• L-12 - a social outcast who is profoundly out of touch with trends (Loser 12 times) ...1994 US sl.
• L-7 - a staid person who is uninterested in or unsympathetic to the fashionable interests of teenagers ...1956 US sl.
• LA - an address to a companion or friend ...1982 UK sl.
• LAA MAN - a man of law - an attorney ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• LAAMIET - a term of endearment ...Bk1866 Sc.
• LAAN’S-MAN - one who earns his livelihood on land, in contradistinction to a sailor or fisherman - a landman ...Bk1866 Sc.
• LAANIE - 1. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LAA-YER - a lawyer ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• LAB - 1. † a blab - a telltale - a great talker - a chatterbox - a gossip - one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
- 2. a chemistry student ...1866 Amer. college sl.
• LABA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABADIST - a follower of Jean de Labadie (1610-74), who seceded from the Roman Church and founded a sect holding Quietist views ...1753
• LABA-LABA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBAT - 1. an attendant on others ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
- 2. an inferior labourer ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
• LABBE - † a blab - a telltale - a great talker - a chatterbox - a gossip - one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LABBER - a person whose clothing is wet and draggled - a 'draggle-tail' ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABBER-MOUTH - a chatterer, a talker ...20C W. Indies
• LABBET - 1. a boy who waits on a mason, butcher, etc. - a menial of the lowest grade ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 2. a fool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABBIGAN - a gossip ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABDICK - a policeman ...20C Sc. sl.
• LABELLER - a person who labels ...1896
• LABEON - †* one who has large lips ...1650
• LAB HOUND - 1. a forensic scientist ...1958 US police usage
- 2. a person who frequently volunteers to be used in psychology experiments ...1970s US sl.
• LABICAN - a gossip - a tattler - a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABION - †* one who has large lips ...1650
• LABLOLLY - a lazy, clumsy, hulking fellow - a ne'er-do-well - a silly person ...1876 Eng. dial.
• LABORANT - † a laboratory workman - a chemist's assistant - a working chemist ...1665
• LABORATORIAN - * a chemist who works in a laboratory ...1860
• LABORER - 1. one who performs physical labour as a service or for a livelihood - one who does work requiring chiefly bodily strength or aptitude and little skill or training, as distinguished, for example, from an artisan ...c1325
- 2. one who does work of any kind - a worker ...a1420
• LABOR FAKER - 1. a worker who loafs on the job - a malingerer - hence, a corrupt union leader ...1907 US sl.
- 2. a political agitator among workers ...1915 Amer. political sl.
• LABORING OAR - a helper ...Bk1902
• LABOR SKATE - a corrupt or ineffective labour union official ...1930 US sl.
• LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE - a blab - a tittle-tattler - chatterbox - one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LABOUR DAY JUNKIE - someone who uses heroin only occasionally ...1996 Irish sl.
• LABOUR-FELLOW - † a fellow labourer ...1549
• LABOUR ORGANIZER - a person who urges workers to join a union ...Bk1998
• LABOURER - 1. one who performs physical labour as a service or for a livelihood - one who does work requiring chiefly bodily strength or aptitude and little skill or training, as distinguished, for example, from an artisan - one who takes pains in any employment - an unskilled worker ...c1325
- 2. one who does work of any kind - a worker ...a1420
• LABOURER-IN-TRUST - one of a number of officers (ranking next below the 'clerks of works') who formed part of the staff employed or the repairs of the royal palaces - the office ceased to exist in 1824 ...1853
• LABOURESS - † a female labourer ...1570
• LABRICK - a naive or foolish person - an idiot - a dolt - a dull, stupid person - a greenhorn - a stranger - often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LABRISHER - a chatterer - a telltale ...1940s W. Indies
• LAB WRETCH - a performer of distasteful laboratory tasks ...1988 US sl.
• LACATAN - a short, stoutish person ...1950s W. Indies
• LACE COLBERTER - a machine-hand who scollops and makes a fast edge to lace curtains ...19C
• LACE-CURTAIN IRISH - successful, middle-class Irish-Americans or Irish immigrants - Irish Americans who prospered or married well, or those having social or economic pretensions - sometimes used derisively ...1929 US sl.
• LACE-CURTAIN LESBIAN - a lesbian whose mannerisms and affectations do not suggest her sexual preference ...1969 US sl.
• LACEDÆMONIAN - a native of Lacedӕmon (Sparta) ...1870
• LACED MUTTON or LACED-MUTTON - 1. † a strumpet - a harlot - a prostitute - a courtesan - an unchaste or loose woman ...1578 sl.
- 2. a woman dressed to appear younger than her years ...E19 sl.
• LACE-MAN - a man who manufactures or deals in lace ...1669
• LACE QUEEN - a homosexual who prefers men with uncircumcised penises ...1988 US sl.
• LACER - 1. one who laces ...1871
- 2. an unusually large person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACE-WOMAN - a woman who works or deals in lace ...1609
• LACHANOPOLIST - †* a greengrocer ...1656
• LACHANOPOLL - †* a greengrocer ...1623
• LACHRYMIST - one addicted to tears; a weeper ...1620
• LACHTER - a lecher ...Bk1808 Sc.
• LACK - a girlfriend ...1990s Irish sl.
• LACK-ALL or LACKALL - one who is in want of everything - a thoroughly destitute or poor person - a needy fellow ...1850
• LACKBEARD - † one who is destitute of a beard ...Bk1883
• LACKBRAIN - † one who is destitute of sense or brains - a stupid fellow - one that wants wit ...Bk1790
• LACKER - 1. † one who blames or disparages ...1496
- 2. † one who is missing or wanting ...a1618
• LACKERER - one who coats with lacquer - one who lacquers ...1845
• LACKES - † lackeys - companions ...Bk1852
• LACKET - †* a lackey - a footman ...1523
• LACKEY - 1. a (liveried) servant - a footman - esp. a running footman - a valet - a menial ...1529
- 2. † a constant follower ...1588
- 3. † a hanger-on - a camp follower ...1556 obs. or arch.
- 4. one who is servilely obsequious - a toady - a yes-man ...c1692
- 5. a messenger - an errand-boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 6. a political hanger-on ...1939
• LACKEY-BOY - a hired hand - an odd-job man for the farm ...Bk1992 Amer.
• LACKEY-DOG - a skulking hanger-on ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• LACKIN - a wife ...M19 sl.
• LACKLAND - one who has no land or no landed possessions - one who rules over no territory ...1622
• LACK-LATIN - † one who knows little or no Latin - an uneducated man ...1649
• LACK-LOOKS - † a woman who is wanting in good looks ...1618
• LACKLOVE - one who is indifferent or insensible to love ...Bk1883
• LACK-STOCK - one who has no money in stocks - a man without money invested in the funds, etc. ...1820 nonce word
• LACK-WIT or LACKWIT - a stupid person - a dolt - a blockhead ...1667
• LACONIAN - an inhabitant of Laconia, Greece ...1602
• LACONIC - † one who is laconic or who uses concise expressions ...1628
• LACONIST - †* one who imitates or takes part with the Lacedӕmonians ...1570
• LACQUERER - one who coats with lacquer - one who lacquers ...1845
• LACQUEY - 1. a (liveried) servant - a footman - esp. a running footman - a valet - a menial ...1529
- 2. † a constant follower ...1588
- 3. † a hanger-on - a camp follower ...1556 obs. or arch.
