• C - 1. a member of the Viet Cong ...1966 US sl.
  - 2. a woman viewed as a sexual object ...1976 US sl.
  - 3. in poker: the third player to the left of the dealer ...1988 US sl.
• C.A. - a county attorney ...1950s US sl.
• CA - a soft, foolish person ...1825 Sc.
• CAALER - 1. an auctioneer ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
  - 2. an official at a colliery engaged to call up the men for work - a caller ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• CAA-VY - a simpleton ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• C.A.B. - a term of derision (Complete Arse Bandit) ...1990s sl.
• CAB - 1. † a Cavalier ...1650
  - 2. a female servant ...19C Sc.
  - 3. a slovenly, untidy person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a clumsy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
  - 5. a cabman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• CABALIST - 1. † one who cabals, or adheres to any cabal - a secret intriguer or plotter - a conspirator ...1642
  - 2. one skilled in the Jewish ‘Cabbala’, a mysterious doctrine among the ancient Jews ...Bk1708
• CABALLER - one who cabals or intrigues - he that engages in close designs - one who enters into plots and intrigues to disturb and change the administration of any government - a conspirator ...1686
• CABALLERO - 1. a gentleman ...1835
  - 2. a horseman ...1837 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a Spanish gentleman ...1877
  - 4. a woman's escort or admirer ...20C US
• CABALLO - a person who smuggles drugs into a prison ...1992 US sl.
• CABARETIER - the keeper of a cabaret - an alehouse or tavern-keeper in France ...Bk1885
• CABBAGE - 1. a tailor ...1690 obs. sl.
  - 2. a person - a fellow - a chap ...M18 sl.
  - 3. (derogatory) a stupid, dull-witted, inactive person - a silly person - a dolt - a blockhead ...1870. sl.
  - 4. a native or inhabitant of Victoria, Australia ...L19 Aust. sl.
  - 5. a girl, a young woman ...1940s sl.
  - 6. a person of weak intellect, from intellectual neglect ...1969
  - 7. (offensive) a brain-damaged or mentally subnormal person - an inert, incapable person ...1987 colloq.
  - 8. a person with no ambition or incentive ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGE-CONTRACTOR - a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CABBAGE-EATER and CABBAGE EATER - 1. a tailor ...L17 sl.
  - 2. (offensive) a German or Russian immigrant - a foreigner of German or Russian origin...1942 US sl.
• CABBAGE GARDENER - a native of Victoria, Australia ...1882 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGE GARDEN PATRIOT - a coward ...1848 political colloq.
• CABBAGE-GELDER - 1. a countryman ...19C
  - 2. a greengrocer or market gardener ...1866 sl.
• CABBAGE HAT - 1. an informer ...1940s Aust. & US rhyming sl. for 'rat'
  - 2. a Royal Marine ...1979 UK sl.
• CABBAGE-HEAD or CABBAGE HEAD, CABBAGEHEAD
  - 1. a brainless fellow - a stupid person - a soft-headed or witless person - a blockhead, dolt, oaf, fool, or simpleton - a thickhead - a silly person ...1682 sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a nickname for a German or a Dutchman ...M19 US sl.
  - 3. one who will try any drug ...2000s US drugs sl. Cassells Sl Green 2005
• CABBAGE JOHN - a Chinese vegetable seller ...1900s Aust. sl.
• CABBAGE-MONGER - a tailor ...L17 sl.
• CABBAGE PATCHER - a native of Victoria, Australia ...1882 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGER - 1. a tailor ...1690 sl.
  - 2. a layabout - a lazy, idle person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGE STATER - a native of Victoria, Australia ...1882 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGE-TREE HAT - an informer ...1940s Aust. & US rhyming sl. for 'rat'
• CABBAGE TREE MOB an unruly set of young fellows, dressed in a suit of fustian or colonial tweed, and the emblem of their order, the low-crowned cabbage-palm hat - the main object of their enmity seems to be the ordinary black headpiece worn by respectable persons, which is ruthlessly knocked over the eyes of the wearer as he passes or enters the theatre ...1852 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGE-YED - a cabbage-head - a stupid person - a blockhead ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
• CABBAGITES - a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a 'cabbage-tree hat' (a hat made from the dried leaves of the cabbage-palm - they were esteemed as a protection from the sun, and allowed free ventilation) ...c1850 Aust. sl.
• CABBALIST - 1. one who professes acquaintance with and faith in the Jewish Cabbala ..c1533
  - 2. one skilled in mystic arts or learning - an occultist...a1592
  - 3. one who cabals, or adheres to any cabal - a secret intriguer or plotter - a conspirator ...1642
• CABBALIZER - † one who speaks mystically - one who interprets by Cabbala ...1593
• CABBIE - a cab-driver - now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859 colloq.
• CABBLER - one who cabbles (cabble - to break flat masses of partially finished iron into pieces, to be again heated in a furnace and wrought or hammered into bar-iron) ...Bk1885
• CAB-BOY - a boy in livery who attends his master when driving to hold the horse, etc. ...1827
• CABBRACH - a big, uncouth, greedy person - a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABBY - a cab-driver - now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859 colloq.
• CABER - 1. a strong person of a somewhat stubborn disposition ...1866 Sc.
  - 2. a big, coarse, clumsy man ...1925 Sc.
• CABEZA - in the Philippine Islands: a chief - Bk1890
• CAB FREIGHT - an attractive woman passenger in a truck ...1961 US sl.
• CABIN BOY and CABIN-BOY - a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship ...1726
• CABIN-CRACKER - a thief breaking into a ship's cabins ...1887 nautical sl.
• CABINET COUNSELLOR - a private counsellor - a member of the Cabinet ...1611
• CABINETEER - one who has official connection with a cabinet ...1837 nonce word
• CABINET-MAKER - 1. one whose business it is to make cabinets, and the finer kind of joiner's work - a maker of furniture  ...1681
  - 2. one who constructs a political cabinet ...1884
• CABINET MINISTER - in the UK, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries: a member of a parliamentary cabinet ...1817
• CABIN GIRL - a chambermaid, esp. a girl or woman whose job it is to make the beds and straighten up the rooms each day on a ship, at a motel, or the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CABIN-MATE - a companion, when two occupy a cabin furnished with two bed-places ...Bk1867
• CABLE-HANGER - † a person who dredges or fishes for oysters (on the Medway), not being free of the fishery, and are presented and punished by the Court ...1732 nautical colloq.
• CABMAN - the driver of a public hired cab ...1850
• CAB MAT - a prostitute ...L19 sl.
• CAB MOLL or CAB-MOLL - 1. a prostitute in a 'cab-joint' - a prostitute who works either in cabs or trains - a woman who operates or who is a prostitute in a brothel ...1859 sl., orig. US
  - 2. - a low woman ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• CABOCEER - the headman of a West African village or tribe ...1836
• CÁBÓG - an ignorant male - a rustic clodhopper ...2004 Irish sl.
• CABOOSE - 1. a person who continually follows along behind - a hanger-on - someone bringing up the rear  ...19C US sl.
  - 2. a slow-witted person ...1920s US sl.
  - 3. the last or youngest child in a family ...1950 US sl.
  - 4. the final participant in serial sex - the last male to copulate in a group sex act ...1960s US campus sl.
  - 5. one who allows himself to be duped ...1969 Amer. dial.
  - 6. one who follows or imitates others ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CABOTIN - a low-class actor - a charlatan ...1903
• CABRACH - a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
• CABROCH - a person of disagreeable temper and manners - a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CABRON - 1. a man who consents to the adultery of his wife ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
  - 2. a guy - especially a brutish or dim-witted one ...1974 Mexican-American use
• CACAFOGO - a cacafuego - a spitfire - a furious, fierce fellow - a braggart - a blusterer - a noisy bully - a very difficult or devilish person - one with a fiery temper ...1625 sl.
• CACAFUEGO - a spitfire - a furious, fierce fellow - a braggart - a blusterer - a noisy bully - a very difficult or devilish person - one with a fiery temper ...1625
• CACAFUGO - a spitfire - a furious, fierce fellow - a braggart - a blusterer - a noisy bully - a very difficult or devilish person - one with a fiery temper ...1625
• CACAM - a wise man ...Bk1881
• CACAMS - Jewish doctors ...Bk1717
• CACHEKOW or CACHE KOW or CACHE-KOW - † a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder - hence, generally, a bailiff - a cow-stealer ...1513 Sc.
• CACHEPOLLUS - † a sergeant, bailiff or any that arrests upon an action ...Bk1717
• CACHERE - †* a catcher - a hunter ...c1340
• CACHEREL - † a catchpoll - a beagle - a bailiff - an inferior officer of justice ...a1325
• CACHERELE - a catchpole ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CACHERO - a prison homosexual ...20C US prison sl.
• CACHINNATOR - a loud or immoderate laugher - one who laughs loud and long ...a1800
• CACHUPIN - a native Spaniard settled in America - used opprobriously ...Bk1800
• CACIQUE - 1. a native chief or 'prince' among the aborigines in the West Indies and adjacent parts of America ...1555
  - 2. in Spanish politics: a man who owes his ascendancy to his power or influence - a political ‘boss’ ...1872
  - 3. a slightly pompous person ...Bk1994
• CACIQUESSE - † a woman of the West Indies ...1760
• CACK - 1. a playful term for a small child ...1895 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a respected person - an important figure in the community ...1900s US Black sl.
  - 3. a good-looking woman ...1960s US campus sl.
  - 4. a left-handed person ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a general term of abuse - a contemptuous term for an individual ...1970s sl.
  - 6. someone extremely funny - someone who has a good sense of humour ...1989 Aust. sl.
• CACKBAG - a general pejorative term for a person ...1950s sl.
• CACK-BROAD - a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman - one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman  ...1940s US Black sl.
• CACKER - a blunderer - one who makes a mess ...1990s US sl.
• CACKERMANDER - a friend ...Bk2014 Eng. dial.
• CACK-FACE - a term of insult ...1990s sl.
• CACK-HAND - a clumsy, awkward person ...2000s sl.
• CACKLE - one who chats or gossips - a telltale, tattler, or blabber - one who divulges a secret ...a1225 sl.
• CACKLE-BROAD or CACKLE BROAD - 1. a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman - one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman  ...1940s US Black sl.
  - 2. a woman who talks incessantly ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
• CACKLE-CHUCKER - † in the theatre: a prompter ...c1860 theatrical usage
• CACKLE-FAKER - an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
• CACKLE-MERCHANT or CACKLE MERCHANT - † a dramatic author - the author of a play ...c1860 theatrical usage
• CACKLER - 1. one who chats or gossips - a talkative person - a telltale, tattler, or blabber - one who divulges a secret ...a1400 sl.
  - 2. an actor or showman who has a talking part - loosely, an actor ...1854 circus and showmen's sl.
  - 3. a white-collared office worker - a clerk ...1926 Amer. sl., orig. tramps' usage
• CACKLE TUB or CACKLE-TUB - a preacher ...M19 sl.
• CACKLING COVE or CACKLING-COVE - 1. an actor ...c1830 theatrical & tramps' sl.
  - 2. a clergyman - a preacher ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CACKPIKE COSMONAUT - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• CACKTY - a soft, cowardly fellow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACOCHYMIC - an 'ill-humoured' person - one having unhealthy or evil 'humours' (humour - any fluid or semi-fluid in the body, as blood, bile, phlegm) ...1569
• CACOCHYMIST - † a person of unhealthy or depraved 'humours' ...1684
• CACODEMON - an evil, malignant, or deprecated person - a person of bad character ...1711
• CACODEMONIAC - * one possessed by an evil spirit ...1657
• CACOFUEGO - a spitfire - a furious, fierce fellow - a braggart - a blusterer - a noisy bully - a very difficult or devilish person - one with a fiery temper ...1625
• CACOGEN - an anti-social person ...Bk1994
• CACOGRAPHER - a bad writer or speller - one not skilled in spelling ...1880
• CACOLIKE - † (derogatory) a Catholic - a term of reproach ...1582
• CACOLEEK - † (derogatory) a Catholic - a term of reproach ...1626
• CACO-MAGICIAN or CACOMAGICIAN - an evil magician or sorcerer; one versed in the black art - a magician in league with the devil...1656
• CACOPHONOPHILIST - a lover of harsh sounds ...Bk1994
• CACOSTOMACHUS - † one who has a bad stomach ...Bk1736
• CACOZEALOT - a wicked zealot - one who suffers from perverted or misdirected zeal ...1659
• CACTUS - in hospital usage: a severely burnt patient ...1994 US sl.
• CAD - 1. † an unbooked passenger whom the driver of a coach took up for his own profit on the way ...1790
  - 2. a beggar ...L18 sl.
  - 3. an idle hanger-on about inn-yards ...19C Eng.
  - 4. a private tutor ...c1810 Eton usage
  - 5. a servant at a university or public school ...1830s
  - 6. at Oxford and certain public schools (esp. Eton): a townsman ...1831 sl.
  - 7. † a coachman's assistant -  the person who takes the fare or attends to the passengers of a coach ...1833 obs. or hist.
  - 8. † an omnibus conductor ...1833
  - 9. an assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer's labourer, or a builder's assistant ...1835
  - 10. an odd job man - a messenger or errand boy ...1835 Eng
  - 11. a close or intimate friend - a companion ...1835
  - 12. (offensive) one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman - a low, vulgar, ill-mannered fellow - a base, vile person - an ill-bred person - an upper-class rogue - a blackguard - a term of abuse ...1838 colloq.
  - 13. a student in an academy or preparatory school ...M19 US campus sl.
  - 14. one who would rather live on other people than work for himself - a man trying to worm something out of another, either money or information ...Bk1860 sl.
  - 15. a journeyman shoemaker, butcher, or bricklayer ...1876 Eng. dial.
  - 16. one who imitates the aristocracy - a snob ...Bk1885
  - 17. a term of contempt applied to non-school or non-university men ...Bk1891 university usage
  - 18. a low fellow who hangs about the college to provide the Etonians with anything necessary to assist their sports ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
  - 19. the youngest and smallest of a family ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
  - 20. a familiar term of address ...1915 Amer. dial.
  - 21. an attractive woman ...1970s US Black sl.
  - 22. a railway guard or conductor ...1977 US sl.
• CADATOR - a beggar pretending to be a decayed gentleman - a confidence trickster  especially one posing as a gentleman fallen on hard times ...1703 Eng. dial. & sl.
• CADAVER - a bankrupt ...L19 sl., orig. US
• CADAVER CADET - a necrophile - one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses - one who obtains sexual gratification from a dead body ...1987 US sl.
• CAD-BOY - a coachman's assistant ...L18 sl
• CADBURY - (derogatory) a person who gets drunk on very little alcohol ...1996 Aust. sl.
• CADBURY'S CANAL BOAT CRUISER - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• CADBURY'S CANAL ENGINEER - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• CAD-BUTCHER - one who deals in unwholesome meat or carrion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADCATCHER - 1. an unbooked passenger in a coach, whose fare was pocketed by the driver ...Bk1955
  - 2. an assistant or helper - a cheap labourer ...Bk1955
  - 3. an omnibus conductor - Bk1955
  - 4. at Eton, Oxford: a fellow that did odd jobs, as around the sporting fields ...Bk1955
  - 5. a term of contempt for a townsman
• CADDAY - 1. a sharp-witted individual ...Bk1997
  - 2. a young boy -  a boy hired as a servant ...Bk1997 Ireland 
• CADDEE - 1. a thief's assistant ...E19 sl.
  - 2. a person who frequents tavern yards and persuades customers to patronize another inn, for which they are paid by its landlord ...E19 sl.
  - 3. a passer-on of counterfeit money ...E19 sl.
• CADDESS - a female of low vulgar manners and behaviour ...1870 nonce word
• CADDIE - 1. † a cadet in the army ...1724 Sc.
  - 2. † a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc. - esp. a golf-attendant ...1730 Sc.
  - 3. a young fellow, a lad ...1786 Sc.
  - 4. a ragamuffin or rough fellow ...1929 Sc.
  - 5. one who wears a sandwich-board ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CADDIS - a poor creature; a simpleton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• • CADDLE - one who coddles himself - one who is accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDOW - a simpleton - a poor creature ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDY - 1. a cadet in the army ...1724 Sc.
  - 2. a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc. - esp. a golf-attendant ...1730 Sc.
  - 3. a young fellow, a lad ...1786 Sc.
