• BAD NEWS a depressing person ...1950s Amer. sl.
• BALL-BUSTING acting as a hard taskmaster or dominating woman ...1940s sl., orig. US • BASTRICH a curse and a nickname for a despised person ...20C US sl. • BEAR-HUG to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial. • BEGRUTTEN tear-stained ...Bk1911 Scot. • BELLY-WASHER a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1969 Amer. dial. • BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS vague; indefinite; inconclusive; colourless ...1928 Amer. dial. • BIG MAMA one's grandmother ...1946 Amer. dial. • BIT TWIDDLER a computer operator ...1974 US sl. • BLIMEY a British person; an English person ...1969 Amer. dial. • BONDI BUS used as an example of something that moves quickly ...1959 Aust. sl. • BRING A-BED to deliver of a child ...1523 obs. • BUTTERFLYING a flirting ...1940s US campus sl. • CAB MAT the vagina ...L19 sl. • CACK YOUR DACKS to become scared ...1992 Aust. sl. • CAFARD depression, the blues ...E20 • CALEDONIAN a native of ancient Caledonia; humorously, a Scotchman ...1768 • CALVES'-SNOUT an old name of snapdragon, esp. of Antirrhinum Orontium ...1548 • CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR to work at dishonourable employment ...1922 Amer. dial. • CHEW THE RAG to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to argue endlessly or without hope of a definite agreement ...c1880 military sl. • CHIP a child, a youngster ...1698 sl. • CHUNKED thick and short ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • COD-ON a practical joke ...20C Irish sl. • CORPSE REVIVER a strong (mixed) drink intended to cure a hang-over ...1865 jocular, orig. US • CROOKLYN Brooklyn, New York City ...1990s US Black sl.
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