• CAP IT to take off or touch one's hat in salutation ...1593 school &
university sl. • CHEESE IT! a warning or command to cease any improper inactivity in order to avoid detection ...20C Amer. sl. • CHINKS (usually offensive) Chinese cuisine; Chinese food ...1948 Amer. sl. • CIRCULAR PROTECTOR a condom ...19C Brit. advertising usage • COME-BY-CHANCE a bastard ...Bk1913-17 • CRAP-HOUSE a privy; an outhouse ...20C US colloq. & sl. • DAFT AS A BRUSH crazy, stupid ...1945 UK sl. • DANCE-IN-MY-LIFE a person of very diminutive appearance ...Bk1900 Scot. • DARN THE STREETS to take a zigzag course, as a drunken man does in trying to walk ...1790 Eng. dial. • DIG ONESELF of a male: to scratch or rearrange one's genitals visibly (through one's clothes) ...M20 US colloq. • DO ONE'S FRUIT to lose one's temper; to go crazy ...1970s sl. • DOOLOLLY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1930s sl. • DUFF UP to beat up, to assault someone ...1961 UK sl. • ETCETERA sexual intercourse ...L17 sl. • FACETE facetious ...1603 arch. • FAN ME WITH A BRICK! an exclamation of surprise ...1950 Amer. dial. • FLAKED OUT tired ...1950s Amer. sl. • FLITTY homosexual, obviously effeminate ...M20 US sl. • FONKIN a giddy little oaf ...L16 colloq. or nonce usage • FUDDLE-CAP a drunkard ...17C sl. • GARDENIA! a curse, 'God deen (damn) you!' ...18C euphemism • GINK a sissy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GOOKY awkward ...1960s US sl. • GRUB to study hard ...1848 Amer. sl. • HAGHOG a hedgehog ...1720 Eng. dial. obs.
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