  - 4. a sharp-witted individual ...Ireland
  - 5. in baseball: a second-string player used esp. as a pinch-runner or substitute fielder in late innings ...1959 US sl.
n. 10. an ornamental covering, esp. of fancywork, used to protect the back, arm, or headrest of a piece of
• CADDY-BUTCHER - one who buys horses to sell for cat's-meat ...1888 Eng. dial.
• CADE - † a spoiled, pampered or petted child ...1877 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CADE-CHILD - one that has been brought up with excessive care and tenderness
• CADEE - a messenger or errand porter in some large Scottish towns ...18C
• CADEE SMASHER - a professed tout to innkeepers, but one occasionally acts as a 'smasher' ...c1810 sl.
• CADET - 1. a younger son or brother ...1610
  - 2. a gentleman who entered the army without a commission, to learn the profession ...M17 hist.
  - 3. a junior in the East India Company ...L17 sl.
  - 4. a street thug ...19C sl.
  - 5. a young man learning sheep-farming ...M19 NZ
  - 6. a pimp or procurer...1904 US sl.
  - 7. a new drug user ...1949 US sl.
  - 8. a junior gangster ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
  - 9. a heavy user of drugs, esp. cannabis or hallucinogens, who is, thus, continually 'flying' ...1970s drugs sl.
  - 10. an eccentric person ...1970s sl.
  - 11. a despised person ...1980s students' sl.
• CADETTE - a younger daughter or sister ...1679
• CADET WIDOW - a young woman popular with several classes of cadets ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CADGE - a young peddler or hawker - a beggar or tramp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADGE-CLOAK - a beggar ...1791 sl.
• CADGE-GLOAK - a beggar ...1791 sl.
• CADGEL - † a wanton fellow ...1603 Sc.
• CADGER - 1. a beggar - a tramp - a scrounger - a loafer - a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a carrier - a huckster - a hawker of small wares ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. an itinerant dealer in fish ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 4. a shoplifter-cum-beggar - also, the lowest rank of pickpocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
  - 5. a genteel despicable sponger ...c1830 sl.
  - 6. a person of disagreeable temper ...1866 Sc.
  - 7. a waiter who hangs about to wait for gratuities ...c1870 sl.
  - 8. one who does odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
  - 9. anyone in a service industry, as a waiter, cab-driver, who solicits for tips ...L19 sl.
  - 10. a professional distributor or hawker of poteen or illicit whisky ...20C Ireland
  - 11. a drunkard; someone who sponges drinks ...20C US sl.
  - 12. a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• CADIE - 1. a cadet in the army ...1724 Sc.
  - 2. a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc. -esp. a golf-attendant ...1730 Sc.
  - 3. a young fellow - a lad ...1786 Sc.
• CADILLAC COMMIE - a liberal, one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle - one whose pronouncements on social problems is in direct proportion to their ability to escape their existence ...1990s US sl.
• CADILLAC PUSHER - a person whose job it is to push carts with garments through the streets ...2002 US sl.
• CADMAN - the smallest one of a family ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CADOW - a simpleton, a poor creature ...Bk1898 Eng, dial.
• CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY - liveried footman, servants, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry ...Bk1890 sl.
• CADS ON CASTORS - bicyclists ...1880 sl.
• CAD-WORM - † a term of derision for a man ...1630
• CAESAR - a tyrant or dictator - an absolute monarch ...ME
• CAESAR'S WIFE a person required to be above suspicion
• CAFARD - † a hypocrite - an impostor ...1539
• CAFÉ AU LAIT - a person of mixed race with skin the shade of milky coffee - a mulatto - a light-skinned Black woman ...1920s US Black sl.
• CAFENDER - a carpenter ...1842 Eng. dial.
• CAFETERIA CATHOLIC - a Roman Catholic who observes church prescriptions and prohibitions at his or her own discretion ...1980s Amer. sl.
• CAFF - a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFER - a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped ...L19 Irish sl.
• CAFFINDER - a carpenter ...1842 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLER - 1. a shuffler - an excuse maker ...1892 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a dealer in rubbish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a contemptible little fellow who gives saucy, cheeky foolish talk ...L19 Ireland
• CAFFREY - a thief-catcher ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CAFINFLERO - an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CAFISHIO - an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CAFONE n- uncouth person - a lowlife ...Italian
• CAG - an old wrinkled woman ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAG-BUTCHER - one who buys diseased meat, or animals that have died a natural death, for the purpose of selling as ordinary meat - a horse-slaughterer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAGE AND KEY MAN - a prison guard responsible for a particular row of cells ...20C US prison sl.
• CAGE GIRL - a ticket seller in a theatre ...1952 US sl.
• CAGE OF BONES - a very thin person ...1860 Eng. dial.
• CAGER - 1. a drunkard - someone who sponges drinks ...20C US sl.
  - 2. a basketball player ...c1925 Amer. sl.
• CAGE RATTLER - a person not content with the humdrum or conventional ...1970s Amer. sl.
• CAGMAG - 1. a plain or slovenly woman ...L18 sl.
  - 2. a gossip - a newsmonger - a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
  - 3. a quarrelsome person ...19C Eng. dial.
  - 4. a term of opprobrium applied to persons - a loose character - a disreputable old woman - a simpleton - a noodle ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAGMENT - disreputable persons ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAGOT - † an affectedly pious person ...M16 Sc.
• CAILLACH - an old woman ...1814 Sc.
• CAILLEACH - an old Highland woman - a crone ...1814 Sc.
• CAIN - a murderer ...ME
• CAINGEL - a cross, peevish person ...1684 Eng. dial.
• CAINJER - a cross, peevish person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAIRD - 1. a travelling tinker - a gypsy, tramp, or vagrant ...1663 Sc.
  - 2. a scold - a rude, scolding person ...1808 Sc.
  - 3. a rough person ...1818 Sc.
• CAITIFF - 1. a base, mean, despicable or cowardly person - a villain ...1250 arch.
  - 2. † a wretched, miserable person - a poor wretch - one in a piteous case ...c1325
  - 3. † a captive - a prisoner ...1330 obs.
  - 4. † a cripple - one who is deformed and helpless ...1775 Eng. dial.
  - 5. a third -classman ...1834 US Military Academy usage
• CAJUN - 1. a rustic or countrified person ...1932 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a poor person of the wooded country of Alabama who subsists by lumbering, turpentine extraction and various odd jobs ...1934 Amer. dial.
• CAK - someone who is extremely funny ...1989 Aust. sl.
• CAKE - 1. a fool or dullard - a silly fellow - an incompetent...1785 Eng. dial. & sl.
  - 2. a dandy - a fop - youths who wore stylish wide-bottomed trousers ...E19 US sl., esp. gang
  - 3. a stupid policeman ...Bk1891 Amer. thieves' sl.
  - 4. a lady's man ...1920s Amer. sl.
  - 5. a sexually desirable woman ...20C US sl.
  - 6. a prostitute ...E20 sl., orig. Aust.
  - 7. a beautiful girl or young woman ...1941 US Black sl.
  - 8. a term of affection between friends ...1960s US sl.
  - 9. a weak person ...1980s US campus sl.
  - 10. (derogatory) a rural person ...1991 Irish sl.
• CAKE, THE - a (self-appointedly) admirable person ...1900s US sl.
• CAKE BOY - an attractive, usually younger homosexual male ..1970s US gay sl.
• CAKE-CUTTER - a cashier or other person who short-changes the public ...1930s sl., orig. US Black, also circus use
• CAKE-EATER - 1. a self-indulgent or effeminate young man, who may or may not be homosexual - one who is quite comfortable at fussy tea parties ...1916 US sl.
  - 2. a lady's man - a male flirt - a wealthy young man - a playboy ...1910s Amer. sl.
  - 3. a jocular or affectionate term of address ...1910s US sl.
  - 4. a person who enjoys performing oral sex on women ...1967 US sl.
• CAKE-FIDDLER - † a parasite ...1513
• CAKE-FUMBLER - † a parasite ...1553
• CAKEHEAD - an idiot - a fool ...1998 UK sl.
• CAKES - 1. a pretty young woman, or a handsome young man ...1960s US sl.
  - 2. a term of affection between friends ...1960s US sl.
• CAKEY - 1. a fool ...:L18 sl.
  - 2. a fop - a dandy ...1930s US sl.
• CAKEY-PANNUM FENCER - a street-seller of pastries ...M19 sl.
• CAKIE - 1. a pretty young woman, or a handsome young man ...1960s US sl.
  - 2. a term of affection between friends ...1960s US sl.
• CAKPANTS - a general term of abuse, the implication is that the subject is a coward, who soils their underwear through fear ...2000s sl.
• CAKUM - a foolish person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAL - 1. a hangman...M19 sl.
  - 2. a gossip, an idler ...1888 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a liar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALABASH COUSIN - a person who is not a real relative but who is closely accepted by the family ...1967 Hawaii
• CALAMIST - 1. † 'one having his haire turning upwards' ...1623
  - 2. † one who plays upon a reed - a piper ...1656
• CALAMITY HOWLER - a person who predicts disaster - a prophet of doom ...1892 US sl.
• CALAMITY JANE - 1. a nagging woman - a pessimist - a worrier - a prophet of disaster ...1918 US sl.
  2. one who suffers calamity ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CALAMITY SHOUTER - a person who predicts disaster - a prophet of doom ...1892 US sl.
• CALATHUMPIAN - one who claims an imaginary religion ...1910s sl.
• CALCULATOR - 1. in horseracing: a parimutuel clerk who calculates odds ...1976 US sl.
  - 2. in poker: a player skilled at assessing the hands of other players ...1988 US sl.
• CALCULIST - one skilled in a mathematical calculus - a mathematician ...1829
• CALDERA - a wretched-looking person - a spiritless person - a coward ...Ireland
• CALEB QUOTEM - 1. a parish clerk ...c1860 sl.
  - 2. a jack of all trades ...M19 sl.
• CALEB QUOTUM - 1. a parish clerk ...M19 sl.
  - 2. a jack of all trades ...M19 sl.
• CALEDONIA - a Black woman who refuses to accept the traditional role into which her birth is supposed to have thrust her ...1920s US Black sl.
• CALEDONIAN - a native of ancient Caledonia - humorously, a Scotchman ...1768
• CALEERY - a giddy, hysterical person - a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person ...1900 Sc. & Ireland
• CALEFACTOR - †  he who warms ...1605
• CALENDARIAN - * a maker of a calendar ...1826
• CALENDARIOGRAPHER - † * a calendar maker - an almanac maker ...1683
• CALENDARIST - † * one who assigns dates and periods ...1685
• CALENDOGRAPHER - † * the constructor of a calendar ...a1691
• CALF - 1. an ignoramus - a dolt - a weakling - a fool - a simpleton - a stupid or loutish person - an awkward or silly boy or man - a meek, harmless person ...1553 sl.
  - 2. a native of Essex, as used by those of Suffolk who look down on their southern neighbours ...L19 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a young teenage girl ...1959 US sl.
  - 4. a timid or cowardly person ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CALF-HEAD - a foolish fellow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-HEART - a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-LOLLY - † an idle simpleton - a term of reproach - a stupid fellow - a dolt ...1708
• CALF'S HEAD - 1. a stupid, witless individual - a fool ...1600 sl.
  - 2. a white-faced man with a large head ...c1860 sl.
• CALF'S-TONGUE - a person who is mild or harsh-spoken according to circumstance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-TAIL - silly fellow ...1857 Eng. dial.
• CALFY - a simpleton ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CALFY-COTTRELL - a simpleton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALFY-NOODLE - a simpleton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALIBAN - a man of degraded bestial nature ...1678
• CALIC - a woman ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CALICO - a woman or girl - women considered as sexual objects ...1848 US colloq.
• CALICO CLUCK - a female railway worker ...1975 US sl.
• CALICO QUEEN - 1. a fast woman of the saloons and honky-tonks ...19C US sl.
  - 2. a prostitute ...M19 US sl.
• CALICOT - 1. a 'cad' - an ill-bred, vulgar fellow ...c1885 sl.
  - 2. a counter-jumper - a shop assistant ...L19 sl.
• CALIFORNIA ROLLER - one who carries a 'California bankroll', a show bankroll in which 1 large-denomination note is exhibited on the outside, concealing a quantity of small bills ...1940s US Black & gambling sl.
• CALIFORNIA WIDOW - a married woman whose husband is away from her for any extended period ...Bk1891 Amer. sl. 068
• CALIFORNICATOR - a Californian, esp. one who has moved to Oregon or Washington state ...1978 US sl.
• CALIK - a gossip ...1935 Sc.
• CALIMANCO - a Spaniard ...1607
• CALKER - 1. † a calculator of nativities, etc. - an astrologer - a magician - a conjurer ...1535
  - 2. one who makes iron heel-plates, etc. - a country blacksmith ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CALLACK - a young girl ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CALLAN - 1. a boy - a lad - a young man - also used as a term of affection to older persons ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a girl ...1794 Sc.
• CALLAND - a girl ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CALLANT - 1. † a customer ...E16
  - 2. a boy - a youth - a young fellow ...L16 Sc. & N. Eng.
  - 3. a girl ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CALL BOY - 1. a youth employed in a hotel to answer the bells ...Bk1888
  - 2. a boy or young man who called railway workers to work ...1898 US sl.
  - 3. a male prostitute who can be hired on the phone ...1942 sl.
• CALLER - 1. a driver ...LME Sc.
  - 2. an official at a colliery whose duty it was to go round from house to house to call up the men for work ...1843 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a gossip, an idler ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLET - 1. † a lewd woman - a trull - a strumpet - a prostitute - a promiscuous woman ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
  - 2. † a term of abuse - a hag - a scold ...a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALLETER - a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALL GIRL - 1. a woman who works in a brothel ...L19 sl.
  - 2. a prostitute, esp. one who may be engaged by telephone ...1900 Amer. sl.
  - 3. any prostitute ...E20 US sl.
• CALLIGRAPH - one who writes beautifully - a professional transcriber of manuscripts ...1853 arch.
• CALLIGRAPHER - one who writes beautifully ...1815
• CALLIGRAPHIST - a person who writes beautifully ...1816
• CALLING STATION - in poker: an unskilled player who calls bets prematurely ...1979 US sl.
• CALLITHUMP - a member of a band that makes discordant so-called music by playing a number of instruments, either in an unlikely combination or conjured up from unlikely objects, such as washboards, tin kettles, etc. ...M19 US sl.
• CALLITHUMPIAN - a member of a band that makes discordant so-called music by playing a number of instruments, either in an unlikely combination or conjured up from unlikely objects, such as washboards, tin kettles, etc. ...M19 US sl.
• CALL MOM - a prostitute who advertises her services through an agency, through the (print) media, in telephone kiosks, etc., and visits a client in his own home or hotel room ...1930s sl., orig. US
• CALLOW - 1. † one who is bald ...c1305
  - 2. † a raw or inexperienced youth ...1670
• CALL-THE-SHUTTLE - a weaver ...1817 Sc.
• CALLYMOOCHER - †* a term of abuse or reproach - ? a raw cadger or a greenhorn ......1661
• CALONKUS - a fool ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CALSAY-PAIKER - a street walker ...1879 Sc.
• CALUMNER - † a calumniator - a slanderer ...1614
• CALUMNIATOR - a slanderer ...1549
• CALUMNIER - †* a slanderer ...1586
• CALVES' LESSON IN CURVES, THE - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CAMACHAL - a troublesome boy ...1934 Sc.
• CAMARADA DE AQUELLA - a term of high praise - a 'number-one guy' ...1960s US sl.
• CAMBIST - one who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges - one who deals in bills of exchange ...1809
• CAMBO - a Cambodian ...1979 Amer. sl.
• CAMBODE - a Cambodian ...1964 US military sl.
• CAMBRIAN - a Welshman ...1780
• CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE - a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone ...L17 sl.
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAMEL - a native of Cambridgeshire ...M17
• CAMEL - 1. a great, awkward, hulking fellow ...1606
  - 2. a prisoner who neglects personal hygiene ...1990s Aust. prison sl.
• CAMEL CHASER a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden - an Arab - used contemptuously ...1968 Amer. sl.
• CAMEL-DRIVER - 1. a Jew ...1920s US sl.
  - 2. a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane ...1927 US military sl.
  - 3. a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden - an Arab - used contemptuously ...1975 Amer. sl.