- 4. one who is servilely obsequious - a toady - a yes-man ...c1692
- 5. a messenger - an errand-boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 6. a political hanger-on ...1939
• LACROSSE-MAN - one who plays lacrosse ...1882
• LACROSSER - one who plays at lacrosse ...1884
• LACTO-OVO-VEGETARIAN - a person who subsists on a diet of dairy products, eggs, and vegetables
• LACTO-VEGETARIAN - a person who subsists on vegetables and milk products (and formerly, eggs) only ...E20
• LACY-PANTS - a dandy - a snob - a flashily dressed person ...1940 US sl.
• LAD - 1. † a serving-man - attendant - a man of low birth and position - a varlet ...c1300
- 2. a lively young man - a man of spirit and vigour ...a1553 sl.
- 3. a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm ...1721 Sc.
- 4. a male lover - a sweetheart ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 5. a familiar or affectionate name for a man - a husband, son, or boon companion - a fellow ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 6. an unmarried man - a bachelor ...1825 Sc.
- 7. a person - used depreciatingly of either sex ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 8. a mischievous, tricky fellow ...19C Anglo-Irish
- 9. a dashing fellow ...L19 colloq.
• LAD AND LASS - a pair of sweethearts ...1834 Sc.
• LAD-BAIRN - a male child - a young son ...1776 Sc.
• LADDESS - a girl - a lass ...1768 nonce word
• LADDIE - 1. a young lad - a term of endearment to a lad ...1546
- 2. a form of address to a lad ...1546
- 3. a male sweetheart, a boyfriend ...1728 Sc.
- 4. a boy or girl with gay parents ...1990s US homosexual sl.
• LADDIE-BAIRN - a male child ...1873 Sc.
• LADDIE-COWT - a term of affection ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADDIE-IN-A-JACKET - a novice ...1889 Sc.
• LADDIE-LOON - a youth ...1886 Sc.
• LADDIER - one who is fond of boys ...1768 Sc.
• LADDIE-WAX - a youth, a boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADDIE-WEAN - a small boy ...1889 Sc.
• LADDIKIE - a little lad - a term of affection for a boy ...1882 Sc.
• LADDO - 1. a form of address to a lad ...L19 colloq., orig. Irish
- 2. a spirited youth - a bit of a lad ...1870 Ireland
- 3. a hooligan ...1990s sl.
• LADDOCK - a little lad - a term of affection for a boy ...1883 Sc.
• LADDOCKIE - a young boy ...1890 Sc.
• LADEEZ - ladies - often as a term of address ...1995 UK sl.
• LADEEZ AND GERMS - ladies and gentlemen - often as a term of address ...1995 UK sl.
• LADETTE - a young woman characterized by her behaviour and positive involvement in activities stereotypically enjoyed by males, as drinking, swearing, sports, etc. ...1995 UK sl.
• LA-DI-DA - one who affects gentility ...c1883 sl.
• LA-DI-DAH - a snob ...M19 sl.
• LADIES - a generic term for prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• LADIES' TAILOR - a womanizer -a promiscuous man - a lecher - a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAD IN BLACK - a clergyman, a minister ...1821 Sc.
• LADKIN - a young lad ...1642
• LAD-LASS - 1. a rough, romping girl - a tomboy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 2. an effeminate male, possibly a male homosexual ...20C Eng. dial.
• LAD-LOUPER - a romp - a tomboy - a forward girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD OF A BOY - a young person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAD OF WAX - 1. a boy - a weak or unimportant man ...L18 sl.
- 2. a cobbler - a shoemaker ...1794 sl.
- 3. a fine spirited fellow - a sharp, clever youth ...1826 Eng. dial.
• LADRONE - 1. a vague term of reproach - a rogue, rascal, or blackguard - a lazy knave ...a1557 Sc.
- 2. a highwayman, pirate, robber, or thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
- 3. a sloven - a dirty fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• LADS, THE - male friends - the men of a regular social group, team, etc. ...1896 UK sl.
• LADS IN BLACK - the clergy, ministers ...1821 Sc.
• LADS OF THE VILLAGE - thieves ...E19 sl.
• LAD-WEAN - a male child - a young son ...1810 Sc.
• LAD-WENCH - a rough, romping girl - a tomboy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• LADY - 1. † a mistress in relation to servants or slaves - the female head of a household ...c825
- 2. a woman who rules over subjects, or to whom obedience or feudal homage is due ...a1000 now poetic or rhetorical
- 3. a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion - a mistress ...c1374
- 4. a crooked or hunchbacked woman ...17C sl.
- 5. a wife ...1872 Amer. dial.
- 6. one's girlfriend ...1893
- 7. a woman who can afford to live without working for her living - an idle woman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 8. a term of contempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 9. an independent, high-class prostitute ...1930s US Black sl.
- 10. one's effeminate homosexual partner ...1932 US prison sl.
- 11. a homosexual man ...1932 UK sl.
- 12. a recruit in basic training; used contemptuously ...1965 US sl., esp. US Marine Corps usage
- 13. a term of address to a fellow homosexual male ...1960s homosexual sl.
- 14. an effeminate homosexual ...1970s homosexual sl.
- 15. a prostitute, usually as associated with a particular pimp ...1972 US sl.
• LADY ABBESS - a brothel-keeper - a madame - a bawd - a procuress ...L17 sl.
• LADY-BAIRN - a female child of social rank - one born to be a lady ...1863 Sc.
• LADYBIRD - 1. a prostitute ...16C sl.
- 2. a sweetheart - often used as a term of endearment ...1592 (Shakespeare)
- 3. a lewd or wanton woman ...17C sl.
- 4. a nice, ladylike, kept mistress ...17C sl.
• LADYBOY - a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts - a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite ...1992 UK sl.
• LADY-CHASER - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LADY-DOG - a rude and shrewish woman - a bitchy woman ...M19 euphemism
• LADY ERRANT - † a humorous feminine analogue of 'knight errant' ...a1643
• LADY ESTHER - a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADY ESTHERBILT - a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADYFINGER - 1. a weak or effeminate fellow - a cowardly man ...1942 US sl.
- 2. an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• LADY FROM THE GROUND UP - a woman who is drunk and disorderly ...L19 US sl.
• LADY GREEN - a prison chaplain ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• LADY HALEY - a well-behaved, obliging little girl ...1904 Amer. dial.
• LADY HOT-BOT - a highly sexed or over-sexed girl ...1920 sl.
• LADY IN THE STRAW - a woman in childbed ...1867 Eng. dial.
• LADY IN WAITING - 1. a pregnant woman ...20C Brit. & US colloq.
- 2. a man who loiters in or near public toilets in the hope of sexual encounters ...1981 US homosexual sl.
• LADY JANE - a common-law wife or girlfriend ...1987 Can. sl.
• LADY KILLER - a man who is credited with a dangerous power of fascination over women ...1811 sl.
• LADYKIN - a little lady -; sometimes used as a term of endearment ...1853
• LADYKIND - a woman ...1829
• LADYLING - * a little lady ...1855
• LADY-LOVE - a lady who is loved - a sweetheart ...1733
• LADY-LOVER - a lesbian - usually used contemptuously ...1921 US sl.
