• MARRED spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish
...1865 Eng. dial. • MOLL orig., a girl or woman; one's wife or sweetheart ; a tough or rowdy young woman ...1753 • MUSH a term of address to a male ...1936 Brit. sl. • NELLIE an ostentatious homosexual ...1970 sl. • NOBBER a boxer skilled at delivering head blows ...E19 sl. • NOT TO KNOW BEANS FROM BULLFROGS to be very stupid ...1965 Amer. dial. • OBJECTANT one who or that which objects ...1625 obs. rare • ODAY money ...1928 US Pig Latin for 'dough' • OH BLAZES! hell! ...1876 Amer. dial. • OLD FOGEY nasal mucus ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bogey' • OTHER, THE sexual activity or intercourse ...1922 euphemism • PACKY the skull, the head ...1940s W. Indies sl. • PALE a nickname for a Caucasian ...20C US Black sl. • PIG STICKER a bayonet; a long-bladed pocketknife ...US Civil War usage • POP OFF THE HOOKS to exit; to vanish ...1930s US sl. • PROSSY a prostitute ...1941 sl., orig. Aust. • PULL A KITE to look or be serious ...19C sl. • PUNCHING BAG a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat ...colloq. • QUACK to talk pretentiously and ignorantly, like a quack ...1756 • RABBIT-PUNCH a chopping blow to the back of the neck ...1940s Aust. sl. • RAG a promiscuous woman ...1970s Aust. sl. • RAGGLE to wrangle, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Scot. • RAKING-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand ...1854 Amer. dial. • RAMSTOUGEROUS quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Scot. obs. • RANTY-TANTY very angry; in a violent passion ...1846 Eng. dial.
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