if any ...World War II sl. • ABRAHAM-COLOURED auburn ...1592 sl. • ACCELERATOR an arsonist ...1992 US sl. • ACT OF DARKNESS copulation ...Shakespeare euphemism • A-HEAD a frequent user of LSD ...1971 US sl. • ALLIGATOR an assertively masculine, flashily dressed, and up-to-the- minute male ...Amer. Black sl. • AMPERSAND the rump; the buttocks ...1838 Amer. jocular • AQUA POMPAGINIS water from the well ...18C sl. • ASS UP TO TEACUP completely, thoroughly, from head to toe ...1967 Amer. dial. • BABYCHILD the youngest child in the family, even if he or she is 50 years old ...1980 Amer. dial. • BADGER an old man; usually used disparagingly ...1834 Amer. dial. • BANANA-BENDER someone from Queensland ...1976 Aust. jocular • BATTLE-HAMMED having thick or deformed hips ...1727 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage • BED-EVIL sickness confining one to bed ...Bk1911 Scot. • BELLYACHE to complain ...US Civil War usage • BENSIL to beat; to bang ...Bk1911 Scot.
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