SINGER a poet ...M16
SMASHER a sexually attractive person ...1948 sl., chiefly Brit. STICKY-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1890 sl. STUMPED poor, hard-up ...1837 sl. SWELLISH elegant, stylish, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. TANGING of a pain, etc.: shooting ...1864 Eng. dial. THROW OUT THE ANCHOR to apply the brake ...1942 Amer. sl. TOPPY tipsy, slightly drunk ...L19 sl. UM-BAY a bum; a worthless oaf ...E20 US Pig Latin for 'bum' VAINLING a vain or vainglorious person ...1615 obs. rare WHIGGER an adolescent male of Anglo-Saxon descent who acts out with African- American stereotypes; a wanna-be Afro-American ...c1986 US playground sl. ABERCROMBIE one who strives at creating the impression of knowing all ...1945 US sl. ABRIDGEMENTS knee-breeches ...M19 sl. ACID RAPPER one takes extra-large doses of LSD ...1960s drugs sl. ADVERTISE to pluck and paint one's eyebrows ...1970s camp gay sl. ALKYED drunk ...1970 US sl. AMBISEXTROUS bisexual ...1926 Amer. jocular ANGLIST a student of English, or scholar versed in English ...1888 ASLEW askew, diagonally; one-sided ...1899 Amer. dial. BABIFY to make baby-like or babyish ...M19 BAD OFF sick ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. BALLFACE a White person ...M19 US Black sl. BASTING BIG exceptionally large ...1900 Amer. dial. BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND THE STUMP to accomplish one's purpose while saving one's conscience by indirection ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. BELLY WASHER a very heavy rain ...1967 Amer. dial. BIG WHEEL a high-ranking or important person ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US BODICE RIPPER a paperback romance novel with a pictorial cover featuring a man and woman in a steamy pose ...Aust. sl. BOY JONES an informer ...Bk1997 Irish sl. BY THE MASS! an oath and an exclamation ...18C Brit. CACHINNATION loud or immoderate laughter ...1623 CADILLAC BUNK a single prison bed in a setting where most beds are two-tiered bunk beds ...1989 US sl. CALEERIED scatterbrained, giddy ...20C Ireland CHEESECAKE an attractive woman ...1934 sl., orig. US COCONUT a servile Black person ...1988 sl. CRACK to utter a wisecrack; to speak in a jesting or sarcastic manner ...1811 Amer. sl. D. AND D. drunk and dirty ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. DAME the 'lady' of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife ...c1330 now arch. or Eng. dial. DANKS tea leaves ...1893 Eng. dial. DEPOSIT an act of defecation; dung; faeces ...20C US sl. DISH-CLOUT a dirty slattern ...L18 sl.
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