• CAMELEER - a camel-driver ...1808
• CAMEL-FUCKER - (derogatory) an Arab - a native of the Middle East ...1960s US sl.
• CAMELHEAD - (derogatory) an Arab - a native of the Middle East ...2000s US sl.
• CAMELIST - a partisan of the camel ...1863 nonce word
• CAMEL JOCK - 1. (derogatory) an Arab - a native of the Middle East ...1960s US sl.
  - 2. a foreign student from the near East ...1966 US college sl.
  - 3. (derogatory) an Indian ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAMEL JOCKEY - 1. (derogatory) an Arab - a native of the Middle East ...1965 US sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a Syrian ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAMELLER - †* a camel-driver ...1615
• CAMEL-MERCHANT - a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane ...1926 US military sl.
• CAMEL-PUNCHER - a camel-driver ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CAMEL RIDER - 1. an Asian ...1930s US criminals' sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a Syrian ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAMERA CLICKER - a photographer ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CAMERAL - a large, ill-shaped, awkward person ...1825 Sc.
• CAMERIST - a chamber-woman - a lady's maid ...1838 nonce word
• CAMISTER - a clergyman - a preacher...1851 thieves' cant
• CAMOIS - † a person having a camois nose or pug nose ...1485
• CAMOUFLEUR - one who applies or uses camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAMP - an effeminate male homosexual ...1920s sl., orig. US
• CAMPANIST - one versed in the subject of bells ...1872
• CAMPANOLOGER - one versed in the subject of bells ...1800
• CAMPANOLOGIST - one versed in the subject of bells ...1857
• CAMP-CHAPLAIN - † an army chaplain ...1679-88
• CAMP DOG - 1. a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps ...1920s US tramps' sl.
  - 2. in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAMPEADOR - a champion
• CAMPER - † one who belongs to a camp - a soldier - a military man - a camp-follower ...1631
  - 2. a young boyish lesbian ...1960s US homosexual sl.
  - 3. a person - an individual ...1970s US sl.
• CAMPERS - slow-eating restaurant patrons ...Bk1998 sl.
• CAMPFIRE GIRL - a soldier ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• CAMPIE - one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
• CAMP INSPECTOR - an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• CAMPION - 1. † one who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause - a champion ...c1270
  - 2. † one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question - a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter - a combatant ...c1320
• CAMP JACK - in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1940 Amer. West usage
• CAMP JERKER - in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1931  Amer. West usage
• CAMP-MASTER-GENERAL - † a field-marshal ...a1569
• CAMP MEETING BABY - an illegitimate child ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAMP MOVER - in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1931 Amer. West usage
• CAMP RUSTLER in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1913 Amer. West usage
• CAMP-STOOL BRIGADE the people who wait outside a place of entertainment to secure the best seats, and bring camp-stools with them to rest themselves ...1889 sl.
• CAMP TENDER - in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1913 Amer. West usage
• CAMPY - one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
• CAMSTAIRY - an obstinate, unmanageable person ...1818 Sc.
• CAMWHORE - a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts ...sl.
• CANACK - a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• CANAKA - a Pacific Islander - esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
• CANAKER - a native of the South Sea Islands - esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations ...1840
• CANAL CONCH - a promiscuous woman ...1985 Trinidad and Tobago
• CANALLER - one who lives on a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
• CANARY - 1. a prostitute ...18C sl.
  - 2. a mistress ...18C sl.
  - 3. a bosun's mate ...1821 nautical sl.
  - 4. a woman ...1862 sl.
  - 5. a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
  - 6. a young woman or girl - esp. a female vocalist - a songster ...1862 US
  - 7. a Spaniard; used contemptuously ...1898 US Army sl.
  - 8. a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 9. a prisoner who has been caught in an escape attempt ...L19 UK prison sl.
  - 10. a prisoner; a very old cant term for habitual offenders - 'a person used to be kept in a cage' ...Bk1891 sl.
  - 11. an informer; a stool pigeon ...1929 US sl.
• CANARY-BIRD - 1. a prisoner - a very old cant term for habitual offenders - 'a person used to be kept in a cage' ...1673 cant
  - 2. a young villain ...17C sl.
  - 3. a mistress ...18C sl.
  - 4. a prostitute ...18C sl.
  - 5. a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
  - 6. a woman ...1940s Aust. sl.
• CANARY KID - a weakling - a coward ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• CANAT - an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• CANCELLED STAMP - a shy person ...1920s US sl.
• C. AND A. - a bisexual man - one who will have a stab at 'cunts and arseholes' ...Brit. sl.
• CANDID FRIEND - one who claims to be a friend, and, in the name of candour, speaks unpleasant things ...1798
• CANDLE-BASHER - a spinster - a female masturbator ...E20 Brit. sl.
• CANDLE-EATER - a foreigner of Russian origin ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CANDLESTICK - a humorous corruption of 'candidate' ...1870 Winchester College usage
• CANDLE-WASTER - he who wastes candles by late study at night ...1599
• CANDY - 1. a showy, stylish person - a dandy - a fine fellow - a favourite ...1935 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a sexually desirable person of either sex ...1930s sl.
  - 3. a pretty, young homosexual boy ...1950s US homosexual sl.
  - 4. the passive partner in anal intercourse ...1950s homosexual sl.
  - 5. a weakling ...1960s US teen sl.
• CANDY ANKLE - a weak or effeminate man ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CANDY-ASS - a coward - a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• CANDYBOB - a hawker - a ragman - they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...c1873 Sc.
• CANDY BOY - 1. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1901 US sl.
  - 2. a sweet or well-behaved person - hence, a sissy - an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
  - 3. a stylishly dressed person ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK - 1. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1925 US sl.
  - 2. a sweet or well-behaved person - hence, a sissy - an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
  - 3. a stylishly dressed person ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID - 1. a sweet or well-behaved person - hence, a sissy - an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
  - 2. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1906 US sl.
  - 3. a fine fellow - a showy, stylish person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CANDY-LEG - a wealthy fellow who is attractive to women ...1920 US college sl.
• CANDY MAKER - a male homosexual who masturbates (but does not fellate) a partner, then swallows the resultant semen ...1960s US sl.
• CANDY-MAN or CANDYMAN - 1. in the north of England a bum-bailiff or process-server - 'in the great strike of coal miners in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from the cottages, there were recognized among them some well-known sellers of 'dandy candy' from the Newcastle streets, whose appellation was transferred to persons employed in the unpopular office ...1863
  - 2. a hawker - a ragman - they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...1870 Sc.
  - 3. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1913 US sl.
  - 4. a stylish, showy person - a dandy ...1913 US sl.
  - 5. a woman's male partner or (illicit) lover ...1920s US Black sl.
  - 6. a seller of illicit drugs, esp. in capsule form ...1969 US drugs sl.
  - 7. a pimp ...1980s US Black sl.
• CANDY-STRIPER - a young woman who is a volunteer nurse's aide ...1963 US sl.
• CANE NIGGER - (? offensive) a happy-go-lucky fellow - one devoid of care and anxiety ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• CANE-SEED-EATER - a Mormon ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CANG - † a fool ...a1225
• CANGLER - a wrangler - a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• CANICIDE - a dog-killer ...1852
• CANK - † a fool ...a1225
• CANNACKER - a Canadian ...1846 Amer. dial.
• CANNED GOODS - a virgin of either sex, usually female ...1910s US sl.
• CANNED HEATER - one who drinks 'canned heat' (a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes) ...1910s US sl.
• CANNED-HEAT STIFF - one who drinks 'canned heat' (a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes) ...1910s US sl.
• CANNIBAL - a fellator - specifically a homosexual male ...20C US criminals' sl.
• CANNIS-COVE - a dog fancier ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CANNON - a pickpocket of indefinite order ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
• CANNON-BALLS - a nickname formerly given to the irreconcilable opponents of free trade in England ...1858 political usage
• CANNON FODDER - soldiers, regarded as food for cannon ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
• CANNY WIFE - a midwife ...1810 Sc.
• CANOE-CHIEF - an American Indian ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CANOE INSPECTOR - a gynecologist ...1965 US sl.
• CANOE-MAKER - an autopsy surgeon ...1970 US police sl.
• CANOODLERS - a pair of lovers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAN-OPENER - a cook ...1918 US sl.
• CANT - a sanctimonious person ...1725
• CANTAB - a student at Cambridge ...1750 colloq.
• CANTABANK - * a singer on a stage or platform - hence, a common ballad-singer - used contemptuously ...1834
• CANTABRIGIAN - a member of the University of Cambridge ...c1645
• CANTATOR - * a male singer ...1866
• CANTATRICE - a female professional singer ...1866
• CANTEEN MERCHANT - one who serves in the ship's canteen ...20C sl.
• CANTEEN RAT - an old soldier who constantly hangs about by the canteen, in order to be treated ...20C military colloq.
• CANTER - a vagrant or beggar - one who uses 'cant' ...1592 sl.
• CANTICLE - a parish clerk ...1785 sl.
• CANTOR - † a singer ...1609
• CANUCK - (sometimes derogatory in the US) a Canadian ...1835 sl.
• CANUCKER - a Canadian ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CANVASBACK - a harlot - a sexually loose woman - a woman who spends considerable time with her back on a canvas-covered floor, presumably copulating ...20C sl.
• CANVAS-CLIMBER - † a sailor ...1608
• CAP - captain ...M19 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• CAPE BOY - in South Africa: a half-breed resulting from the union of a native Black and a White settler ...1896
• CAPELLANE - † - one who officiates in a chapel - a chaplain - a keeper of the sacred relics ...a1661
• CAPE MAY GOODY - an uncomplimentary term for a person who you don't think much of ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAPE MERCHANT - the man who had charge of the general store or warehouse ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• CAPER - 1. † a privateer - the captain of a privateer - a corsair ...1657 obs. exc. hist.
  - 2. † a captor - a seizer ...1759 Sc.
• CAPERER - † a privateer (person) ...1676
• CAPER-MERCHANT - a dancing master ...Bk1785 sl.
• CAPON - 1. an idiot - a dull, stupid person - a term of reproach ...1542
  - 2. † a eunuch ...1594
  - 3. a homosexual male - a pederast - an effeminate male ...M20 US sl.
• CAPORAL - a foreman on a ranch ...1892 Amer. dial.
• CAPPER - 1. in a confidence swindle: a person who lures the victim into the swindle ...1753 US sl.
  - 2. a person who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a dummy bidder whose function is either to start the bidding, or to run up the price of articles for sale ...1853 sl.
  - 4. a confederate ...1871 Amer. thieves' sl.
  - 5.  at cards: one who makes false bids in order to encourage a genuine player ...1871 Amer. thieves' sl.
  - 6. in a drug-selling enterprise: a person who fills capsules with a drug ...1958 US sl.
• CAPRON - † an impudent fellow ...c1460
• CAPSULE CON - a prisoner convicted on drug charges ...1970 US sl.
• CAPTAIN - 1. a jesting form of address ...1598
  - 2. a gaming or bawdy house bully ...1731 sl.
  - 3. a stagecoach driver ...1835 Amer. dial.
  - 4. the conductor or guard of a train ...1862 Amer. usage
  - 5. one who excels - a leader ...1917 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG - a dishonest jockey ...1864 turf sl.
• CAPTAIN COPPERTHORN'S CREW - all officers; said of a company where everyone wants to be first ...Bk1891 sl.
• CAPTAIN CORK - a nickname for a man who is slow in passing the bottle ...Bk1891 military sl.
• CAPTAIN CRANK - the chief of a gang of highwaymen ...Bk1891 sl.
• CAPTAINESS - a female captain or commander ...1465
• CAPTAIN FLASHAM - a blustering, bounceable fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
• CAPTAIN GRAND - a haughty, blustering fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
• CAPTAIN HACKUM - a fighting, blustering bully ...1600 sl.
• CAPTAIN QUEERNABS - a shabby, ill-dressed fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
• CAPTAIN QUIZ - a mocker ...Bk1891 sl.
• CAPTAIN SHARP - a cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers whose office it is to bully the 'pigeon' who refuses to pay ...Bk1891 sl.
• CAPTAIN'S MOUTHORGAN - a company clerk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAPTAIN TOM - the head or leader of a mob ...Bk1891 sl.
• CAPTIVATRIX - an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAPTIVE - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAPTIVER - † one who takes captive - a captor ...1613
• CAPTRESS - * a female captor ...1867
• CAPUN - one who has been sentenced to death ...1990s US prison sl.
• CAPURTLE - a woman seen as a sex object ...1950s sl.
• CARAMEL CLONE - a light-skinned Black person ...2000s US Black sl.
• CARAMEL SUNDAE - an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• CARAVAN - a dupe - a gull - one who is cheated - a subject of plunder ...1676 sl.
• CARBUNCLE - † a person of resplendent quality ...c1430
• CARCASE LORDS - wholesale butchers, who monopolize and forestall the markets ...Bk1890 sl.
• CARCERIST - one who advocates or has to do with prisons ...1821 nonce word
• CARCOON - a clerk ...1803 Anglo-Indian
• CARD - 1. a character - an odd fish - an eccentric ...1835 sl.
  - 2. an amusing person ...1905 Brit. sl.
  - 3. a union member ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CARDBOARD DRIVER - in trucking: a new driver going through a trial period with a trucking company ...1971 US sl.
• CARDER - † a card player ...c1530
• CARDINALS - shoe-blacks ...1889 street sl.
• CARDIOGNOST - † one who knows the heart ...1652
• CARDIOGNOSTIC - † one who knows the heart ...1640
• CARD-MAN - 1. † a maker of maps or charts ...1625
  - 2. a worker having a union card ...1930 US sl.
• CARD MECHANIC - in gambling: a person, as a crooked gambler, who is skilled at manipulating playing cards - a cardsharp ...1906 US sl.
• CARE-AWAY - † a reckless fellow - a roisterer ...1575
• CARE BOY - a tank driver ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CARETAKER - a man whose job it is to take care of roads in a certain locality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CARGO - † a term of contempt applied to a person ...1602
• CAR KNOCKER - in railroading: a car repairman - a car inspector ...1925 Amer. dial.
• CARL - 1. a fellow of low birth or rude manners - a base fellow - a churl - later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
  - 2. † a bondman - a villain ...a1300
  - 3. a man of the common people - more particularly a countryman - a husbandman ...1375 arch.
  - 4. †. one who is churlish or mean in money matters - a niggard ...1542 obs. exc. Sc.
• CARLE - 1. a fellow of low birth or rude manners - a base fellow - a churl - later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
  - 2. † a bondman - a villain ...a1300
  - 3. a man of the common people - more particularly a countryman - a husbandman ...1375 arch.
  - 4. † one who is churlish or mean in money matters - a niggard ...1542 obs. exc. Sc.
• CARLER - a clerk ...Bk1891 US thieves' sl.
• CARLIE - a little 'carl' - a man short of stature ...1697 Sc.
• CARLINE - 1. a woman, esp. an old one - often implying contempt or disparagement ...a1300 chiefly Sc.
  - 2. a witch or one charged with being such ...1528 chiefly Sc.
• CARLING - 1. a woman, esp. an old one - often implying contempt or disparagement ...a1300 chiefly Sc.
  - 2. a witch or one charged with being such ...1528 chiefly Sc.
• CARLLEIN - †* - a little carl, rustic, or peasant ...c1460
• CARLMAN - † a man - an adult male ...1135
• CARLOT - †* - a churl - a rustic - a peasant ...1600
• CARMAGNOLE - a nickname for a soldier in the French revolutionary army ...1823
• CARMAN - 1. † a man - an adult male ...1135
  - 2. a carter - a carrier ...1580
• CARMEL INDIAN - a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio ...1963 Amer. dial.
• CARMELITE - a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CARNAC - * the driver of an elephant - a mahout ...1704
• CARNALIST - † a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man - a sensualist ...1621
• CARNALITE - † a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man - a sensualist ...1573
• CARNIFEX - † an executioner ...1561
• CARP - 1. a carpenter, esp. on a theatre set ...1952 US sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a Bohemian ...1968 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a Black prisoner ...1989 US sl.
• CAR PARK - an informer ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'nark'
• CARPENTER - 1. a skilful wrestler ...1980 Amer. sl.
  - 2. an orthopaedist ...1994 US sl.
• CARPENTER'S DREAM - a flat-chested woman ...1974 US sl.
