• SICKER genuine, good ...a1400-50 obs.
• SLUSH! nonsense! ...M19 colloq. • STALTED stalled, unable to move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • STUFF copulation; an act of copulation ...M20 US sl. • SWEETBACK a pimp ...1929 US sl. • TANG the prong of a fork; the spike of a knife or other instrument which fixes into the handle; the pointed end of a shoe-lace; any point ...1876 Scot. & Eng. dial. • THIS VALE the world regarded as a place of trouble, sorrow, misery, or weeping ...14? • THROUGH-OTHER confused ...1590, chiefly Scot. • TOP-NOTCHER one that has reached the highest point of excellence ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • UMBLE-CUM-STUMBLE to understand comprehensively ...L19 sl. • WHIZZ-MOB a gang of pickpockets ...1929 sl. • ABFAB first-rate, very attractive ...1950s sl., orig. Aust. teen usage • ABSOTIVELY certainly ...1926 US sl. • A-COCKBILL free, dangling free ...19C nautical colloq. • AFRICAN DOMINOES dice ...1919 US sl. • ALL MOUTH AND TROUSERS engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance ...Brit. sl. • AMIDSHIPS in the belly ...1886 Amer. nautical sl. • ANONYM an assumed or false name ...1805 • ARSE-CRAWL to toady ...L19 sl. • AUNTIE an older, effeminate male homosexual (a tad cruel term if not derogatory) ...1930 US sl. • BACKIE-RIDE a ride on an adult's back; a piggyback ride ...1966 Amer. dial. • BALD-FACED of drinks: unmixed with water ...Bk1902 colloq, • BARM a large quantity ...1924 Amer. dial. • BEAN TOWN a part of town where poor people or foreigners live ...1967 Amer. dial. • BEGGAR-TRASH someone thought to be low-class, worthless, or insignificant ...1939 Amer. dial.
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