• LADY-MONGER - a term of contempt for a lady's man ...1597
• LADY MUCK - a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman ...1957 sl.
• LADY OF EASY VIRTUE - a woman whose chastity is easily assailable - a sexually loose woman - a prostitute ...1785
• LADY OF EXPANSIVE SENSIBILITY - a prostitute ...E19 Brit. sl.
• LADY OF HONOUR - † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1631
• LADY OF LEISURE - a prostitute ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LADY OF PLEASURE - a prostitute - a mistress or female lover ...1637 euphemism
• LADY OF PRESENCE - † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1530
• LADY OF THE BROOM - a housemaid ...1793
• LADY OF THE EVENING - a prostitute ...1925 euphemism
• LADY OF THE FRYING-PAN - a cook ...1809 jocular
• LADY OF THE LAKE - † a kept mistress ...1625
• LADY OF THE NIGHT - a prostitute ...1925 euphemism
• LADY PENGUINS - nuns in general ...20C Aust. sl.
• LADY-SITTER - a lady who allows herself to be appraised and painted ...1887 Brit. painters' sl.
• LADY SNOW - a respected upper-class White woman ...1950s US Black sl.
• LADY'S WOMAN - a lady's maid ...1748
• LADY-WIT - † an effeminate pretender to culture ...1647
• LADY-WORSHIPPER - one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1579
• LAET - the Old English designation for a person of status intermediate between that of a freeman and a slave ...a1000 Hist.
• LAFFMEISTER - a comedian ...2002 UK sl.
• LAG - 1. * the last or hindmost person, as in a race, game, etc. ...1514
- 2. a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude - a prisoner ...1812 cant
- 3. a convict who has been imprisoned for many years ...1812 UK sl.
- 4. a convict who has finished his sentence or has been released on parole ...E19 sl.
- 5. any convict ...M19 sl.
- 6. a laggard - a loiterer - one who lingers or falls behind ...1866 Sc.
- 7. a 'fag' (in English public schools: a junior who performs certain duties for a senior) ...1881 Brit. sl.
- 8. in marbles: a player who comes in last at a game of marbles ...1899 Amer. dial.
- 9. a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• LAGABAG - 1. a loiterer - the hindmost or last ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 2. a lazy, idle person - one disposed to lie in bed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAG-ALONG - a tagalong - one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAG-ARAG - a lazy, idle person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-BEHIND - a tagalong - one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAGE - a convict ...2002 UK sl.
• LAGER LOUT - a youth (usually one of a group) who typically drinks large amounts of lager or beer, and behaves in an offensive boorish way - a hooligan fuelled by alcohol, esp. lager ...1988 Brit. sl.
• LAGGARD - one who lags behind - a lingerer - a loiterer ...1808
• LAGGER - 1. a sailor ...1812 sl.
- 2. a convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude ...1819 cant
- 3. an informer to the police ...c1870 cant
- 4. an ex-convict ...1930s sl.
- 5. a layabout, a 'corner boy' ...1990s sl.
• LAGGINBACK - a lazy, idle, slow-moving person ...1859 Eng. dial.
• LAGGING BOAT - a drunkard - an alcoholic ...2000s sl.
• LAGGY - a loiterer - a lingerer - the last to arrive ...Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
• LAGHERY-MAN - a dwarfish, bewitched person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST - a slow, dilatory person - a loiterer - one who is habitually late or behindhand ...1830
• LAG LEG - a lazy person ...1959 Amer. dial.
• LAG-LOST - a layabout - a ne'er-do-well - a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• LAG-MAN - † the last man - the one who brings up the rear ...1599
• LAG-TAIL - a slow, dilatory person - a loiterer - one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAH-DI-DAH - a fop - a 'swell' ...1883 colloq.
• LAHNEE - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl
• LAIDRON - † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person - a loafer - a slattern - a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LAIG - a person given to gossip ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIGHIE-BRAID - a person having a short, thick body ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIMETER - one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAIN - a person easily imposed upon or cheated - a victim - also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LAIRD - 1. a lord - a landed proprietor - a land owner - a yeoman ...c1450
- 2. an owner of property, esp. a house-owner ...1816 Sc.
- 3. a jocular term of address ...1912 Sc.
• LAIRDESS - a laird's wife ...1863 Sc.
• LAIRDIE - a petty laird ...1700s Sc.
• LAIRD IN THE ABBEY - † a jocular name for a bankrupt - a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880 ...1733 Sc.
• LAIRDLIN - a petty laird ...1867 Sc.
• LAIR-FATHER - a schoolmaster - an instructor - one whose conduct has influenced others ...1684 Eng. dial.
• LAIR-HOLDER - the owner of a grave ...1864 Sc.
• LAIR-MASTER - an instructor ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIR-NEIGHBOUR - one who is buried in an adjacent grave ...1824 Sc.
• LAITCH - a lazy or indolent person ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAKE-LADS - companions, playmates ...1896 Eng. dial.
• LAKE-LASSES - female companions or playmates ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LAKEN - a wife ...M19 sl.
• LAKER - 1. † a visitor to the English lakes ...1798
- 2. a player - an actor ...1808 Eng. dial.
- 3. a holiday tourist ...1825 Eng. dial.
• LAKER LADY - a prostitute ...18C sl.
• LAKES - a mad person ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'barmy' (Lakes of Killarney)
• LAKES OF KILLARNEY - a mad person ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'barmy'
• LAKIN - a wife ...M19 sl.
• LA-LA - a swell - a stylish person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOLOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALAPAZAZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALAPOOZER - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALDRUM - 1. a noisy, talkative girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 2. a simpleton - a complete fool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALL - a lazy, inactive person - a lounger - a dawdling child hanging about its mother ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person - a stylish person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSER - someone who is pleasing, splendid, stylish, or fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOTZA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALLAPALUZA - someone or something outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALLOP - a lazy, lounging person - an idler - an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPS - a lazy, lounging person - an idler - an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LALL-TIT - a spoiled child ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAG - a wastrel - a wasteful or good-for-nothing person - an irresponsible person ...1940s sl.
• LALLYGAGGER - a very slow person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LALLYPALOOZER someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALTHRUM - a noisy, talkative girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMASTER - a fugitive - an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMB - 1. one who is meek, gentle, innocent, or weak as a lamb ...c1000
- 2. a young member of a flock, esp. of the church ...c1000
- 3. a term of endearment ...a1553
- 4. a simpleton - an oaf - one who is cheated - esp. one who speculates and loses his money ...1668
- 5. a gullible investor ...1886 stock market usage
- 6. † an expert skater ...1898 Sc. school sl.
- 7. a ruffian armed with a bludgeon, formerly hired at election time ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 8. a vagrant committed to prison for three days only ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 9. a catamite, esp. a much abused and passive one ...1922 US sl., esp. prison usage
• LAMBACKER - † one who beats or drubs ...1592
• LAMB CHOP - 1. a term of affection, usually of a woman ...1970s sl.
- 2. an attractive girl ...1985 US sl.
• LAMBE - a toady ...1960s US sl.
• LAMBER-DOWN - a shanty-keeper or landlord who persuades men to spend all their money on drink ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LAMBICHE - a toady ...1960s US sl.