• CARPER - † a talker - a prattler ...c1440
• CARPETBAGGER - a person who interferes in local politics without being a true part of the local community ...1868 US sl.
• CARPET-BAG RECRUIT - a recruit worth more than what he stands up in ...c1875 military sl.
• CARPET-BITER - one who gets into a fearful rage; a visibly very angry man ...c1940 sl.
• CARPET BUSHMAN - a businessman who owns land in the outback but rarely visits ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CARPET CAPTAIN - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...1548
• CARPET CHAMPION - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...16C sl.
• CARPET CHEWER - a lesbian ...1985 Amer. sl.
• CARPET COWARD - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...1605
• CARPET CRAWLER - a young child ...1976 US sl.
• CARPET FRIEND - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...a1616
• CARPET-KNIGHT - a knight whose achievements belong to 'the carpet' (the lady's boudoir, or carpeted chamber) instead of to the field of battle ...1576
  - 2. a soldier who remains at home during a war and does not go into combat ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CARPET-LICKER - 1. a person who performs cunnilingus ...1980s sl., orig. US college
  - 2. a lesbian ...1980s sl., orig. US college
• CARPET LOVER - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...16C sl.
• CARPETMONGER - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...16C sl.
• CARPET-MAN - † n. one who frequents ladies' boudoirs or carpeted chambers ...1571
• CARPET-MONGER - † n. one who frequents ladies' boudoirs or carpeted chambers ...16C
• CARPET-MUNCHER - 1. a person who performs cunnilingus ...1980s sl., orig. US college
  - 2. a lesbian ...1980s sl., orig. US college
• CARPET NAP - a Japanese person ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'Jap'
• CARPET PATROL - a smoker of crack cocaine who searches the floor for droppings of crack cocaine ...1998 UK sl.
• CARPET PEER - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...1592
• CARPET SQUIRE - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...1605
• CARPET WALKER - a drug addict ...1971 US sl.
• CARPET WARRIOR - a man whose 'knightly exploits' concentrate on the boudoir rather than the battlefield - one devoted to idleness and pleasure ...16C sl.
• CARRIAGE-WHEEL WIPER - a toady - a bootlicker ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CARRIER - the member of a criminal gang who watches the roads, inns, etc., in order to carry information to the gang of a booty in prospect ...1725 sl.
• CARRIER PIGEON - a messenger or courier ...1933 US sl.
• CARRION - 1. † a term of contempt for a living person - one no better than carrion ...1547-64
  - 2. a prostitute ...19C Brit. sl.
• CARRION-HUNTER - an undertaker ...L18 Brit. sl.
• CARROT CRUNCHER - a country dweller (from an urban perspective) ...1977 UK sl.
• CARROT EATER - (offensive) a Mormon ...1968 US sl.
• CARROTHEAD - a red-headed person ...1867 Amer. sl.
• CARROT PLANT n. the dandelion ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CARROTS - one who has red hair ...c1685 humorous or derisive usage
• CARROT SNAPPER - (offensive) a Mormon ...1968 US sl.
• CARROT-TOP - a red-headed person ...1889 US sl.
• CARROTTY-POLL - a nickname for a person with red hair ...1825 Eng. dial.
• CARRY - any victim of a crime who must be taken from the scene by stretcher ...1958 US sl.
• CARRY-KNAVE - † a common prostitute ...1630
• CARRY-TALE - † a talebearer - a tell-tale ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CARTELIST - † one who challenges ...a1679
• CARTELLER - † one who challenges ...1611
• CARTER - 1. † the driver of a chariot - a charioteer ...a1300
  - 2. a rude, uncultured man - a clown - common in the 16th century ...1509
  - 3. † a card-player ...1566 Sc.
• CARTHOLIC - † a Catholic - derisive usage ...1582
• CAR TINK - in railroading: a car repairman - a car inspector ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CARTNAPPER -. a person who steals supermarket trolleys ...1950s sl.
• CAR TOAD - in railroading: a car repairman - a car inspector ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CARTOGRAPHER - one who makes or compiles charts or maps ...1863
• CAR TONK - in railroading: a car repairman - a car inspector ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CARTON-PUSHER - a person who sells cigarettes that have been stolen or smuggled from a state with lower taxes ...1978 US sl.
• CARTOON - a ridiculous person - a fool ...1927 Amer. sl.
• CARTWRIGHT - a carpenter who makes carts ...a1400
• CARVIE - 1. a fellow prisoner who shares in a supply of tobacco, perhaps by subscription to a common supply ...1950 UK sl.
  - 2. a prisoner who deals in contraband tobacco - a tobacco baron ...1996 UK sl.
• CARVING KNIFE - a wife ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• CAR WHACKER - in railroading: a car repairman - a car inspector ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CASBALD - † a term of reproach ...c1440
• CASE - 1. an unusual, queer, or peculiar person - a character - a disreputable person - a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CASH - a cashboy or cashgirl ...1876 US sl.
• CASHIER - † a money-dealer ...1643
• CASHMARIE - † one who brings fish from the sea-coast to market in the inland country ...a1600 Sc.
• CASPAR - 1. a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
  - 2. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST - a meek, easily intimidated person - a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• CASPER - a particularly light-skinned Black person ...1950s US Black sl.
• CASPER MILKTOAST - a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPER MILQUETOAST - a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASSA - a ladies' man ...1940s Aust. sl.
• CASSAVA - a woman ...1980s US Black
• CASTAWAY - one who is cast away or rejected; a reprobate ...1526
• CAST-BY - a person or thing cast aside and neglected ...1818
• CASTELLAN - the governor or constable of a castle ...1393
• CASTELLION - † the governor or constable of a castle ...c1430
• CASTILIAN - † one living in or belonging to a castle - one of the garrison of a castle ...1570-87
• CASTLE-BUILDER - one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1711
• CASTLE CATHOLICS - Irish Catholics who rejected nationalism, preferring to curry favour with and ape the lifestyle of the ruling British ...E19 sl.
• CASTLE HACK - an informer ...1900s Irish sl.
• CASTLE-HUNTER - † one who builds castles in the air - a daydreamer - a visionary schemer ...1752
• CASTLE-MONGER - † one who builds or owns castles ...1655
• CASTLEWARD - † the warden of a castle ...c1425
• CAST-OFF - a person who is abandoned as worthless or useless ...1741
• CASTOR OIL ARTIST - a doctor - a surgeon ...1925 US sl.
• CASTRATE - † a castrated man - a eunuch ...1639
• CASTRATO - a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice ...1763
• CASTROMETER - a surveyor of (ancient) camps ...1857 nonce word
• CAT - 1. a term of contempt for a person - esp. one who scratches like a cat - a spiteful or backbiting woman - a mean, cunning woman - a shrewish man ...a1225
  - 2. a prostitute or immoral woman - a low woman ...1535 sl.
  - 3. an expert ...1912 Amer. dial.
  - 4. a male person - a fellow ...1920 sl., orig. US Black
  - 5. a performer or aficionado of jazz music ...1935 Amer. dial., orig. Black jazz musicians
  - 6. a good fellow - a guy ...1938 Amer. dial., esp. among Blacks
  - 7. a hip person ...1950s Amer. sl.
• CATABAPTIST - † one who is an adversary to baptism ...1561
• CATADUPES - the dwellers by the cataracts of the Nile ...1607
• CATAIAN - 1. † a man of Cathay or China ...1577
  - 2. † a rogue - a scoundrel - a rascal - a knave - a blackguard - a sharper ...1598
• CATALOG WOMAN - a wife obtained through a matrimonial bureau ...1928 Amer. dial.
• CATAMARAN - 1. an old, scraggy woman - a quarrelsome or offensive woman ...1785 sl.
  - 2. a worthless person ...1836 US sl.
• CATAMITE - 'a boy kept for unnatural purposes' - a boy kept for homosexual purposes ...1593 arch.
• CATAMOUNTAIN - a wild man from the mountains ...1616
• CATAPHRACT - a soldier in full armour ...1671
• CATAWAMPUS - a spiteful person ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS CAT - a virago - a violent or bad-tempered woman ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CATBIRD - a mischievous, sly or cunning person ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CATCH - 1. † 'Jack Ketch'; the hangman ...a1672
  - 2. an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CATCH ACTION - a young woman, typically runaways who have just arrived in the big city and are vulnerable to being recruited as prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• CATCH-CLOAK - † a coiner of false money ...1679
• CATCH-COIN - † a greedy or covetous judge ...1611
• CATCH-COLT - an illegitimate child ...1901 Amer. dial.
• CATCH-DOTTEREL - † ? a cheat or sharper ...1671
• CATCHEE - one who is caught ...1839 nonce word
• CATCHER - 1. †* one who chases or drives - a huntsman ...c1340
  - 2. a watchman or policeman ...1837 US sl.
  - 3. in boxing: a boxer who 'catches everything the other guys throws at him' ...1945 US sl.
• CATCHPOLE - 1. † a tax-gatherer - an exactor of taxes or imposts - a (Roman) publican ...a1050
  - 2. a petty officer of justice - a sheriff's officer or sergeant - esp. a warrant officer who arrests for debt - a bum-bailiff ...1377
• CATCHPOLL - 1. † a tax-gatherer - an exactor of taxes or imposts - a (Roman) publican ...a1050
  - 2. a petty officer of justice - a sheriff's officer or sergeant - esp. a warrant officer who arrests for debt - a bum-bailiff ...1377
• CATCHY NUMBER - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CAT DOCTOR - a mechanic who services track-laying vehicles, as Caterpillar tractors - a tractor mechanic ...1956 US sl.
• CATER-COUSIN - 1. an intimate friend ...1547
  - 2. (doubtful) a fourth cousin - a remote relation ...18C
• CATFISH - one who talks too much, or too loud ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CATGUT-SCRAPER - a fiddler ...18C jocular colloq.
• CATHEAD - a fool ...1950s US sl.
• CAT LICK - (often derogatory) a Catholic ...1960 Amer. dial.
• CAT-LICKER - (often derogatory) a Catholic ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT PAW - a dupe - a stooge - one who does dirty work for someone else ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT-RAN-THROUGH-THE-GARRET RELATION - a distant relative ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CAT’S, THE - an excellent person ...1919 US sl.
• CAT'S ASS - (derogatory) a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAT’S ASS, THE - an excellent person ...1967 sl., orig. US
• CAT’S BALLS, THE - an excellent person ...1962 sl., orig. US
• CAT’S MEOW, THE - an excellent person ...1921 sl., orig. US
• CAT’S NUTS, THE - an excellent person ...1928 sl., orig. US
• CATSO - † a base fellow - a rogue, rascal, or scamp ...1602 sl.
• CAT'S-PAW -  1. one who is used by another to accomplish his purposes - a dupe ...1785
  - 2. good-looking seamen employed to entice volunteers ...nautical
• CAT’S PYJAMAS, THE - an excellent person ...1922 sl., orig. US
• CAT'S UNCLE - a criminal ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S WHISKER - a person who feels important ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S WHISKERS - a person who feels important ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S WHISKER, THE - someone who is splendid or stylish - one who is the height of excellence ...1923 US sl.
• CAT’S WHISKERS, THE - an excellent person ...1923 sl., orig. US
• CATTER - 1. a tramp who clings to the outside of railway cars ...1916 tramps' sl.
  - 2. a woman-chaser ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CATTLE - 1. people ...1673 sl.
  - 2. women who are prostitutes ...1677 sl.
  - 3. women in general ...E20 US criminals’ sl.
  - 4. a term of contempt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CATTLE DOG - a Catholic school student ...1998 NZ sl.
• CATWANKER a general term of derision ...1990s sl.
• CAT-WHIPPER - one who whinges over their misfortunes ...20C Aust. sl.
• CATZO - a rogue - a ne’er-do-well ...E17 Brit. sl.
• CAUC - a Caucasian - a White person ...1980s US sl.
• CAULIFLOWER ROW - champion prize fighters ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• CAUSEY-PAIKER - a street-walker ...Bk1909 Sc.
• CAUTION - an unusual or remarkable person ...1835 Amer. dial.
• CAVALIER - an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• CAVE - women considered solely as sexual objects ...20C US sl.
• CAVE MAN or CAVEMAN - 1. a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
  - 2. a violent person - a thug - a ruffian ...1926 sl.
• CAWDEY - a shrewd, crafty little boy ...1924 Ireland
• CAWDY - a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc. - esp. a golf-attendant ...1730 Sc.
• CAWLIE - 1. a boy...18C Sc.
  - 2. a term of contempt for a man - a disreputable fellow ...1789 Sc.
• CAYNARD - † a lazy fellow - a sluggard - a worthless fellow - a rascal - a scoundrel - a term of reproach ...1303
• CC PUSHER - a rear-echelon member of the US Army Medical Corps ...1941 US Army sl.
• CEDAR CHOPPER - a rustic - a countrified person - an insignificant person ...1962 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE - 1. in logging: a man who cuts or peels cedar logs, poles, or posts ...1956 Amer. sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a farmer; a rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CELEBRITY-FUCKER a person, typically a young woman, who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse with film stars or other celebrities - broadly, a hanger-on among celebrities ...1969 Amer. sl.
• CELERIPEDEAN - † one who is swift-footed ...1623
• CELLAR SMELLER - 1. a Prohibition agent or temperance campaigner ...1920s US sl.
  - 2. a young man who is always on hand for free liquor ...1920s US sl.
• CELLAR SNIFFER - a Prohibition agent or temperance campaigner ...1920s US sl.
• CELL GANGSTER - one who poses as tough while in their cell but follows orders elsewhere ...2000s US prison sl.
• CELLIE - a cellmate ...1966 Amer. prison sl.
• CELL WARRIOR - one who poses as tough while in their cell but follows orders elsewhere ...2000s US prison sl.
• CEMENTHEAD - a blockhead - a fool - a stupid person ...1949 Amer. sl.
• CEMENT-MIXER - an overweight belligerent woman ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CENTERMAN - a prisoner who toadies to the guards ...20C Can. & US prison sl.
• CENTER SHOT - a marksman who can hit the centre of a target ...1842 Amer. dial. arch.
• CENTIPEES - a tailor of soldiers' clothing ...L18 sl.
• CENT-PER-CENT - a usurer ...L17 sl.
• CENT-PER-CENTER - a usurer ...L17 sl.
• CENTURION - in cricket: one who scores 100 or over ...c1885 colloq.
• CEREB - an overdiligent student ...1980 US college sl.
• C.H. - a conquering hero ...1882 colloq.
• CHAIN LIGHTNING - a person who is extremely adept or formidable ...1891 US sl.
• CHAIRBACK - an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher ...1955 Amer. dial.
• CHAIRBACKER - an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher ...1955 Amer. dial.
• CHAIRBACK PREACHER - an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHAIRBORNE COMMANDO - a clerk-typist or administrative officer - used derisively ...1945 US Army sl.
• CHAIRBORNE INFANTRY - desk men in general - used derisively ...1944 US Army sl.
• CHAIRBORNE RANGER - a clerk-typist or administrative officer - used derisively ...1972 US Army sl.
• CHAIR-POUNDER - a desk worker - used derisively ...1919 US sl.
• CHAIR PUSHER - an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHAIRWARMER - a person who sits or lounges idly in a chair - an idler - a loafer - used derisively ...1896 US sl.
• CHALK - a White person - used contemptuously ...1945 US Black sl.
• CHALK EATER - in horse racing: a bettor who bets only on favourites ...1937 US sl.
• CHALKER - 1. one who, at night, slashes the face of innocent citizens - generally in plural ...18C Ireland
  - 2. a London milkman ...c1850
• CHALKIE - a schoolteacher ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• CHAMBERMAID - 1. a person who does the daily cleaning chores in a stable ...1928 Amer. dial.
  - 2. on the railroad: a machinist in roundhouse ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CHAMBERMAID TO THE MULES - a stable caretaker ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHAMP - 1. an excellent, first-rate person - often used as a form of address ...1910s sl.
  - 2. a drug user who refuses to reveal their sources to the police ...1960s drugs sl.
  - 3. one who does things to excess ...1990s US campus
• CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE - 1. a devotee of champagne ...M19 sl.
  - 2. a debauchee - a dissipated man ...L19 sl.
• CHAMPAGNE GLASS - a prostitute ...L19 sl.
• CHAMPAGNER - a fashionable prostitute ...L19 sl.
• CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST - one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle ...1990s sl.
• CHAMPAGNE TRICK - a particularly wealthy or generous client for a prostitute ...1990s sl.
