• OFF-GIRL an illegitimate girl ...20C US dial.
• OLD DEAR one's wife ...L19 sl. • ONE'S BACK TEETH ARE FLOATING one's bladder is very full ...1923 Amer. dial. • PACKET a large sum of money ...1910s sl. • PAKAPOO TICKET something indecipherable or overly complicated ...1951 Aust. sl. • PIDGEON-EYED intoxicated with alcohol ...E18 US sl. • POOSHIE a coward ...1960s Ulster sl. • PROP-GETTER a pickpocket ...1901 sl. • PULL A CLUCK to die ...L19 Brit. sl. • PUNCHY forceful, emphatic. having punch ...Bk1974 Amer. sl. • QUADRANT a quarter of a day; six hours ...1398 obs. • RABBITY timid, cowering ...1937 Amer. dial. • RAG BAG a messy, unkempt person ...1920s Aust. & NZ sl. • RAG-HEAD anyone who is not absolutely up to date with current information, gossip, style, etc. ...1980s US Black sl. • RALLY to scold; to speak loud ...1790 Scot. & N. Eng. dial. • RAN-DAN to make a noise with rough singing, and the beating of pots and pans, at the house of a man who has beaten his wife ...1869 Eng. dial. • RAP to fall in pattering drops. esp. of tears ...1810 Scot. • RIBS a stout person ...Bk1903 sl. • RORT to manipulate a ballot, records, etc. fraudulently ...1980 Aust. sl. • SCREAMING HABDABS anxiety or nervous tension ...1945 Amer. sl. • SHIT-BRAINED stupid, brainless ...1970s sl. • SIBILATE to hiss; to utter a hissing sound ...1656 • SIDE-SLIP an illegitimate child ...1872 • SILE of rain: to pour down ...1703 Eng. dial. • SILVER-TAILED wealthy, affluent, socially prominent ...1890 sl., orig. Aust.
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