• LAMBIE - a term of endearment for a lamb, and hence for a child or young person ...1718 Sc.
• LAMBKIN - a young tender person - chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1597
• LAM BLACK - a very dark-skinned Black person ...1930s US Black sl.
• LAMB LICKER - (derogatory) a sheep-herder ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LAMB-PIE - † a young woman ...a1625
• LAMB-SKIN-MEN - † the judges of the several courts ...a1700
• LAMB'S TAIL - a tagalong - one who always follows along behind others ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAME - 1. a person who is 'lame' - a fool - an idiot - an unsophisticated person - one who does not fit in with a particular social group ...1958 US sl., chiefly Black usage
- 2. a noncriminal - a 'square' - hence, one who may be taken advantage of - a victim ...1968 US sl.
- 3. among addicts: a non-drug user ...1968 US drugs sl.
• LAMEBRAIN - a dolt - a blockhead - a stupid person ...1919 US sl.
• LAME DUCK - 1. a person bankrupted by stockjobbing or financial speculation ...1761, orig. stock market usage
- 2. a lame or incapacitated person, or one who is old, weak, or ineffective - an invalid - hence, someone of no use or value - an inefficient person ...1814 sl.
- 3. one not able to pay his way or meet debts - one who is dead broke ...1875 US sl.
- 4. in politics, an elected official or legislative body whose term of office is nearing an end, esp. a legislator still in office after losing an election or a US president not running for re-election ...1910 US sl.
• LAMEHEAD - a dolt - a blockhead - a stupid person ...1978 US sl.
• LAME-O - a fool - an idiot - an unsophisticated person ...1977 US college sl.
• LAMER - 1. a person who is 'lame' - a fool - an idiot - an unsophisticated person ...1961 US sl.
- 2. an uninformed internet user who passes himself off as an expert ...1997 sl.
• LAMES - a term of contempt or disparagement - a term of address ...1950s US Black sl.
• LAME STAIN - a completely inept, despised person ...1997 US sl.
• LAMESTER - 1. a lame person - a cripple ...1639
- 2. one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
- 3. a foolish or contemptible person ...1978 US sl.
• LAMETER - 1. a lame person - a cripple ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 2. one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMIA - a witch - a she-demon ...1382
• LAMIGER - a lame person - a cripple ...1829 Eng. dial.
• LAMISTER - a fugitive from justice - an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMITER - a lame person - a cripple ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMITOR - one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMMIE - 1. a term of endearment ...1810 Sc.
- 2. a fugitive - an absconder ...1933 US sl.
• LAMMIGER - a lame person - a cripple ...1847 Eng. dial.
• LAMMIKEN - a term of endearment ...1874 Sc.
• LAMMISTER - a fugitive - an absconder ...1911 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMMIT - a term of endearment - my lamb! ...1892 Sc.
• LAMMOCK - a rogue - a rascal ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMMY - 1. a term of endearment ...1810 Sc.
- 2. a kid ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMO - a person lacking fashion sense and social skills ...1993 US sl.
• LAMPBLACK - a very dark-skinned Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LAMPER - 1. one who walks with long, prancing steps, or smartly and deliberately - a tall woman ...1825 Sc.
- 2. a confidence trickster ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LAMPERS - those who call each day and keep in perfect order the lamps of the household ...1886 US colloq.
• LAMP-POST - a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LAMPS - a nickname for a sailor responsible for looking after the lamps on board ship ...1866 naval sl.
• LAMPSIE - a nickname for a slightly lame person ...1928 Sc.
• LAMSTER - a fugitive - an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LANC - a Lancashire man ...c1870 Brit. navvies' sl.
• LANCASTRIAN - a native of Lancashire, England ...1888
• LANCE-COMICAL - a lance-corporal ...c1946 Brit. army sl.
• LANCE-CORPORAL TOWROPE - a driver mechanic ...c1939 Brit. army sl.
• LANCE-JACK - a lance-corporal or lance-bombardier ...1912 Brit. sl.
• LANCE-KNIGHT - a highwayman ...c1590 cant
• LANCE-MAN - † a highwayman ...1592
• LANCEMAN-PRIGGER - a highwayman ...c1590 cant
• LAND BIRD - a landlubber - a person having no experience at sea ...1827 US nautical sl.
• LAND-COUPER - one who buys and sells land ...1830 Sc.
• LAND CRAB - a landlubber - a person having no experience at sea ...1861 US nautical sl.
• LAND-DOCTOR - a professional valuer of land ...1808 Eng. dial.
• LANDFOLK - † the people of a land or country - country people - rural population ...c1000 exc. Sc.
• LAND-FRIGATE - † a harlot - a strumpet ...1611
• LAND-JUNKER - a country squire ...1840
• LANDLADY - 1. †* a mistress ...1600
- 2. the proprietress of a brothel - a madam ...1939 US sl.
• LAND-LEAPER - † a criminal vagabond, subsisting on pilfering and often disguised with fake sores and similar blandishments - one who runs up and down the land - a vagabond - fig. a renegade - an adventurer...1377
• LANDLOOKER - 1. a land agent or speculator ...1840 Amer. dial.
- 2. in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LAND-LOPER - 1. a criminal vagabond, subsisting on pilfering and often disguised with fake sores and similar blandishments - one who runs up and down the land - a vagabond - fig. a renegade - an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Scot
- 2. a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
- 3. † a land-lubber - a freshwater seaman - a landsman ...1694
• LANDLORD - the head of a family where one is a guest - one's host ...1824 Sc.
• LAND-LOUPER - one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law - a vagrant - a vagabond - fig. a renegade - an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• LAND-LUBBER - 1. a wandering tramp - a vagrant ...E17 sl.
- 2. a sailor's term of contempt for a landsman ...a1700
• LANDMAN - 1. † a man of a specified or indicated country ...a1000
- 2. a countryman - a peasant ...a1300
- 3. † one who lives or has his business on land, as opposed to a 'seaman' ...1480 now rare or obs.
- 4. † a man having landed property ...1562
• LAND MARINE - a policeman ...1853 US nautical sl.
• LANDMASTER - a proprietor of land, a landowner ...1795 Sc.
• LAND-METER - † a land-measurer or surveyor ...1582
• LAND-METSTER - a land-measurer, a surveyor ...1714 Sc.
• LAND-METTER - a land-measurer - a surveyor ...1726 Sc.
• LAND NAVY - beggars who pose as impoverished seamen ...M19 sl.
• LANDOCRAT - a member of the landocracy. the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property ...1893 jocular
• LANDOWNER - a dead person - someone who 'owns' and occupies a grave ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• LAND-PIRATE - 1. one who robs on land - a highwayman ...1609
- 2. † a literary pirate ...c1670
- 3. a thieving prostitute ...E19 sl.
• LANDPROP - a landlady or landlord ...1936 US Black sl.
• LAND-RAKER - a vagrant - a tramp ...L16 sl.
• LAND-RAT - † a term of abuse for a person ...1632
• LANDSCAPE-WORKER - † one who paints landscapes ...1598
• LAND-SHARK - 1. a ruffian - a thug ...17C sl.
- 2. a person, esp. a lawyer, who preys avariciously upon seamen ashore ...1769 nautical usage
- 3. a custom house officer ...19C sl.