• CHAMP PUG - a champion boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• CHANCE BLOW - an illegitimate child ...1852 Amer. dial.
• CHANCE CHILD - an illegitimate child ...M19 sl.
• CHANCER - - someone who does outrageous or dishonest things at high risk of discovery ...1884 Brit. sl.
• CHANG - † a fool ...a1225
• CHANGING-PIECE - † a term of contempt for one who is fickle or changeable ...17C
• CHANK - † a fool ...a1225
• CHAP - 1. a male person - a fellow ...1704, now mainly Brit.
  - 2. a young woman - a girl ...1860 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a young child - a baby ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHAPARRAL FOX - a sneak, or a sly, tricky person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHAPERON - the professed gallant of a married woman ...M18 sl.
• CHAPESS - a woman ...1966 Brit. jocular
• CHAPLAIN'S MATE - a sailor of pronounced religious tendencies ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• CHAPO - short, chubby person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• CHAPPIE - 1. orig. a little fellow ...c1820
  - 2. a chap - a fellow ...c1880
  - 3. a child - a young person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHAPPRON - † an impudent fellow ...c1460
• CHAPPY - 1. a chap - a fellow ...c1880
  - 2. a child - a young person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHAPULIN - a person of a mean or petty disposition ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHAR - a charwoman -a woman hired to do general cleaning ...c1875
• CHARACTER - 1. an eccentric or odd person ...1773 colloq.
  - 2. (often mildly derogatory) a person ...1931 sl.
• CHARCOAL - (derogatory) a Black person - one with dark skin ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BLOSSOM - (derogatory) a young Black woman ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BURNER - a rustic - a hillbilly ...1962 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL-LILY - (derogatory) a Black boy very dark in colour ...1900 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL NIGGER - (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
• CHARITY DAME - 1. a prostitute undercutting the prices ...c1930 Aust. cant
  - 2. a woman who is sexually accommodating but not a prostitute, who charges a fee - she gives it away ...20C sl.
• CHARITY GIRL - a sexually promiscuous young woman ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CHARITY MOLL - a woman who is sexually accommodating but not a prostitute, who charges a fee - she gives it away ...20C sl.
• CHARLES - (derogatory) a White man - hence, White people - White society in general ...1970 Amer. dial. Black usage 
• CHARLEY - 1. a London watchman before the introduction of the system of police ...c1810 sl.
  - 2. a round-shouldered person ...M19 sl.
  - 3. a prostitute's bully ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ponce' (Charley Ronce)
  - 4. a Japanese soldier - Japanese forces collectively ...1942 US services' sl.
  - 5. a prostitute ...1940s Aust. sl.
  - 6. a male homosexual ...c1945 sl.
  - 7. a stupid or blundering soldier ...c1945 Amer. sl.
  - 8. a foolish person ...1946 sl., chiefly Brit.
  - 9. a person from Vietnam; North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier(s) ...1965 US services' sl.
• CHARLEY-BOY - a soft or effeminate young man ...1896 US sl.
• CHARLEY COKE - a cocaine addict ...20C US drugs sl.
• CHARLEY RONCE - a prostitute's bully ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ponce'
• CHARLEY WHEELER - a girl or woman - one's girlfriend ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. on 'Sheila'
• CHARLIE - 1. a night watchman ...c1810 sl.
  - 2. a prostitute's bully ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ponce' (Charley Ronce)
  - 3. a round-shouldered person ...M19 sl.
  - 4. a White man considered as an oppressor - any White man - used contemptuously ...1928 US Black sl.
  - 5. a Japanese soldier - Japanese forces collectively ...1942 US services' sl.
  - 6. a male homosexual ...c1945 sl.
  - 7. a prostitute ...1940s Aust. sl.
  - 8. a foolish person ...1946 sl., chiefly Brit.
  - 9. a girl, a young woman ...M20 Aust. sl.
  - 10. a person from Vietnam; North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier(s) ...1965 US services' sl.
  - 11. (sometimes derogatory) a term of address when a person's name is not known ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHARLIE-BOY - an effeminate man - patronizing usage ...1896 US sl.
• CHARLIE-ON-THE-SPOT - a reliable, prompt, or punctual person ...1835 Amer. dial.
• CHARMER - an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHARMING EYEFUL - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CHARMING HANDFUL - an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHARMING LAPFUL - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CHARPERER - a policeman ...c1860 sl.
• CHARPERING OMEE - a policeman ...c1860 sl.
• CHARPERING OMER - a policeman ...c1860 sl.
• CHARPERING OMI - a policeman ...L19 sl.
• CHARRA - (derogatory) a term of address to an Indian ...1970s S. Afr.
• CHARRO - 1. a Mexican cowboy or horseman ...1932 Amer. dial.
  - 2. an ill-bred, coarse person - a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHARTOGRAPHER - one who makes or compiles charts or maps ...1880
• CHARVA - a girl - a woman, esp. as a sexual partner ...L19 market-traders' jargon
• CHARVER - a girl - a woman, esp. as a sexual partner ...L19 market-traders' jargon
• CHARVERING DONA - a prostitute ...M19 sl.
• CHARVERING DONER - a prostitute ...M19 sl.
• CHARVERING DONNA - a prostitute ...M19 sl.
• CHAR-WALLAH - 1. a teetotaller ...20C army sl.
  - 2. in India: a native servant who brings the early morning tea ...c1930 services sl.
• CHASE - a woman chaser ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHASER - 1, a womanizer ...1894  sl., mainly US
  - 2. one who runs errands ...1900s sl.
  - 3. a frequent user of crack cocaine ...1990s drugs sl.
n. 2. the female figure; the body ...1930s sl.
• CHAT - 1. a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies
  - 2. a general insult, usually aimed at an old man, esp. an alcoholic ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CHATTER-BASKET - a prattling child ...M19 sl.
• CHATTER-BLADDER  - a prattling child ...M19 sl.
• CHATTER-BONES - a prattling child ...M19 US sl.
• CHATTER-CART - a prattling child ...M19 sl.
• CHATTERMAG - a chatterbox - a talkative woman - a gossip ...19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CHAUFFEUR - a pilot ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHAUNTER - a hired bidder at a sale ...Bk1890 sl.
• CHAUNTER COVE - a newspaper reporter ...c1840 cant
• CHAUNTER-CULL - a writer of street ballads, carols, songs, last dying speeches, etc. for ad hoc consumption - generally to be found in a pub ...1781 cant
• CHAUVERING DONA - a prostitute ...M19 sl.
• CHAUVERING DONER - a prostitute ...M19 sl.
• CHAUVERING DONNA - a prostitute ...M19 sl.
• CHAWBACON - a rustic - a country person ...1834 Amer. dial.
• CHAW-MOUTH - a very talkative person ...1964 Amer. dial.
• CHEAP CHARLIE - a mean person ...1965 US sl., chiefly military usage
• CHEAP CRITTER - a person inferior in character or intellect ...1926 Amer. dial.
• CHEAP CUTTER - a person inferior in character or intellect ...1926 Amer. dial.
• CHEAPJACK - a peddling tradesman ...Bk1896 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN - a person dealing in inferior or cheap goods - hence, one who does things in a gaudy, niggardly, or inferior style - a stingy or niggardly person ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CHEAP-MITT - a cheapskate - a stingy person ...1919 US college sl.
• CHEAP-SCREW - a stingy, miserly person - a penurious person - a skinflint - one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHEAPSKATE - 1. a miserly person - a stingy person ...1896 US
  - 2. an unpleasant or despicable person - a low or contemptible person, usually male ...1896 US sl.
• CHEAPWAD - a cheapskate - a stingy person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHEATERBUG - a person who cheats ...2002 Singapore
• CHEECHAKO - a newcomer - a tenderfoot - a greenhorn - a very inexperienced person - a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE - 1. an adept - a smart or clever fellow ...c1860 Brit. school & university sl.
  - 2. an insignificant person, esp. an unworthy person in a position of authority ...20C Amer. sl.
  - 3. a light-skinned Black person; a person of mixed blood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE BUN - an informer ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHEESECAKE - an attractive woman ...1934 sl., orig. US
• CHEESEDICK - a disgusting or contemptible fellow - a stupid person ...1986 US sl.
• CHEESEDIX - a disgusting or contemptible fellow - a stupid person ...1986 US sl.
• CHEESE-EATER - 1. one who cheats, double-crosses, or informs - a 'rat' ...1960 Amer. dial.
  - 2. one who curries favour - a toady ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE DONG - a disgusting or contemptible fellow - a stupid person ...1986 US sl.
• CHEESEHEAD - a fool - a stupid person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE MEISTER - a fool - a jerk ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHEF - one who prepares opium for smoking ...20C Amer. drugs sl.
• CHENUK - a Canadian ...1892 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY - 1. a virgin ...1935 sl.
  - 2. other than sexually, one who has not been initiated ...20C Amer. dial.
• CHERRY BOY - a male virgin ...1974 US sl.
• CHERRY PICKER - 1. an ignorant rustic - a fool ...1929 US sl.
  - 2. on the railroad: a switchman ...1945 US sl.
  - 3. in railroading: one who is always figuring on the best jobs and sidestepping undesirable ones ...1945 Amer. dial.
  - 4. one who seduces virgins ...1954 US sl.
• CHERRY TOP - a policeman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHERUB - an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHESHIRE, THE - the best person ...1841 US sl.
• CHESKEY - (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian ...20C US sl.
• CHESKY - a Czech or Bohemian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CHESSNER - †* a chess player ...1624
• CHESTERFIELD - 1. a dandy - a person who enjoys dressing up, or who spends too much on clothes ...1950 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention ...1965 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a very courteous or polite person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHESTNUT STABBER - a person of Italian heritage ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHEST-PLASTER - a young actor ...1883 theatrical sl.
• CHEST-POUNDER - a Roman Catholic ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CHEST STOOGE - a junior detailed to keep a Cadet Captain's sea-chest tidy for him ...1939 Royal Navy Cadets' usage
• CHEW - 1. an overbearing, disliked person ...20C Amer. sl.
  - 2. an Irish person ...1929 Amer. dial.
• CHEWEEKA - an insignificant, puny person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHI-CHI - someone who is stylish or fancy ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHICK - a young woman or girl - a sexually attractive young woman ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CHICKABIDDY - a loved one, esp. a child - a term of endearment to a child ...1848
• CHICKADEE - 1. a loved one - a sweetheart - a child - a term of endearment ...1860 Amer. dial.
  - 2. in logging: a person whose job it was to clean the horse manure from the ice road ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CHICK-A-DIDDLE - a term of endearment addressed to children ...19C
• CHICK-CHASER - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHICKEE - a young woman ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• CHICKEN - 1. a child ...a1400
  - 2. a fellow - a guy ...1853 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a young sailor or soldier - a novice ...1888 Amer. dial.
  - 4. an attractive young woman ...c1900 Amer. sl.
  - 5. a young and puny or innocent Army or US Navy inductee ...20C US sl.
  - 6. a woman of questionable morals - one of doubtful virtue...1915 Amer. dial.
  - 7. a coward ...1936 sl.
  - 8. a young woman; a sweetheart ...1950 Amer. dial.
  - 9. a young inexperienced male prostitute ...1988 sl.
• CHICKENBRAIN - a fool ...1922 US sl.
• CHICKEN-BUTCHER - 1. a poulterer ...L18 sl.
  - 2. one who shoots very young game ...L18 sl.
  - 3. a man usually successfully with women - a womanizer ...1930 US sl., esp. college usage
• CHICKEN COLONEL - a US officer of the rank of full colonel ...1918 US sl.
• CHICKEN-EATER - 1. a preacher ...1954 Amer. dial. esp. Black usage
  - 2. a Methodist ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN FANCIER - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHICKEN GRANNY - one who raises chickens for the market - usually applied derisively to 'furriners' ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-HALIBUT - a term of disparagement for a person, used to signify disgust ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HAWK - a marshal ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-HEAD - a dull, stupid person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-HEART - a coward ...L19
• CHICKEN INSPECTOR - a womanizer - a lady-killer ...1920s US sl.
• CHICKEN-LIFTER - a chicken thief - thus any petty thief ...L19 US sl.
• CHICKEN-LIPS - a White person ...2000s US Black sl.
• CHICKEN-LIVER - a coward ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN MAN - 1. a paedophile ...E19 sl.
 - 2. one who has been jailed for bestiality ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• CHICKEN NABOB - a merchant who has returned from India with a moderate rather than a magnificent fortune ...L18 sl.
• CHICKEN NECKER - (derogatory) in crabbing: an amateur who interlopes on professional crabbers ...1976 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN OF THE SEA - a young sailor ...1970s US gay sl.
• CHICKEN PREACHER - an unordained preacher who only serves part-time ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN QUEEN - an older homosexual male who prefers sex with teenage boys ...1960s US gay sl.
• CHICKEN RUSTLER - a male homosexual who has been placed in charge of underage boys, as a scoutmaster or choirmaster ...1970s US gay sl.
• CHICKEN'S HEAD - 1. an aggressive, unpleasant woman ...1960s US Black sl.
  - 2. a stupid, immature girl ...1960s US Black sl.
  - 3. a fool ...1960s US Black sl.
  - 4. a woman with little or no hair ...1980s US Black sl.
  - 5. a woman with unruly, unkempt hair ...1980s US Black sl.
  - 6. a fellatrix ...1990s US Black sl.
  - 7. a promiscuous woman ...1990s US Black sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT - 1. a coward ...1947 sl., orig. US
  - 2. a contemptible, disgusting person - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CHICKEN SNATCHER - a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHICKEN THIEF - a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHICKEN-WALLA - a peddler of embroidery ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• CHICKEN WING - in bowling: a bowler whose elbow strays outward from the body during the backswing motion of rolling the ball ...1987 US sl.
• CHICKEY-BABE - a young woman, esp. a good-looking one ...1991 Aust. sl.
• CHICKIE - 1. a timid creature - a coward ...17C sl.
  - 2. a young girl or woman...1919 US teen sl., orig. Aust.
  - 3. a term of endearment - one's wife or sweetheart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKIE POO - a young and beautiful girl ...1981 US sl.
• CHICKLE-A-LEARY CHAP - an artful, knowing fellow ...E19 sl.
• CHICKLET - a young woman - a sexually attractive young woman ...1922 US sl.
• CHICKLETTE - a young woman ...1920s sl., orig. US
• CHICK MAGNET - a young man who is irresistibly alluring to women ...1995 sl.
• CHICKO - a child ...1950s sl.
• CHICK WITH A STICK - a girl jock - presumably a reference to softball and field hockey ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHICKY - 1. a young girl or woman...1919 US teen sl.
  - 2. a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
  - 3. a term of address to a (young) woman ...1950s sl.
• CHICKY-BABE - a young woman, esp. a good-looking one ...1991 Aust. sl.
• CHICLET - a young woman; a sexually attractive young woman ...1922 US sl.
• CHICO - 1. a child ...1950s sl.
  - 2. a Mexican, esp. one considered of a lower class or mixed blood ...1960s US sl.
  - 3. a Puerto Rican - also as a term of address ...1960s US sl.
  - 4. a Cuban ...1960s US sl.
• CHIDESTER - † a woman who chides, scolds, or brawls ...c1386
• CHIE - a woman ...M19 UK criminals' & tramps' sl.
• CHIEF - 1. the chief engineer, or lieutenant-commander in a ship ...1895 sl.
  - 2. one's boss or superior ...20C Amer. sl.
  - 3. a general term of address, often to an unknown person ...1920s sl.
  - 4. a potential victim of a confidence trickster - a credulous person - it is common term of address, used ironically by the con-man when he approaches the victim ...1940s W. Indies sl.
  - 5. a form of address either between those of the same race, or by Whites to a Black whose name they do not know ...1970s S. Afr.
  - 6. a general insult - a fool - a braggart ...1990s UK Black sl.
  - 7. a stupid person ...1990s US sl.
• CHIEF ITCH AND RUB - the most important person - the head of any group, as a school principal, Army officer, office overseer, etc. ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHIEF OF THE DISHRAG - a cook ...1864 US sl.
• CHIEFY - 1. a flight sergeant ...1942 RAF sl.
  - 2. the person in charge ...1942 services' sl.
• CHIKE - † a child ...18C
• CHILD IN THE BUSHES - an illegitimate child ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHILDLING - * a little child ...1648 arch.
