• AUNT ARUSHY a nickname for an umbrella ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BACKBREAKER a tree stump cut close to the ground ...1931 Amer. dial. • BAKIE any item of food which is suitable for baking ...1948 Amer. dial. • BARLEY OUT! in children's games: a call for truce ...1917 Amer. dial. • BEANERY QUEEN a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial. • BEGLAMMER to bewitch; to deceive; to hoodwink ...Bk1911 Scot. • BELLY-SMASH a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial. • BETWEEN-THE-LIGHTS twilight ...Bk1911 Scot. • BILL-SHOW a wild west show such as Buffalo Bill's ...1944 Amer. Western usage • BLACK NIGHT nighttime at its darkest ...1953 Amer. dial. • BOBBLE a slight mistake ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • BRANCH OF CORAL the penis ...Urquhart usage • BUTTON YOUR YAP to be quiet ...1939 Amer. sl. • CABBAGE ROLL a poor-quality cigar...M19 sl. • CACUMINATION a making sharp at the top ...1678 obs. • CAKE a gold nugget ...20C Aust. sl. • CALLET a lewd woman; a trull, a strumpet; a prostitute; a promiscuous woman ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • CARPET JOINT a fancy, high-class casino ...1961 US sl. • CHICKEN-CRAP insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US • CHIPPY-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer ...1891 Amer. sl. • CLUCK a hen ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • COOL-COCK to knock unconscious ...1930s US sl. • CROOKED AS A BARREL OF SNAKES, AS said of a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1967 Amer. dial. • DAINTY of weather: fine, genial, cheering ...1860 Eng. dial. • DANG to throw violently; to knock, to bang ...1887 Scot. & Eng. dial.
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