- 4. a policeman ...19C sl.
- 5. a moneylender; a usurer ...M19 sl.
- 6. * a land-grabber ...1857
• LANDSMAN - 1. † a native of a particular country ...c1000
- 2. * one's fellow-countryman ...1598
- 3. one who lives or has his business on land, as opposed to a 'seaman' ...1666-7
• LANDWARD - a country dweller - a rustic ...1821 Sc.
• LAND-WASTER - a prodigal - a spendthrift ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-YOUNKER - a country squire ...1840
• LANE - a person easily imposed upon or cheated - a victim - also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LANGLE - a long, lanky person ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LANGUAGER - 1. †* a verbose person ...1483
- 2. †* one versed in languages ...c1570
• LANGUISTER - an interpreter ...1713 Amer. dial.
• LANI - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANIE - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANK - 1. a Lancashire man ...c1870 Brit. navvies' sl.
- 2. a lanky or lean person ...1881
• LANKY-LOO - a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LANTERN AND CANDLE MAN - † a bellman ...1592
• LAP-EAR - a person of a religious character ...1851 US college sl.
• LAP-FULL - 1. a lover or a husband ...19C Brit. sl.
- 2. an unborn child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAPICIDARY - † one who is engaged in stone-cutting ...1592
• LAPICIDE - one who cuts stones or inscriptions on stone ...1656
• LAPIDARIST - †* one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones ...1607
• LAPIDARY - 1. an artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones ...1382
- 2. † one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones - a connoisseur of lapidary work ...c1440
• LAPIDATOR - one who stones ...a1800
• LAPIDIST - 1`. †* an artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones ...1647
- 2. †* one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones - a connoisseur of lapidary work ...1647
• LAPLAND - women in general - women considered sexually ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAPLING - † one who loves to lie on a (lady's) lap ...1627-77
• LAP ORGAN - a baby ...1939 Amer. dial. jocular
• LAPPER - 1. a heavy drinker - a drunkard ...M19 Brit. colloq.
- 2. a sodomite ...1934 US sl.
• LAPPIAN - † a Lapp or Laplander ...1599
• LAPPONIAN - a Lapp ...1607
• LARBAR - † a lean, withered, or worn out person ...1486 chiefly Sc.
• LARCENER - one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LARCENIST - a larcener ...1803
• LARCIN - † one who commits larceny ...1596
• LARD-ASS - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LARD BALL - a very fat person ...E20 US colloq.
• LARD BELLY - a grossly fat person - used derisively ...1930 US sl.
• LARD BLOSSOM - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person - used derisively ...1976 US sl.
• LARD BUCKET - a person who is very fat - chiefly used of men ...1958 Amer. sl.
• LARD-BUTT - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1968 Amer. sl.
• LARD-CAN - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1928 Amer. sl.
• LARDHEAD - a stupid person - an idiot ...1936 Amer. sl.
• LARDO - (derogatory) a fat person ...1987 US sl.
• LARD STAND - a fat person - used derisively ...1867 US sl.
• LARDY-DAH - a fop - a 'swell' ...1883 colloq.
• LARE - a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1923 Aust. sl.
• LAREW - † a teacher ...c900
• LARGE-HEAD - a drunkard ...L19 US sl.
• LARIKIN - a rascal - a villain - a Bohemian - one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LARK - a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• LARKER - a person given to fun or mischief' - a frolicking rascal ...c1825 sl.
• LARKIE - a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1833 Amer. dial.
• LARKIN - a girl ...18C sl.
• LARKY - 1. a fellow - a person ...1833 Amer. sl.
- 2. a young and mischievous person ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LARKY-BOY - a mischief-maker ...20C Irish sl.
• LARNEY - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LARON(E) - † a robber ...a1300
• LARRIKIN - a street rowdy, usually juvenile - a rough - a wild fellow - a mischievous or frolicsome youngster - a hoodlum or hooligan ...1870 chiefly Aust.
• LARRIKINA - a female larrikin ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LARRIKINESS - female larrikin ...1871 chiefly Aust.
• LARRO - a homosexual male ...M20 US back-slang for 'oral'
• LARRONE - † a robber ...a1300
• LARRY - 1. a rascal - a villain - a Bohemian - one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
- 2. a fool ...20C Irish sl.
- 3. an effeminate or homosexual man ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• LARY - 1. † a servant - a drudge - an odd-job man ...1825 Sc.
- 2. a rough, a wild fellow ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LASCAR - an East Indian sailor ...1625
• LASCAREE - † an East Indian sailor ...1712
• LASCARINE - † an East Indian soldier - also, one of the native police ...1598 Indian
• LASS - 1. a lady-love - a sweetheart ...1596
- 2. a maidservant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LASSIE - 1. a little lass - a girl ...1725 chiefly Sc.
- 2. a boy or girl with gay parents ...1990s US homosexual sl.
• LASSIE-BOY - a tomboy ...1896 Sc.
• LASSOCK - a little girl ...1816 Sc.
• LASSONER - a larcener - one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LASSY - a lass - a girl ...1725 chiefly Sc.
• LAST-CARD LOUIE - in stud poker: a player who stays in a hand until his last card, improbably hoping for the one card that can produce a winning hand ...1951 US sl.
• LAST OF THE BIG SPENDERS - used ironically of a mean person ...1975 Aust. sl.
• LAST OF THE BIG-TIME SPENDERS - used ironically of a mean person ...1975 Aust. sl.
• LAST PEA IN THE DISH, THE - the youngest child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, THE - someone whose vitality is spent ...1872 Amer. dial.
• LAST RUN OF SHAD, THE - someone who is weakened by time or ill health - someone who is weak, inferior, or undesirable ...1876 Amer. dial.
• LAST RUN OF SMELT, THE - someone who is weakened by time or ill health - someone who is weak, inferior, or undesirable ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LATCH-DRAWER - † one who draws or lifts the latch to enter for an unlawful purpose ...1393
• LATCHICO - a ruffian ...2003 Ireland
• LATENT HOMOSEXUAL - a male who does not know or will not recognize that he is a homosexual
• LATEST ENTHUSIASM - the sweetheart of the moment ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• LATHER - † one who invites or summons ...a1175
• LATHERIN - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1789 Sc.
• LATIMER - † an interpreter ...c1205
• LATIN - † one who spoke or wrote the Latin language - a Latin writer or author ...1398
• LATINER - a Latin scholar - one who speaks Latin ... 1691
• LATINIST - one who is versed in the Latin language - a Latin scholar - occasionally, a writer of Latin ...1538
• LATINITASTER - * a petty Latinist ...1836
• LATIN-MAKER - † a writer of Latin - a Latinist ...a1400
• LATITANT - one who is in hiding ...1887
• LATITAT - a lawyer ...1565
• LATITUDE-MAN - † one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters ...1662
• LATITUDINARIAN - one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters ...1662
• LATOR - † the bearer of a letter ...1529 Sc.
• LATRATOR - † one who barks, rails, or scoffs ...1623
• LATRINE LIPS - someone (usually a citizens band radio operator) who habitually uses obscene language ...M20 US sl.
• LATRON - † a robber - a brigand - a plunderer ...1613
• LATTEW - † a leader ...c825
• LAUDABLES - persons of titles - dignities ...1815
• LAUDATOR - one who praises - a eulogist ...1825
• LAUDY-DAW - a snob ...L19 sl.