• CHILD OF SHAME - a child born to an unmarried woman ...ME arch.
• CHILI-EATER - (derogatory) a Mexican ...1911 US sl.
• CHILLY MOST - someone who is very cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHILO - a child ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• CHIMNEY - a person who smokes excessively ...1900 Amer. sl.
• CHINA - a friend ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'china plate'. a mate
• CHINABOY - (usually contemptuous) a Chinese man ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CHINA CHIN - in boxing: a boxer who can easily be knocked out ...1940 Amer. sl.
• CHINA-CLIPPER - a person whose job is washing dishes ...1941 US services' usage
• CHINAMAN - a sailor who works in a ship's laundry ...20C US sl.
• CHINAT - a Nationalist Chinese ...1961 Amer. military usage
• CHINCE - a stingy or miserly person ...1949 Amer. sl.
• CHINCH - a miserly or mean person - a stingy person ...a1300
• CHINEE - (usually contemptuous) a Chinese ...1853 US sl.
• CHINESE ACE - (usually offensive) an inept pilot - a pilot who flies with one wing low ...1928 Amer. aviation jocular
• CHINESER - a US military serviceman on duty in China ...1941 US military sl.
• CHING - a Chinese person ...1900 Amer. sl.
• CHING-CHING - a Chinese person ...1898 Amer. sl.
• CHINK - 1. (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1891 sl.
  - 2. (contemptuous) any East Asian person, esp. a Japanese or Vietnamese person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CHINKEY - (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINKIE - (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINK-STOPPER n. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
• CHINKY - (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINLESS WONDER - an ineffectual (young) upper-class man ...1962 Brit. sl.
• CHINO - (derogatory) a nickname for a Chinese ...1898 US sl., esp. military usage
• CHINTZ - a stingy or miserly person ...a1989 Amer. sl.
• CHIP - 1. a child - a youngster ...1698 sl.
  - 2. a girl or young woman ...1892 Amer. sl.
  - 3. a sexually promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute ...1892 Amer. sl.
  - 4. an officer of the California Highway Patrol ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CHIPHEAD - a computer enthusiast ...1982 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPER - an occasional heroin user ...M20 US drugs sl.
• CHIPPIE - 1. (usually derogatory) a young woman, often with an implication of promiscuity - a sexually loose woman...1886 sl., orig. US
  - 2. a prostitute ...1886 sl., orig. US
  - 3. a carpenter ...1916 sl., orig. naval usage
  - 4. an amateur prostitute who works only occasionally ...20C sl.
  - 5. one who uses narcotics moderately ...1924 Amer. drugs sl.
• CHIPPIE-CHASER - a whoremonger - a philanderer ...1928 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY - 1. a youngster ...1877 Amer. sl.
  - 2. (usually derogatory) a girl - a young woman, often with an implication of promiscuity - a sexually loose woman...1886 sl., orig. US
  - 3. a prostitute ...1886 sl., orig. US
  - 4. a novice - a beginner - a greenhorn ...1899 Amer. sl.
  - 5. an amateur prostitute who works only occasionally ...20C sl.
  - 6. a carpenter ...1916 sl., orig. naval usage
  - 7. one who uses narcotics moderately ...1924 Amer. drugs sl.
  - 8. in gambling: an inexperienced player ...1961 Amer. sl.
  - 9. an officer of the California Highway Patrol ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY-CHASER - a male who chases sexually loose women and girls; a lecher; a whoremonger, a philanderer ...1891 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY-USER - one who uses narcotics moderately ...1924 Amer. drugs sl.
• CHIPS - a carpenter - often used as a nickname ...1785 sl., chiefly naval usage
• CHIQUITA - a girl or young woman ...1942 Amer. sl. (Spanish)
• CHIROGRAPHOSOPHIC - a judge of handwriting ...1850 nonce word
• CHIRP - a female vocalist ...1944 Amer. jazz sl.
• CHIRPER - 1. a singer, esp. a female vocalist ...1891 Amer. jazz sl.
  - 2. an informer - one who tells the police ...1936 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CHISELLER - 1. one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices ...1918 sl.
  - 2. a small-time criminal - hence, one who is of no-account ...1928 Amer. sl., esp. criminals' usage
• CHISLER - 1. one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices ...1926 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a small-time criminal - hence, one who is of no-account ...1930  Amer. sl., esp. criminals' usage
• CHIT - an obnoxious person - a worthless person ...17C colloq.
• CHITTY-FACE - † a term of reproach or contempt - a thin, pinched, or childish face - one who has a thin, pinched face - a puny child with a little face - a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHITTYPRAT - a pet name for a child - a little upstart ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CHIZ - a swindler ...1981 US circus & carnival usage
• CHOAD - a person who is easily despised ...1998 US sl.
• CHOC - 1. (derogatory & offensive) a non-White, esp. an African ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
  - 2. (offensive) a person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background ...1987 Aust. sl.
• CHOCKA - a man ...c1830 Cockney colloq.
• CHOCKER - a man ...c1830 Cockney colloq.
• CHOCKO - a militiaman or conscripted soldier ...1943 Aust. sl.
• CHOCO - a militiaman or conscripted soldier ...1943 Aust. sl.
• CHOCOLATE - a judge, esp. one who shows leniency ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Chocolate Fudge)
• CHOCOLATE DROP - 1. (offensive) a Black person ...1900 US sl.
  - 2. a girl below the age of sexual consent who regularly has sex with seamen ...1971 UK sl.
• CHOCOLATE FROG - 1. (offensive) a person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'wog'
  - 2. a police informer ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'dog'
• CHOCOLATE FUDGE - a judge, esp. one who shows leniency ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• CHOCOLATE SOLDIER - (derogatory) a member of an Australian militia during World War II who did not serve in a theatre of war ...1943 Aust. sl.
• CHODE - a person who is easily despised ...1998 US sl.
• CHOG - a person from New England ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHOGI - a Korean worker ...1951 US sl.
• CHOICE BIT OF CALICO - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CHOKIDAR - a watchman ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• CHOKRA - a boy - a youngster, esp. one employed about a household or a regiment ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• CHOOCH - a blockhead - a fool ...1971 Italian-American
• CHOOKEE - a rustic person - a country hick - used derisively ...1968 Amer. sl.
• CHOOM - an English soldier ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOPPER - 1. a ticket-taker - one who tears a ticket in two parts to show that it has been used ...1899 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a gunman who uses a machine gun ...1929 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CHOR - a thief ...1997 Fiji
• CHORUS BOY - an effeminate young man ...20C US sl.
• CHOW - (derogatory) a Chinese person ...1864 sl., chiefly Aust.
• CHOW-CHOW - (derogatory) a nickname for a Chinese ...M19 Aust. sl.
• CHOWDAR - a fool ...Bk1892 Anglo-Chinese
• CHOWDAR-HEAD - an oaf ...E19 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• CHOWDERBRAIN - a fool - a stupid person ...1960 US sl.
• CHOWDERHEAD - a stupid person - a fool - a blockhead - a muddle-headed person - a dunce ... 1682 sl.
• CHOW HOUND - someone always at the head of a mess line ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHOW LIZARD - one who eats a lot ...1954 Amer. sl.
• CHOW-SLINGER - a cook ...1917 US military sl.
• CHRIST-ALMIGHTY-WONDER - an extraordinary person ...20C colloq.
int. an exclamation and oath ...20C colloq.
• CHRISTER - an over-pious or sanctimonious person ...1921 US sl.
• CHRIST-KILLER - a noisy political orator ...1930s US sl.
• CHRISTMAS CARD - a train guard - a military guard ...1950s rhyming sl.
• CHRO - a prostitute ...1930 sl.
• CHROMO - a prostitute ...1883 Aust. sl.
• CHUB - a chubby person ...1838 US sl.
י CHUBBO - a chubby person ...1977 US sl.
• CHUBBY-CHASER - a man who is attracted to chubby women ...1975 US sl.
• CHUB-CHUB - a chubby person ...1967 US sl.
• CHUCK - 1. a term of endearment ...1588 Brit. sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a White man - hence, White people - White society in general ...1963 Amer. dial. Black usage
• CHUCKABY - † a term of endearment ...1607
• CHUCKLEHEAD - a fool - a silly person - a stupid person ...1731
• CHUCKLE-PATE - a stupid fellow - a blockhead ...1820
• CHUCKOROO - a boy - a youngster, esp. one employed about a household or a regiment ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• CHUCK SPOILER - a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHUD - a disgusting person ...1986 US sl.
• CHUFF - 1. a churl - an oaf - a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
  - 2. a catamite ...M20 Brit. sl.
  - 3. a homosexual male ...1961 UK sl.
• CHUFF CHUM - (derogatory) a male homosexual ...1961 UK sl.
• CHUM - 1. a friend - a companion - bedfellow - a fellow prisoner ...1684 sl.
  - 2. a term of address to a male ...1867 sl.
• CHUMMO - a friend, esp. as a direct term of address ...1940s US sl.
• CHUMMY - 1. a chimney sweep or his assistant ...M19 sl.
  - 2. a person ...1910s sl.
  - 3. someone suspected or accused of or charged with a crime ...1942 Brit. police sl.
  - 4. a term of address applied to a person accused or detained ...1948 Brit. police sl.
• CHUMP - 1. a fool - a soft-head - anyone gullible or easily taken in ...1682 sl.
  - 2. a person, esp., a regular working man ...M19 sl.
  - 3. a general term of address, either derogatory or teasing ...L19 sl.
  - 4. an injudicious person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. college sl.
  - 5. an unsophisticated person - a victim - an inferior ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
  - 6. a second-rate pimp - one who just makes enough money to get by ...1970s US Black sl.
  - 7. a disloyal gang member ...1970s US Black sl.
• CHUMPIE - a fool - anyone gullible or easily taken in ..L19 sl.
• CHUMP OF WOOD - a fool - a soft-head ...1682 sl.
• CHUNDUR - any Indian (Hindu) immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• CHUNESMITH - a songwriter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHUNK OF MEAT - a woman considered as a sexual object ...20C US sl.
• CHUPPIE - a Chinese yuppie ...1988 sl., orig. & chiefly N. Amer.
• CHURL - a male - no negative connotations ...19C
• CHUTIST - a parachutist ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIMBICK - a miserly fellow - a miser - a niggard ...19C
• CINCH - 1. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a person certain to fulfil an expectation, esp. a team or contestant certain to win a sporting event ...colloq.
• CINDER BULL - a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
• CINDER-CRUNCHER - on the railway: a switchman ...1931 sl.
• CINDER DICK - a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
• CINDER-GARBLER - a female servant ...18C sl.
• CINDER-GRABBER - a female drudge ...19C sl.
• CINDER-KNOTTER - a stoker ...1909 Royal Navy sl.
• CINDER-SHIFTER - 1. a motorcycle speedway rider ...c1924 Aust. sl.
  - 2. an infantryman marching on a drill field packed with cinders ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIRCLE JERK - a man who harasses prostitutes and their customers for fun ...1990s Can. sl.
• CIRCLE-JERKER - one who joins a group of masturbators ...1950s US sl.
• CIRCUIT GIRL - a travelling prostitute ...2002 US sl.
• CIRCUIT QUEEN - a male homosexual who follows the circuit from party to party ...1994 US sl.
• CIT - a civilian ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CITRON - anyone undesirable - esp. used of a woman ...M19 sl.
• CITTERN-HEAD - a blockhead - a dunce - an empty-headed person - a term of scorn ...1623
• CITY ARAB - a young vagrant - a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• CIVVY - a civilian ...1915 sl.
• CLACK-BOX - a garrulous person - a chatterbox ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLAM - 1. an oaf - a blockhead - someone with a totally closed mind ...L19 US sl.
  - 2. a sneaking fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CLAMMUX - a worthless slattern ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLAN - relations ...1978 jocular
• CLANG-BANGER - a talebearer - a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CLAPPERDUDGEON - a beggar born - also used as a term of reproach or insult ...1567 arch. archaic
• CLAPPER-TONGUE - a female who is loud in speech or much given to gossip ...1822 Sc.
• CLAPSTER - a male who is infected with gonorrhea ...19C Brit. sl.
• CLAPTRAP - a sexually loose woman presumed to be infected with gonorrhea ...19C sl.
• CLARK GABLE - a nickname for a handsome man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLART - a slovenly person - a slatternly woman ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CLARTY-PAPS - a filthy, slatternly woman or wife ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLASSY ARTICLE - an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLASSY CHASSIS - an attractive woman ...1930s sl.
• CLATTER-BOX - one who talks too much ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CLATTERFART - † a chatterer - a babbler - a blabber - a tale-teller ...1552
• CLAW - in a gang of pickpockets, the expert operator who lifts the money and valuable collateral from the victim's person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLAWBACK - † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, or wheedler - one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• CLEANSKIN - 1. a novice ...1907 Aust. sl.
  - 2. a person of integrity, esp. in a political context ...1942 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a person without a criminal record ...1943 Aust.
  - 4. in horse racing: a jockey who has never been disqualified in a race ...1989 Aust. sl.
• CLEAVE - a wanton or sexually loose woman - a woman who copulates readily ...L18 Brit. sl.
• CLEAVER - a sexually loose woman ...L18 Brit. sl.
• CLEVER-BOOTS - a smart or knowing person - generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.
• CLEVER-BREECHES - a wiseacre, a conceited person - applied ironically ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CLEVER-CLOGS - a smart or knowing person - generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.
• CLEVER DICK - a smart or knowing person - generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.
• CLEVER STICK - a clever, smart, or knowing person - often used ironically or sarcastically ...1959 sl.
• CLEVER-STICKS - a clever, smart, or knowing person - often used ironically or sarcastically ...1959 sl.
• CLIMBER - 1. a cat burglar ...criminals' sl.
  - 2. an ambitious person ...1833 sl.
• CLINAH - a girlfriend or female lover ...1895 Aust. sl.
• CLINCHPOOP - † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding - a vulgar, ill-bred fellow - an oaf - a dunce - a lout - a clown ...1568
• CLINER - a girlfriend or female lover ...1895 Aust. sl.
• CLINK - (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
• CLINKER - an excellent person - a person of the first quality ...1836 Brit. sl.
• CLIP ARTIST - a petty thief or swindler ...1941 US sl.
• CLIPPED-DICK - (derogatory) a nickname for a Jewish man ...20C US sl.
• CLIPPER - a first-rate person ...M19 sl.
• CLIPPIE - 1. a talkative woman - an impudent girl ...19C Sc.
  - 2. a person wearing too neatly cut clothes ...19C Sc.
  - 3. a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
• CLIPPY - a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
• CLIP-WIT - a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome or quick-witted person ...19C Sc.
• CLIT-CLAT - a talkative person - a gossip - a telltale - a blab ...1869 Eng. dial.
• CLOAK-AND-SUITER - 1. (derogatory) a Jewish man ...E20 US sl.
  - 2. a Jewish tailor ...E20 US sl.
• CLOCKER - a person who turns back the milometer of a motor vehicle so that it registers a falsely low mileage ...L20 sl.
• CLOCKEY - 1. a travelling clockmaker ...Bk1890 sl.
  - 2. a watchman ...Bk1890 sl.
• CLOCK-SETTER - a complainer or busybody ...1856 Amer. nautical sl.
• CLOCK STOPPER someone who is unattractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOCK-WATCHER - someone who does no more work than is strictly necessary ...1911 sl.
• CLOD - a blockhead - a clumsy, awkward person - a dull, unresponsive person - a dolt - an oaf or simpleton...1605 colloq.
• CLODBUSTER - a farmer ...1950 US sl.
• CLOD-HEAD - an oaf - a dolt ...17C Brit. & US
• CLODHOPPER - 1. a bumpkin - a rustic ploughman - an oaf who walks among clods of dirt ...L17 rural colloq.
  - 2. someone who moves clumsily or without skill - a clumsy, awkward person - a lout ...1824 colloq.
• CLODPATE - a stupid fellow - a blockhead - a dolt - an oaf ...1636
• CLODPOLE - a blockhead - a bumpkin - a lout - an oaf - a dolt ...1601 Brit. & US
• CLODPOLL - a blockhead - a bumpkin - a lout - an oaf - a dolt ...1601 Brit. & US
• CLOGGER - a player in soccer who habitually fouls in tackling ...M18 Brit. colloq.
• CLOMPS - an oaf ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLONE - 1. a person bearing a very close resemblance to another person ...colloq.
