• POOFTER RORTER a homosexual's pimp ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PUG a fox; a name for a fox ...E19 chiefly Eng. dial. • PULL THE PLUG to commit suicide ...1981 sl. • PUT BEANS UP ONE'S NOSE to do something stupid after being warned not to ...1979 Amer. dial. • QUEEN a sexually attractive woman ...1900 sl. • RADAR CHARLIE a poker player with a strong intuitive sense of other players' hands ...1988 US sl. • RAGGED-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl. • RALLACK a roving character; an idle good-for-nothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAT CHEESE any inexpensive, common yellow cheese cut on order by a grocer; bulk cheese; store cheese ...20C Amer. sl. • RIDGE-RUNNER a White person ...1966 US Black sl. • ROZZER a police spy; an informer ...Bk1902 sl. • SCREWMATICS rheumatism ...1895 sl. • SHIT DIMES AND QUARTERS to excrete bags of drugs after swallowing them when facing a police search ...2000s US Black & drugs sl. • SKELL a homeless person or derelict ...1982 US sl. • SOSATION association ...1891 Amer. dial. • STRETCH a walk ...Bk1904 sl., orig. university • SUBLIMITY a supreme or extreme phrase ...1651 obs. • TAKE THE FOOT of a child: to begin to walk ...1805 Scot. • TAPPIE-TOORIE anything resting on an insecure foundation and swinging at the top ...Bk1905 Scot. • TIO TACO (derogatory) a Mexican who is considered insufficiently nationalistic by others ...20C US sl. • TWINKY (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man ...1963 US sl. • UP THE RIVER in prison ...1891 euphemism, orig. US • WEAR A HEMPEN NECKTIE to be hanged ...Bk1902 sl. • ZIPLESS said of a sexual encounter that is brief and passionate ...1973 sl. • ABBOT a prison warden ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
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Lynda Finn
16/1/2018 06:08:45 pm
Where I come from a Rozzer, is a police officer, not an informer.
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Words and Phrases from the Past
16/1/2018 06:21:46 pm
Hi Linda.
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