• LAUGH - * a laughingstock ...1817
• LAUGH, A - someone who is very funny or amusing - often used ironically ...1930 sl.
• LAUGHEE - the person laughed at ...1829 nonce word
• LAUGHER - someone who is very funny or amusing ...1973 US sl.
• LAUGHING BOY - a morose or unpleasant fellow - a gloomy-looking person - used ironically ...1940 sl.
• LAUGHING-GAME - † a laughingstock ...1564
• LAUGHING GIRL - a morose or unpleasant female - used ironically as the title of a gloomy-looking person ...1940 US sl.
• LAUGHING-POST - † a laughingstock ...1810
• LAUGHING-STAKE - † a laughingstock ...a1625
• LAUNDER - † a person of either sex who washes linen ...a1350
• LAUNDRESS - a prostitute ...17C euphemism
• LAUNDRY - women ...1970s US sl.
• LAUNDRYMAN - a Chinese man - broadly, an Asian man - used contemptuously ...1884 US sl.
• LAUNDRY QUEEN - a Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• LAVATRIX - †* a woman who washes ...1623
• LAVENDER - † a washerwoman - a laundress - formerly, also (rarely) a man who washes clothes ...a1310
• LAVENDER BOY - a homosexual male ...E20 US sl.
• LAVENDRY - † a laundress ...a1483
• LAVERICK - a fool - a dolt - an idiot - a dull, stupid person - a greenhorn - a naive person - a stranger - often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LAW - 1. a police officer - a sheriff, or other representative of the law - occasionally, a private detective ...1910s sl.
2. a prison warder ...1940s US prison sl.
• LAW, THE - 1. the police ...18C sl., orig. US
- 2. a warder ...1920s US prison sl.
• LAWBOOKS - a lawyer ...1940s sl.
• LAW-DAUGHTER - † a daughter-in-law ...1583
• LAW DOG - a police officer - a sheriff or deputy sheriff ...L19 US sl.
• LAW-DRIVER - † one who drives or works at the law - a lawyer ...1625
• LAW-FATHER - † a father-in-law ...1583
• LAWFUL BLANKET - a wife ...19C sl.
• LAWFUL JAM - a wife ...L19 Brit. sl.
• LAWFULLY LADY - one's legal wife ...M19 US Black sl.
• LAW HOUND - a police officer ...L19 US sl.
• LAW-KEEPER - a guardian of the law - an observer of the law ...1894
• LAWMAN - † a man of law - a lawyer ...1535
• LAWN-MAN - † a bishop - used derisively ...1795
• LAWN-SLEEVES - a bishop ...c1640
• LAWRENCE - a nickname for a lazy person - a loafer ...1824 Amer. dial.
• LAW-SETTER - † a lawgiver ...1572
• LAW'S FATHER - † a father-in-law ...1593
• LAW-WRITER - † a legislator ...1580
• LAWYERESS - the wife of a lawyer; a female lawyer ...1835
• LAWYERLING - a term of contempt for a lawyer - also, a young lawyer - a law student ...1862
• LAY - 1. a catamite ...E20 US sl.
- 2. a person considered solely as a sexual partner ...1932 sl., orig. US
- 3. a prostitute ...20C US colloq.
• LAYABOUT - a lazy person - a shirker ...1932 sl.
• LAYDRON - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1706 Sc.
• LAYER - † one who lays stones - a mason ...1382
• LAYMAN - a man who is not a cleric; one of the laity ...1432-50
• LAZAR - a poor and diseased person, usually one afflicted with a loathsome disease, esp. a leper ...1340 arch.
• LAZARUS - * a leper - a beggar ...1508
• LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT - a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• LAZY-BACK - † a sluggard ...1611
• LAZY-BONES - a lazy person - a shirker ...1592
• LAZY-BOOTS - a lazy person ...1831
• LAZY-GUT - † a glutton ...1631
• LAZY LAURENCE - a term of reproach for an idle person - a loafer ...1880
• LAZY LAWRENCE - a nickname for a lazy person - a loafer ...1869 Amer. dial.
• LAZY-LEGS - a lazy person ...1838
• LEACHER - a lewd man - a habitual fornicator - a lecher ...12C
• LEADER - 1. † the driver of a vehicle ...a1300
- 2. †* a plumber ...c1440
- 3. † one who has the charge of animals ...1495
- 4. a carter ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LEADERESS - a female leader ...1599
• LEAD-FOOT - 1. a motor vehicle driver who habitually rives fast ...1938 Amer. sl.
- 2. a bungling, clumsy person ...1955 Amer. sl.
• LEADHEAD - a blockhead - an idiot ...1952 Amer. sl.
• LEAD NIGGER - an important, often self-important person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• LEAD-PIPE CINCH - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEADSMAN - † a guide ...c1510
• LEAD-SWINGER - a malingerer or shirker ...1918 Brit. sl.
• LEAF PEEPER - in New England: a tourist who comes to view autumn foliage ...c1965 Amer. dial.
• LEAF-TURNER - † a reader of a book ...1672 jocular
• LEAGUEIST - * a member of a league ...1762
• LEAGUER-LADY - † a woman attached to a camp ...1702
• LEAGUER-LASS - a woman attached to a camp ...1822 Sc.
• LEAGUER-LAUNDRESS - † a woman attached to a camp ...1629
• LEAN-AWAY - one who is tipsy - a drunkard ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LEANER - 1. a freeloader ...1960s Amer. sl.
- 2. in sports: a hanger-on who gives unwanted advice or makes obnoxious comments ...1981 US sl.
• LEAP-CHRISTIAN - "Leap-Christians are not so much to be liked, that all on the sudden, of notorious profane become extremely precise and scrupulous" ...1647
• LEAPER - 1. † a runner - a dancer ...a1000
- 2. † an irregular soldier ...1604
- 3. a person who threatens to or actually does jump to their death ...1954 US sl.
- 4. a cocaine user after sustained cocaine use ...1973 US drugs sl.
• LEAPERESS - †* a female dancer ...1382
• LEAR-FATHER - 1. † a master in learning ...1533
- 2. a person whose conduct has influenced others ...1855 Eng. dial.
• LEARNER - 1. † a scholar - a man of learning ...c900
- 2. † a teacher ...1382
• LEARNING-SHOVER - a schoolteacher ...1869 Cockneys' sl.
• LEASE LOUSE - a dealer in oil field leases ...1953 US sl.
• LEASE-MONGER - † one who traffics in leases ...1549
• LEASE-PIECE - a prostitute ...M19 US nonce word
• LEASER - †* a liar ...c950
• LEASING-MAKER - a liar ...1388
• LEASING-MONGER - † a liar ...c1380
• LEATHER - a homosexual male, esp. one who is cruel and sexually sadistic ...M20 US sl.
• LEATHER-ASS - a tough, stubborn or aggressive person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• LEATHER BUMPER - a cavalryman ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LEATHER-DRESSER - a lecher - a man who copulates frequently ...19C Brit. sl.
• LEATHER-EARS - a stupid person - a fool - one slow of comprehension ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-HEAD - 1. a fool - a blockhead - a dolt - an oaf - a stupid person - a person slow of comprehension ...a1700
- 2. a policeman - a watchman ...L19 US sl.