• CLOOTIE - a left-handed person ...19C Ireland
• CLOSET CASE - 1. a socially inept, embarrassing or unattractive person ...1958 US college sl.
  - 2. a person who studies a great deal ...1968 US college sl.
  - 3. a man who conceals his homosexual proclivities ...1969 US sl.
  - 4. anyone who does anything in secret ...M20 US colloq.
• CLOSET-MAN - a sanitary inspector - an inspector of privies ...20C sl.
• CLOSET QUEEN - a secret male homosexual ...1959 sl.
• CLOSET QUEER - a homosexual male who keeps his homosexuality a secret ...M20 US sl.
• CLOT - a fool - an oaf ...19C colloq.
• CLOT-HEAD - a fool - an oaf ...19C colloq.
• CLOTH EARS - 1. an inattentive listener ...1912 sl.
  - 2. a deaf person ...1965 sl.
• CLOTHES PROP - a silly, empty-headed person ...1900s sl.
• CLOUD - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CLOUD-COMPELLER - a smoker, especially of tobacco ...1865 humorous
• CLOUTER-HEAD - a foolish, stupid person - one deficient in understanding ...c1861 Eng. dial.
• CLOVER-EATER - a Virginian ...1869 US sl.
• CLOVER-KICKER - a yokel - a rustic - a farmer ...1918 US sl.
• CLOWES - a rogue ...L17 Brit. cant
• CLOWN - 1. a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
  - 2. any oaf or jerk ...20C US
• CLOWS - a rogue ...L17 Brit. cant
• CLUCK - 1. (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
  - 2. a stupid oaf - a fool ...20C US colloq.
  - 3. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUCKEY - a crazy, weak-minded person ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLUCKHEAD - a stupid oaf ...20C US colloq.
• CLUFF - an idle, trifling person ...1825 Sc.
• CLUMPERTON - † a clown - a clodhopper - a countryman - a silly or stupid fellow ...c1534
• CLUNCH - a bumpkin or a boor ...E17 Brit. colloq.
• CLUNCHFIST - 1. † a miser - a niggardly person - one who is close-fisted ...1606
• CLUNK - 1. a foolish person ...1942 US sl.
  - 2. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUNKS - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUSTERFIST - 1. † a clumsy-fisted fellow - a clown, boor, or lout ...1611
  - 2. a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow - a miserly fellow - a niggard ...1652
• CLUTCH-FIST - a miser - a niggard ...17C
• CLYDE - a term of address, usually for a 'square' ...1950s Amer. sl.
• CLYDESDALE - a good-looking guy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CLY-FAKER - a pickpocket ...1823 criminals' sl.
• CLYSTER-PIPE - 1. a doctor ...17C sl.
  - 2. an apothecary ...18C sl.
• C-NOTE CHARLIE - in a casino: a gambler who insists on betting wit $100 notes, not betting chips ...1949 US sl.
• COAL CRACKER - a resident of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania ...1997 US sl.
• COARSE BAG - an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• COBBER - 1. a friend ...1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 2. a term of address to a male ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• COCK - a term of address to a male ...1837 sl.
• COCK-A-BENDY - a sprightly boy ...1866 Sc.
• COCK-A-BREEKIE - a person of small stature - commonly applied to the male sex ...19C Sc.
• COCK-A-LILTY - a person talking or acting foolishly ...19C Eng. dial.
• COCKALORUM - a self-important little man - a person of consequence - a term of contempt ...c1715
• COCKAMAMIE - a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMAMY - a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMANIE - a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMANY - a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAPERT - a saucy fellow ..1881 Eng. dial.
ׇ• COCKATOO - 1. a small farmer ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 2. a criminal's lookout or sentinel ...1934 Aust. sl.
• COCKER - a term of address to a male ...1888 Brit. sl.
• COCK-EYED JENNY - a prostitute ...20C US sl.
• COCK-FIGHTER - a whoremonger - a notorious copulator ...18C Brit. sl.
• COCK HOUND - a man obsessed with sex ...1947 US sl.
• COCK-JOCKEY - a man who thinks that sex is more important than anything else and that his contribution is paramount ...2002 UK sl.
• COCK OF A DIFFERENT HACKLE, A - an opponent of a different character ...1865
• COCK OF THE WALK - a person whose supremacy in his own circle is undisputed - an excellent person ...1823
• COCKSCOMB - a fool - a fop or dandy ...L16
• COCK-SUCKER - 1. a fellator or fellatrix ...1891 sl.
  - 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1918 sl.
• COCK-TEASER - (derogatory) a sexually provocative woman who evades or refuses intercourse ...1891 sl.
• COCKY - a small farmer ...1872 Aust. & NZ sl.
• COCOLA - a Black person ...1990s US prison sl.
• COCONUT - 1. a Black person who has 'sold out' to White values; a servile Black person ...1970s W. Indies, UK. & Aust. Black teen usage
  - 2. a Hispanic person trying to be White ...1970s US sl.
  - 3. a South Sea islander ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
• COCONUT-DODGER - a South American or African Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
• COCONUT HEAD - 1. (derogatory) a Black person - a servile Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a Samoan-American ...20C US sl.
• C.O.D. - a male prostitute (Cock On Delivery) ...1950s sl.
• COD - 1. a friend ...M17 sl.
  - 2. a fellow ...L17 sl.
  - 3. a fool ...L17 sl.
  - 4. a drunkard ...L19 sl.
• CODDER - a teaser - a hoaxer ...M19 sl.
• CODDLE - one who is pampered ...M19 sl.
• CODFISH - 1. a fool ...L18 sl.
  - 2. one who thinks himself superior to their peers ...E19 sl.
• CODGE - a vagrant - a tramp ...L19 sl.
• CODGER - 1. a fellow - a man ...M18 sl.
  - 2. an affectionate term of address ...M19 sl.
  - 3. a lazy person - an idler ...L19 Aust. prison sl.
  - 4. a roistering, aging boon companion ...L19 sl.
  - 5. an odd person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CODIE - a child molester ...1980s sl.
• CODS - a nickname for a curate ...L18 sl.
• COD'S-HEAD - a stupid fellow - a fool - a blockhead - a dupe ...1566
• COD'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS - a dupe - a fool ...19C sl.
• COE - a man ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• COFE - a man ...17C
• COFFEE BOILER - a malingerer - a shirker ...US Civil War usage
• COFFEE-COOLER - 1. a prospector ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 2. one who seeks and secures a duty more congenial than his regular duties - one who is always looking for an easy job - a loafer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COGGER - 1. a sharper, cheat, deceiver, or swindler - one who beguiles ...1580
  - 2. a false flatterer or fawner ...1611
  - 3. one who puts up cogs in a wheel ...1775
  - 4. a fighter ...19C Eng. dial.
  - 5. in mining: one who builds up supports with cogs or shocks ...19C
• COKE-FREAK - a frequent user of cocaine ...20C US sl.
• COKEY - a cocaine addict ...1916 sl., orig. US
• COKIE - a cocaine addict ...1916 sl., orig. US
• COKITTEN - a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• COLD BISCUIT - 1. a person lacking any apparent sex appeal ...1961 US high school jargon
  - 2. a female who does not respond to sexual overtures ...1972 US sl.
• COLD COOK - an undertaker ...1720s sl.
• COLD MEAT - one who has been knocked unconscious ...1910s sl.
• COLD PAN - an unattractive person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD WIRE - an unsuccessful or unlikable person ...1941 US sl.
• COLLINS STREET SQUATTER - a man, usually a youth, who frequents bars, cafes, etc. for no other reason that meeting his friends, gossiping and wasting time ...1960s Aust. (Melbourne) sl.
• COLLIOCH - an old woman ...1814 Ireland
• COLLOUGH - an old woman ...1814 Ireland
• COLONEL - an auctioneer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• COLONEL BLIMP - (derogatory) someone with reactionary views ...1934 sl.
• COLUMBINE - a prostitute ...19C Brit. sl.
• COMANCHE - a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
• COMBO - a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman ...1896 Aust. sl.
• COMBOMAN - a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman ...1896 Aust. sl.
• COME-AROUND - a person who is tolerated but not welcome ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• COME-BY-CHANCE - an illegitimate child ...1760 colloq.
• COMEDY MERCHANT - an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
• COME-ON - a prospective victim ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• COME-ON TYPE, THE - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-O'-WILL - 1. an illegitimate child ...1815 Sc.
  - 2. a person that comes of his own accord, or without being invited ...1815 Sc.
  - 3. a newcomer to a place who can show no ancient standing there ...1815 Sc.
• COMER - a person making rapid progress ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• COMMIE - (often derogatory) a Communist ...1939 sl.
• COMMO - (often derogatory) a Communist ...1941 sl.
• COMMON HERBERGER - † a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
• COMPANY STOOGE - a company clerk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COMPLEMENTASTER - † a petty complimenter ...1635
• COMPOTATOR - one who drinks with another - a fellow-drinker ...1731
• COMPUTER GEEK - a person whose like is centred around computers to the exclusion of all other outlets ...1991 US sl.
• COMPUTER NERD - a student whose enthusiasm for computers has interfered with the development of a well-rounded personality ...1985 US sl.
• COMRAT - (derogatory) a political liberal ...1951 US sl.
• CON - 1. a prisoner; a convict ...1888 sl.
  - 2. a confidence trickster ...1897 orig. US
• CON ARTIST - 1. a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.
  - 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion ...1900s Amer. sl.
• CONCH - 1. a native of North Carolina ...M19 US sl.
  - 2. a native of the Bahamas ...M19 W. Indies
  - 3. a poor White native of the Florida Keys ...M19 US sl.
  - 4. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONCHIE - 1. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
  - 2. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONCHY - (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
• CONEY - a silly fellow - a simpleton ...c1590
• CONGER-HEAD - a term of abuse for a man ...1810
• CONKY - a nickname given to anyone with an especially prominent nose ...M19 sl.
• CON MAN 1. a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.
  - 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion - a flatterer ...1900s Amer. sl.
  - 3. a former convict ...1930s US sl.
• CONNECTION - a seller of narcotics - a person who can get drugs ...1925 Amer. drugs sl.
• CONNEXION - a supplier of drugs ...1927 sl., orig. US
• CON-PLAYER - a confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US
• CONSHY - 1. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
  - 2. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONSOBRINE - 1. † a sister's son - a nephew ...1623
  - 2. † a cousin - a relation ...17C
• CONVERT - a newly addicted drug addict ...1949 US sl.
• CON-WOMAN - a female confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US
• CONY - a silly fellow - a simpleton ...c1590
• CONY-CATCHER - a deceiver - a trickster - a sharper ...c1590 cant
• CONY-DOG - one who assists in cheating or swindling ...L17 cant
• COOBOO - an Aborigine child ...Aust. colloq.
• COOCH DANCER - a woman who performs a sexually suggestive dance ...1910 US sl.
• COOCHER - a sexually suggestive dancer ...1927 US sl.
• COOCHIE - a woman as a sex object ...1995 US sl.
• COODER - a hairdresser ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
• COOF - a silly or stupid person ...1715 chiefly Sc.
• COOKEE - a cook or cook's helper, esp. in the lumber-camps ...1776 sl.
• COOKER - an attractive young woman ...1943 Amer. jazz usage
• COOKEY - 1. a cook or cook's helper. esp. in lumber camps ...1776 sl.
  - 2. an attractive young woman ...1920s Amer. sl.
  - 3. a person - a gal - a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
  - 4. a person who prepares opium for smoking - an opium addict ...1950s drugs sl.
• COOKIE - 1. a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
  - 2. an attractive or alluring young woman ...1920s Amer. sl.
  - 3. a person - a gal - a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
  - 4. a person who prepares opium for smoking - an opium addict ...1950s drugs sl.
  - 5. a lesbian who takes a passive role in homosexual activity ...1978 Amer. sl.
  - 6. dear - sweetheart - a term of address usually connoting affection ...colloq.
• COOKIE-DIPPER - an effete man who frequents tea parties or the like ...1958 Amer. sl.
• COOKIE-PUSHER - 1. a waitress ...1936 US sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a diplomat devoting more attention to protocol or social engagements than to work ...1943 US sl.
• COOKY - 1. a cook ...1776 sl.
  - 2. a sweetheart ...1930 Amer. sl.
• COOL BREEZE - an admirable and popular person ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• COOL CARD - one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL CAT - a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person ...1940s sl., chiefly US Black
• COOL CUSTOMER - one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOLER - 1. a woman - esp. a wife as opposed to a mistress or lover ...E17 sl.
  - 2. an expert; an outstanding individual ...L19 US campus sl.
  - 3. an attractive young woman ...1900s US campus sl.
  - 4. a homosexual lover ...1970s US gay sl.
• COOL FISH - one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL HAND - a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual - one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL-HEAD - 1. a calm, unflappable person ...M19 sl.
  - 2. a pleasant person ...1960s sl.
• COOLIE - 1. (derogatory) a Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) an Indian ...M19 S. Afr. sl.
  - 3. a private soldier ...M19 sl.
  - 4. an East Asian ...M19 US sl.
  - 5. an immigrant Chinese labourer ...M19 US usage
  - 6. any youth unaffiliated to a street gang ...1950s US teen sl.
• COOLIE-BOY - (derogatory) a male Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COOLIE-GIRL - (derogatory) a female Black person - sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
• COOLIE-MAN - an East Indian ...20C W. Indies sl.
• COOL MAMMA - a woman who is very fond of men and is always trying to know more ...1967 Amer. dial.
• COON - 1. (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1735 sl.
  - 2. a peculiar old fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• COOSE - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COOSIE - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COOT - 1. a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old ...colloq.
  - 2. a bright child ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• COOTCH DANCER - a woman who performs a sexually suggestive dance ...1910 US sl.
• COOTIE-HEART - a contemptuous person ...1920s US sl.
• COOZ - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COOZE - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COOZEY - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive -ence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COOZIE - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COOZY - 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
  - 3. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
  - 4. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
  - 5. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
• COP - 1. a police officer ...1855 colloq.
  - 2. a captain ...US Civil War usage
  - 4. a warder - a guard ...1970s US prison sl.
• COP A PLEA - a lawyer ...1930s criminal sl.
• COPER - a cheating horse dealer ...Bk1890 sl.
• COPING CULL - a horse jockey, or probably a dealer in horses ...c1740 sl.
• COPMAN - a policeman ...L19 Aust. sl.
• COPPER - 1. a police officer ...1846 sl.
  - 2. a prisoner, esp. a convict, who informs on his fellow prisoners ...1885 sl.
  - 3. any informer to the police ...1891 sl.
• COPPER-ARSE - a driver who works long hours, esp. a trucker who breaks the law by driving more than eight hours in a day
• COPPER-BOTTOM - a driver who works long hours, esp. a trucker who breaks the law by driving more than eight hours in a day
• COPPERHEAD - 1. a Northerner with sympathy for the South; an antiwar Northerner ...US Civil War usage
  - 2. any treacherous person ...US Civil War usage
• COPPER HEART - a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COPPER JOHN - 1. a prison warden ...1910s US criminals' sl.
  - 2. an informer ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• COPPER-KNOB - a red-headed person ...L19 sl.
• COPPERMAN - a policeman ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• COPPER-NOB - a red-headed person ...L19 sl.
• COPPER'S-NARK - a police spy ...19C sl.
• CORKER - 1. an excellent person ...1882 sl.
  - 2. a sexually attractive person ...1909 sl.
• CORKY-NODDLE - a light-headed, frivolous person - one whose wisdom floats on the surface - an empty-headed fellow ...18C Sc.
• CORNCRACKER - 1. a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia ...M19 US sl.
  - 2. a poor White farmer - a rustic ...M19 US sl.
• CORNER TURNER - a deserter ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CORNFLAKE - 1. an eccentric - one who stands outside the group norms ...1970s sl.
  - 2. a young male homosexual ...1970s sl.
• CORN-HOLER - a pederast ...20C sl.
• CORNSTALK - orig. a native-born, non-aboriginal Australian - later, a person from New South Wales ...1827 Aust. sl.
• CORP - a corporal ...1909 sl.
• COT - a man who meddles in 'women's work' around the house ...L17
• COTBETTY - a man who meddles in 'women's work' around the house ...M19
• COUCH LIZARD - one who necks on a couch with his girl ...1954 Amer. sl.