- 3. a swindler ...B1900 Can. sl.
• LEATHER-LUNG - a person who shouts ...1975 Amer. jocular
• LEATHERNECK - 1. a soldier ...1890 naval sl.
- 2. an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station ...1898 Aust. sl.
- 3. a sailor's name for a soldier, from the leather stock he used to wear ...1890 Brit. nautical sl.
- 4. a marine ...1914 US sl.
- 5. a stupid person - a fool - a blockhead - an uncouth person ...1919 Amer. dial.
- 6. a real roughened cowboy of many trail accomplishments ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECTARINES - the women's reserve of the Marine Corps ...World War II Amer. sl.
• LEATHER-POUNDER - a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER PUSHER - an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• LEATHER QUEEN - an aggressive and possibly sadistic male homosexual who wears leather clothing ...M20 US homosexual usage
• LEATHERS - one who wears leather breeches or leggings ...1837 colloq.
• LEATHERSKIN - (usually offensive) an American Indian ...1834 Amer. sl.
• LEATHER-WORKER - a pickpocket or purse-snatcher ...1901 US sl.
• LECANOMANCER - † a diviner by water in a basin ...1670
• LECANOMANTIC - † one who practices lecanomancy (divination by the inspection of water in a basin) ...1623
• LECH - a lecher ...1943 colloq.
• LECHERE - * a physician ...c1374
• LECHERER - † a lecher ...c1380
• LECTOR - a reader - a 'reader' or lecturer in a college or university ...1563-7
• LECTORESS - † a female instructor ...1634
• LECTRESS - a female reader ...1867 nonce word
• LECTRICE - a woman engaged as an attendant or companion to read aloud ...1889
• LECTURESS - a female lecturer ...1825
• LED-CAPTAIN - a hanger-on - a dependant - a parasite ...1672
• LEDDY BODY - a ladylike person ...1930 Sc.
• LEDDY-LASS - a female child of social rank - one born to be a lady ...1879 Sc.
• LEDE - 1. † persons collectively - people ...971
- 2. † a man or person - esp. one of the 'men' or subjects of a king or chief - a subject ...a1300
• LEDGER - 1. † one who is permanently or constantly in a place - a resident ...1599
- 2. † a representative - a commissioner - an agent ...1603
• LEECH - 1. a physician - one who practices the healing art ...c900
- 2. one who 'sticks to' another for the purpose of getting gain out of him - a rapacious person ...1784
• LEECHER - * a physician ...c1374
• LEECHMAN - † a physician ...1591
• LEEFKYN - †* a loved one ...1540
• LEEK - † a Welshman ...c1700 cant
• LEESER - 1. † a destroyer ...c1380
- 2. † a loser ...1546
• LEFT - † a mean, worthless person ...1377
• LEFT-FOOT - a Protestant ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-FOOTER - (derogatory) a Roman Catholic ...1944 sl., orig. N. Ireland
• LEFT-FOREPART - a wife ...M19 Brit. tailors' sl.
• LEFT-HANDED BATSMAN - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LEFT-HANDED BRICKLAYER - a Freemason ...c1950 Brit. sl.
• LEFT-HANDED RELATION - an in-law rather than a blood relative ...1931 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-HANDED WIFE - a concubine - the equivalent of a common-law wife ...M17
• LEFT-HANDER - a Protestant ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-HAND SON - a male bastard ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LEFTIE - 1. a left-handed person, esp. a left-handed pitcher or other athlete ...1886 Amer. sl.
- 2. (usually derogatory) a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs - a radical ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LEFT-LEGGER - a Protestant ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LEFTOVER - a has-been ...1926 US sl.
• LEFT-WINGER - a Roman Catholic ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LEFTY - 1. a lieutenant ...1840 US military sl.
- 2. a left-handed person, esp. a left-handed pitcher or other athlete ...1886 Amer. sl.
- 3. a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs - a radical ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LEG - 1. a young woman - women considered sexually ...M20 US colloq.
- 2. a promiscuous woman - a prostitute ...1960s US sl.
- 3. an infantry soldier ...US Vietnam War Army usage
• LEGACY-HUNTER - one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy ...1693
• LEGACY-MONGER - one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy ...1647
• LEGAL BEAGLE - an attorney, esp. one who is notably skilful or zealous ...1949 Amer. jocular
• LEGAL EAGLE n- lawyer, esp. one who is notably skilful, aggressive, or zealous ...1939 US jocular
• LEGALIST - 1. one versed in the law - one who views things for a legal standpoint ...1829
- 2. an officer of the law - a bailiff ...1835 jocular
- 3. a stickler for legality ...1865
• LEGATARY - one to whom a bequest is left - a legatee ...1542
• LEGATE - an ambassador, delegate, or messenger ...1382
• LEGATEE - a person to whom a legacy has been bequeathed ...1679-88
• LEGATESS - a female legate ...1827 nonce word
• LEGATOR - one who gives something by will - a testator ...1651
• LEG-BITER - a small child or infant ...1980s US college sl.
• LEG CASE - a man who ran from combat ...US Civil War usage
• LEGE - a preeminent and awe-inspiring person ...1990s Amer. sl.
• LEGENDARIAN - † the writer of a legendary (collection of legends, esp. of lives of saints) ...1677
• LEGENDER - †* a writer of a legend ...1611
• LEGENDIST - a writer of legends ...1664
• LEGER - † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
• LEGERDEMAIN - †* a sleight-of-hand performer - a conjurer ...1695
• LEGERDEMAINIST - a performer of legerdemain - a conjurer ...a1800
• LEGGER - 1. a man who propels a canal barge through a tunnel by thrusting his legs against the walls ...1836
- 2. a person who sells illegal whisky ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LEGICIDE - * a destroyer of laws ...1689
• LEGIER - † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
• LEGIFER - † a legislator ...1602
• LEGISLATRESS - a female legislator ...1711
• LEGISLATRIX - a female legislator ...1677
• LEGIST - one versed in the law ...1484
• LEGISTER - 1. † one versed in the law ...1303
- 2. † in a nunnery: a woman charged with the duty of reading aloud ...a1400
• LEGISTERY - † one versed in the law ...1303
• LEGITIMATE - a settler who arrived in Australia as a transported convict ...1827 Aust. sl.
• LEG-LIFTER - a lecher - a male fornicator ...18C Brit. sl.
• LEG-MAN - 1. a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story ...1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
- 2. a man strongly attracted to women with beautiful legs - a man sexually stimulated by women's legs ...1940s US colloq.
- 3. any person who works actively and outside, rather than in, an office ...1950s Amer. sl.
• LEG-PULLER - a toady ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• LEGS ELEVEN - a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LEGSHAKE ARTIST - a pickpocket ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• LEG-SHAKER - a dancer ...L19 sl.
• LEGULEIAN - a pettifogger a contemptuous term of a lawyer ...1631
• LEGUME - a lazy person - one who lies around doing nothing ...1980s US college sl.
• LEG WORKER - a streetwalker ...1930 US sl.
• LEIGHSTER - †* a female liar ...c1325
• LEIGHTONWARD - † a gardener ...c1000
• LEINGISTER - an interpreter ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• LEMAN - 1. a person beloved by one of the opposite sex - a lover or sweetheart ...c1205 arch.