• COUCH POTATO - someone who spends leisure time as passively as possible, esp. watching TV or videos, eats junk food, and takes little or no exercise ...1979 sl., orig. US
• COUNTER-JUMPER - (derogatory) a shop assistant or shopkeeper ...1829 sl.
• COUNTESS OF PUDDLE-DOCK - an imaginary aristocrat ...17C sl.
• COUNTRY BOOBOO - a naive, gullible person ...1996 British Virgin Islands
• COUNTRY BOOKIE - a naive rustic ...1904 Trinidad and Tobago
• COUNTRY BUCK - a rustic or countrified person - a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow - a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY JACK - a rustic, a countrified person - a simple fellow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY JAKE - an oaf - a bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• COUNTRY MOUSE - in Antarctica: a scientist or a scientist's assistant whose work takes them into the field, away from McMurdo Station ...2003 sl.
• COUNTRY SAGER - a rustic - a country bumpkin - a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• COUSE - a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive - hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
• COUSIN - a close friend ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COUSIN JACK - a Cornishman ...1890
• COVE - 1. a male person - a fellow ...1567 sl.
  - 2. a master or overseer of an Australian station ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a foolish man - an easy dupe ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a peculiar, eccentric person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• COVEE - a man - often applied to the landlord of a public-house ...c1815 sl.
• COVE OF THE BUDGING-KEN - a landlord ...M19 sl.
• COVER-SLUT - one who takes the blame due to another ......1895 Eng. dial.
• COVESS DINGE - (derogatory) a Black woman ...1848 Amer. thieves' sl.
• COVE WITH A JAZEY - a judge ...Bk1896 sl.
• COW - 1. an unpleasant or despicable female ...1696
  - 2. a dull young man; an awkward girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• COWARDY-CAT - a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COW-CHILO - a girl ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• COW KICKER - a cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• COW PILOT - a stewardess - a flight attendant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COW PUNCHER - a cowboy ...Bk1913 Amer. sl.
• COWSON - a term of contempt - a son of a bitch - an unpleasant or disagreeable person  ...20C Brit. sl.
• COW-SPANKER - a dairy farmer or stockman ...1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
• COW'S-TONGUE - a person who is mild or harsh-spoken according to circumstance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COW-WADDY - a cowboy - a ranch hand ...1928 Amer. West usage
• COXCOMB - a fool - a fop or dandy ...L16
• COXSWAIN OF THE PLOW - a sailor recently enlisted ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• COYOTE - a person who imports or exploits illegal immigrants, esp. from Mexico ...US sl.
• COZZER - a police officer ...1950 Brit. sl.
• COZZPOT - a police officer ...1962 Brit. sl.
• CRAB - 1. a contemptible person ...1580 UK
  - 2. a person who complains a lot ...World War II Amer. sl.
  - 3. a girl from Annapolis, Maryland ...World War II Amer. sl.
  - 4. a first-year college student ...1947 US sl.
• CRAB-STICK - a bad-tempered, morose person or child - a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• CRACK - 1. a prostitute ...L17
  - 2. any young woman or any girl ...20C US sl.
  - 3. women considered as sexual objects ...20C US sl.
• CRACKAJACK - a person of marked ability or excellent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CRACKBRAIN - a crazy person ...c1570
• CRACKED EGG - a silly or stupid person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRACKED PIECE - a prostitute or a sportive, nonvirgin young woman ...E18 Brit. sl.
• CRACKED PITCHER - a harlot still faintly respectable ...M18 colloq.
• CRACKER - 1. a backwoods Southern white person regarded as ignorant, brutal, loutish, bigoted, etc. - used contemptuously ...1766 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a dandy ...c1870 sl.
  - 3. fine-looking, stylish, lively person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 4. an excellent person or thing ...1914 Brit. sl.
  - 5. a sexually attractive woman ...1914 Brit. sl.
  - 6. a resident of Florida ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CRACKERJACK - 1. someone who is exceptional - a person of highest excellence - a person of marked ability ...1895 sl., orig. US
  - 2. an arrogant, cocky person ...1910s US sl.
  - 3. a fool - an oaf ...1970s US campus sl.
• CRACKERJACKS - smokers of crack cocaine ...1980s drugs sl.
• CRACKERS - prisoners that are insane or epileptic or suicidal or injured in head and spine ...20C sl.
• CRACK-FENCER - a street-seller of nuts ...M19 sl.
• CRACK HALTER - a rogue - a villain ...16C sl.
• CRACK HAND - an able, competent person ...19C sl.
• CRACKHEAD - a person who uses or who is addicted to crack cocaine ...1986  sl.
• CRACK HEMP - a rogue - a villain ...16C sl.
• CRACK HO - a woman who will offer sex in return for crack cocaine ...20C US Black sl.
• CRACKLING - (offensive) women as objects of desire ...1947 Brit. sl.
• CRACK-POT - 1. a pretentiously useless, worthless person ...c1860 colloq.
  - 2. a crazy or eccentric person ...1883 sl.
• CRACKSMAN - a burglar ...c1810 cant
• CRADLE-ROBBER - a person who has a sexual affair with someone much younger ...1926 sl.
• CRADLE-SNATCHER - a person who has a sexual affair with someone much younger ...1907 sl.
• CRAKE - a complainer ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRAMBAZZLE - a worn-out, dissipated old man - an old man exhausted more by vicious indulgences or habits than by age ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRAMBLE TOES - a person walking as with sore feet ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRANE - a superior with a great deal of influence ...1997 US police sl.
• CRANK - 1. a mentally unstable person - an unreliable, unpredictable person - a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby ...1833 US sl.
  - 2. an eccentric person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a prison bully ...1958 US sl.
  - 4. a prison guard who takes pleasure in making life difficult for prisoners ...1981 US sl.
• CRANK COMMANDO - an amphetamine or methamphetamine addict ...1970 UK sl.
• CRANKER - a bowler who in delivering the ball lifts it high over his head in the backswing ...1987 US sl.
• CRAPPER - a bragger - a teller of lies and nonsense ...M20 US sl.
• CRAVEN - a coward ...L16
• CRAWL - 1. a sycophant - a toady ...19C Brit. sl.
  - 2. a male who coits or 'crawls' a woman ...E20 US sl.
• CRAWLER - an obsequious person - a toady - a sycophant ...1892 sl., orig. Aust.
• CRAZY - a mad or insane person ...1867 sl., orig. US
• CRAZY IKE - an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow - a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CREAM IN ONE'S COFFEE - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CREAM PUFF - 1. an easy target - easy prey ...1915 US sl.
  - 2. a woman ...20C US sl.
  - 3. an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
  - 4. an effeminate male ...1945 US sl.
  - 5. a person in a bad mood, or 'huff' ...Brit. rhyming sl.
  - 6. a wimp or weakling ...Brit. sl.
  - 7. an effeminate male homosexual ...Brit. sl.
• CREAMY - a person of mixed European and Australian Aboriginal heritage ...1912 Aust. sl.
• CREDIT CARD - a boyfriend ...1981 UK sl.
• CREDULIST - †* a credulous person ...1788
• CREEP - 1. a stealthy robber - a sneak thief - a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1877 sl.
  - 2. amongst crooked pimps: one who searches the clothes of a victim while abed with the pimp's prostitute ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
  - 3. an unpleasant or despicable person - a jerk, usually male ...1926 sl., orig. US
  - 4. a prisoner who is neither respected nor liked ...1951 US sl.
  - 5. a drug addict who relies on the kindness of other addicts for small amounts of drugs ...1971 US sl.
• CREEPER - 1. a stealthy robber - a sneak thief - a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1906 sl., orig. US
  - 2. a burglar who specialises in robbing hotels or brothels ...Brit. sl.
  - 3. a toady ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CREEPING JESUS - a sycophantic or servile person, or one who is hypocritically pious ...c1818 sl.
• CRICK - a drama critic ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
• CRIM - a criminal ...1909 sl.
• CRIME-BUSTER - a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime ...sl.
• CRIMPER - a hairdresser ...1968 Brit. sl.
• CRINGELING - a cringing creature - a servile flatterer - a fawner ...a1693
• CRINKLY - (derogatory) an old person ...sl.
• CRITTER - a person, usually disparaging ...1815 US sl.
• CRIX - critics ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
• CRO - a prostitute ...1950 Aust. sl.
• CROAK - a doctor, esp. a company doctor ...1879 UK sl.
• CROAKER - 1. a prison doctor ...1859 sl., now mainly US
  - 2. a dying person, or one who has just died ...1873 UK sl.
  - 3. a pessimist ...US Civil War usage
  - 4. a habitual complainer ...1882 sl.
  - 5. a doctor who provides narcotics for an addict ...1978 US sl.
• CROATAN - a native of North Carolina or South Carolina whose ancestry consists of Black, Indian, and White ...1880s US Black
• CROBATE - a poor stiff person ..Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CROCK - 1. an old and worn-out person ...1889 UK sl.
  - 2. an unpleasant or worthless person ...L19 sl.
  - 3. a drunkard ...20C US sl.
  - 4. a person with medical problems which are the result of abusive living ...1978 US sl.
• CROCK OF SHIT - an unpleasant or worthless person ...1951 US sl.
• CROCUS - a doctor ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROKER - a physician ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CROOK - a professional criminal - a swindler or dishonest person - a thief...1877 colloq.
• CROOKED RIB - a cross-grained wife ...Bk1903 sl.
• CROOKED STICK - a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person - a dishonest person ...1846-8
• CROOKSHANKS - a knock-kneed or a bow-legged person ...17C sl.
• CROSHABELL - † - a courtesan - a harlot - a prostitute ...a1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CROW - 1. an unattractive old woman ...1866 sl. orig. US
  - 2. a US Navy chief or captain who wears the eagle in various insignia ...WW I US Navy usage
  - 3. a prostitute ...1950 Aust. sl.
  - 4. an unpopular or ugly woman or girl ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CROW-BAIT or CROWBAIT - a term of contempt ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• CROW-EATER - a lazy fellow who will live on anything rather than work ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• CROZIERED ABBOT - the bully of a brothel ...Bk1909 sl.
• CRUD - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1930 sl., orig. US
• CRUISE - a male homosexual who picks up multiple short-term sexual partners ...1950 US sl.
• CRUISER - a prostitute, esp. a streetwalker ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRUMB - 1. a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person - an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
  - 2. a dirty sailor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
  - 3. an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• CRUMB BOSS - a construction camp bunkhouse janitor or porter - one who makes up beds ...Bk1974 Amer. hobo and logger use
• CRUMB-BUM - a worthless person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUMB GOB - a dirty sailor ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRUM-BUM - a worthless person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUMPET - a person considered as an object of sexual desire or availability ...1936 Brit. sl.
• CRUSH - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUSHEE - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUSHER - a boy who is popular with girls and women - an attractive youth whom many girls have a crush on ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUT - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 US sl.
• C.T.A the police ...c1860 circus & showmen's usage
• CUB - 1. an awkward, silly, uncouth, uncultured, or unpoised youth ...c1600
  - 2. a surgeon's assistant ...c1690 Brit. sl.
  - 3. a tyro gamester ...L17 sl.
• CUBE - an extremely conventional or conservative person ...1957 sl., orig. US
• CUCK - a cuckold ...E18 sl.
• CUCKOO - a 'yes-man' - a sycophant - a toady ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUCKQUEAN - † a woman whose husband is unfaithful to her - a female cuckold ...1562
• CUDDIE - a stupid person ..Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CUDDLE AND KISS - a girl - a girlfriend ...1938 UK rhyming sl. for 'miss'
• CUDDLE BUNNY - an attractive girl ...1946 US sl.
• CUDDY - a stupid person ...Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CUFFEE - a Black person ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• CUFFER - 1. one who cuffs - a boxer or fighter ...1662
  - 2. a man ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• CUFFIN - a man ...criminal sl.
• CUFFY - a Black person ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• CUJETTE - a female cousin - a female friend in an Italian neighbourhood ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CUJINE - a cousin - a friend in an Italian neighbourhood ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CULCHIE - (derogatory) a rustic - a country labourer ...Irish colloq.
• CULL - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CULLION - † a term of great contempt - a base, despicable, or vile fellow - a bad fellow - a mean wretch - a scoundrel -a rascal ...1575
• CULLY - * a pal - a mate - a man generally ...sl.
• CULTURE VULTURE - (derogatory) someone eager to acquire culture ...1947 sl., orig. US
• CUM ANNEXES - the members of one's family ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• CUMBER-GROUND - a person of no value - one who is good-for-nothing ...1657
• CUM-TWANG - † a term of abuse, reproach, or contempt - apparently, a miser ...1599
• CUNNINGBERRY - a simple fellow ...c1820 colloq.
• CUNNINGBURY - a simple fellow ...c1820 colloq.
• CUNNINGHAM - ironically, a simple fellow ...M18 colloq.
• CUNNING MAN - a cheat, who pretends by his skill in astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods ...1788 sl.
• CUNNING SHAVER - † a sharp fellow ...M17 colloq.
• CUNNUCK - a Canadian ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CUNNY-HUNTER - a whoremonger ...17C sl.
• CUNT - 1. a female viewed as a sex object ...1674 sl.
  - 2. a disliked person - an objectionable fellow - an unpleasant or despicable person ...1860 sl.
• CUNT FACE - a term of address to an ugly person ...19C sl.
• CUNT-HOUND - a lecher - a male who is a notorious whoremonger or woman-chaser ...M20 US sl.
• CUNT-LAPPER - 1. a cunnilinguist .,..20C sl.
  - 2. a lesbian ...20C sl.
  - 3. any disliked person ...20C sl.
• CUNT-PENSIONER - a kept man - a pimp - a man living on a woman's harlotry or concubinage ...19C colloq.
• CUP AND CAN - constant associates ...c1540
• CUP-MAN a toper ...c1830
• CUR - a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CURB HOP - a person who takes orders and serves food to customers seated in their cars ...1937 US sl.
• CURBIE - a smoker who must go out where the cars are parked to light up ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CURBSTONER - 1. one who carries on business at the curbstone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 2. in the used car business: a dealer who operates with low overheads and a small inventory ...1968 US sl.
• CURFLOOZIE - a woman wandering the streets ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CURL - a form of address for a bald man or one with curly hair ...1984 Aust. sl.
• CURRANT BUN - a son ...1962 rhyming sl.
• CURRENCY - persons born in Australia ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• CURRENT - the sweetheart of the moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURRENT EXCITEMENT - the sweetheart of the moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURVACIOUS CUTIE - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CUSS - (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as an 'awkward cuss' ...1775 sl., orig. US
• CUSTOMER - (usually mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'mean customer' ...1589 sl.
• CUT-BACK - a term of contempt ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• CUTER - a fool ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CUTEY - a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp. a girl or woman ...1904 sl.
• CUTHBERT - (derogatory) a man who deliberately avoids military service, esp. (in World War I) one who did so by getting a job in a government office or the civil service ...1917 Brit. sl.
• CUTIE - a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp. a girl or woman ...1904 sl.
• CUTIE-PIE - a sexually attractive woman ...1941 sl., orig. US
• CUTLASS CARPENTER - an unskilled carpenter ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• CUT-LUNCH COMMANDO - a soldier who does not see active service, esp. a reservist; used contemptuously ...1952 Aust. sl.
• CUT MAN - the member of a boxer's entourage responsible for treating cuts between rounds ...1975 US sl.
• CUT-OUT - someone acting as a middle-man in espionage ...1963 sl.
• CUT PUSS - an effeminate male ...20C Caribbean sl.
• CUTTY - 1. a short, thickset girl ...Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 2. an immoral girl or woman ...Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CUT-UP - anyone who is stylish, stunning, or attractive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CUZ - 1. a term used by a Maori to refer to or address a family member ...NZ colloq.
  - 2. a term used by an Aboriginal person to refer to or address a family member ...Aust. colloq.
• CUZZIE - a close friend or family member - often used in direct address ...20C NZ
• CUZZIE-BRO - a close friend or family member - often used in direct address ...20C NZ
• CYBERATHLETE - a professional player of computer games
• CYBERBULLY - someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute, or intimidate people
• CYNOPHILIST a lover of dogs ...1890
• CYPRIAN - 1. an inhabitant of Cyprus ...1843
  - 2. a licentious or profligate person - later, a lewd woman - a harlot - a prostitute - a courtesan ...1598
• CZEZSKI - (derogatory) a nickname for a Czechoslovakian or Bohemian...1964 US sl.