- 2. a husband or wife ...c1250 arch.
- 3. one who is loved unlawfully; an unlawful lover or mistress - in later use, chiefly applied to the female sex ...c1275 arch.
• LEMON - 1. anyone who is undesirable; esp. used of a woman ...M19 sl.
- 2. a person or sour disposition ...M19 sl.
- 3. a foolish person - a gullible person - a victim ...1908 sl.
- 4. (not necessarily derogatory) a light-skinned Black person - a mulatto ...1920s US Black sl.
- 5. an informer, esp. a criminal who turns State's evidence ...1931 US sl.
- 5. an unattractive person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
- 6. a fellow - a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer' (Lemon-Squeezer)
- 7. a lesbian ...1980s Aust. sl.
- 8. a policeman ...1980s rhyming sl. for 'cop' (Lemon Drop)
• LEMONADE WALLAH - a teetotaller ...L19 Brit. army sl.
• LEMON CURD - 1. (derogatory) a person ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd'
- 2. a woman ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'bird'
• LEMON DROP - a policeman ...1980s rhyming sl. for 'cop'
• LEMON-EATER - (derogatory) an English person ...1960s US sl.
• LEMON-PELTER - (derogatory) an English person ...1968 US sl.
• LEMON-SQUEEZER - a fellow - a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer'
• LEMON-SUCKER - 1. a prissy or effeminate man or boy - also, a sour-faced individual ...1922 Amer. sl.
- 2. (derogatory) an English person ...1960s US sl.
• LENEND - † a lender - a usurer ...a1000
• LENNO - a child ...1882 Sc.
• LENT - a greenhorn ...1920 Amer. dial.
• LENTEN-CHAPS - † a term of contempt for a person with lean visage ...1622
• LENTEN MAN - an observer of Lent ...1698 nonce word
• LEOTH-SCOP - † a poet ...c1205
• LEPER - an outcast ...1825
• LEPIDOPTERIST - one who studies butterflies and moths ...1826
• LEPORICIDE - a killer of hares ...1788 nonce word
• LEPRESS - † a female leper ...1541
• LEPROLOGIST - * a medical expert in leprous diseases ...1900
• LEPROUS - † a leper ...c1250
• LERER - 1. † a teacher ...a1300
- 2. †* a learner - a disciple ...c1440
• LERICOMPOOP - a buffoon - an oaf ...16C Brit. colloq.
• LES - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LESAR - † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESBIAN - a woman who is emotionally or sexually and emotionally devoted to members of her own sex - a female homosexual ...L19
• LESBIE - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1940 sl.
• LESBINE - a lesbian ...M20 US sl.
• LESBO - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1940 sl.
• LESBYTERIAN - a jocular nickname for a lesbian ...M20 US homosexual sl.
• LESER - † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESIE - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LESLIE - a lesbian ...E20 Aust. sl.
• LESO - (chiefly derogator) a lesbian ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LESSER HALF - 1. one's husband ...1965 Amer. sl.
- 2. one's wife ...1965 Amer. sl.
• LESSIE - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LESSON IN ANATOMY - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LESTRIGON - † an inhuman monster - a cannibal - a bloodthirsty person ...1591
• LESTRIGONIAN - an inhuman monster - a cannibal - a bloodthirsty person ...a1887
• LETCH - a lecher ...1943 sl.
• LETCHER - a lewd man - a habitual fornicator - a lecher ...12C
• LETCHING-PIECE - a sexually loose woman - a woman considered sexually ...20C Brit. sl.
• LET-GAME - † - a hinderer of pleasure - a spoilsport ...c1374
• LETHARGE - †* a lethargic person ...1615
• LETHARGY - † a lethargic or sleepy person ...1634
• LETHRON - † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person - loafer - slattern - a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LETTERATO - † a man of letters - a learned man ...1656
• LETTERBOX - a passive homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LETTER-FENCER - a postman ...L19 sl.
• LETTER FROM HOME - someone who triggers nostalgia ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LETTER-GO - one who 'lets go' - a spendthrift - a squanderer ...a1637
• LETTER-MONGER - † a forger of letters ... 1699 nonce word
• LEVANTER - one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets ...1781
• LEVEL-LANDER - a dweller on level land ...1864 nonce word
• LEVER - †* a believer ...c1340
• LEVERET - 1. † one who is petted, a pet ...1617
- 2. † a mistress ...1617
- 3. † a spiritless person ...1630
• LEVIATHAN - a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth - a rich and powerful person ...1607
• LEVIR - a brother-in-law, or one acting as such under the Jewish custom of 'levirate' (the custom among the Jews and some other nations, by which the brother or next of kin to a deceased man was bound under certain circumstances to marry the widow) ...1865
• LEVITANT - one who practices levitation ...1875
• LEVITE - † a somewhat contemptuous term of a clergyman ...1640
• LEWD FRERE - † a lay-brother ...c1380
• LEWDSBY - † a lewd or lecherous person ...1594
• LEWDSTER - * a lewd or obscene person ...1598
• LEWD WOMAN - a sexually loose woman - a prostitute ...20C US euphemism
• LEZ - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LEZO - (chiefly derogator) a lesbian ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LEZZ - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LEZZO - (chiefly derogator) a lesbian ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LEZZY - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• L.H.B. - an attractive girl (Lost Heart Beat) ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LIBBER - an advocate of liberation ...1971 sl.
• LIBERTICIDE - a person who destroys liberty
• LIBERTINE - a dissolute person; a profligate
• LIBERTY HOG - a sailor or marine who is eager to go on shore leave ...1992 Amer. sl.
• LIBERTY HOUND - a sailor or marine who is eager to go on shore leave ...1939 Amer. sl.
• LICK - a toady - a sycophant ...1970s sl., orig. US
• LICK-ARSE - a toady - a sycophant ...1970s sl., orig. US
• LICK-BOX - 1. a sodomite ...E20 US sl.
- 2. a person who performs oral sex on women ...1949 US sl.
• LICKER - one who 'creeps' for favours - a toady ...1970s Brit. sl.
• LICK-ME-LUG - a toady - a sycophant ...1990s Irish sl.
• LICKPENNY - 1. † one who 'licks up' the pennies - a greedy, covetous person - a miser - a spendthrift - an extortioner ...a1400
- 2. a scamp - a rascal ...1899 Sc.
• LICKSKILLET - a contemptible or detestable person - a sycophant ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LICK-SPIGOT - 1. a prostitute who performs fellatio ...18C Brit. sl.
- 2. a drunkard who would lick the spigot of a cask to get to the alcohol ...19C Brit. colloq.
• LICKSPIT - a contemptible, fawning person - a servile flatterer or toady ...1620
• LICK-SPITTLE - a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady - a servile flatterer - a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• LICK-TRENCHER - a glutton - a parasite ...1787
• LICK-TWAT - one who performs cunnilingus, presumably a male ...M17
• LICK-WIMBLE - a heavy drinker - a drunkard who would lick the stopper in a cask to get at the alcohol ...19C Brit. colloq.
• LICORICE-STICKER - one who plays the clarinet ...1935 US jazz sl.
• LID - 1. a child ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'kid' (Saucepan Lid)
- 2. a Jewish person ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'Yid' (Saucepan Lid)
• LIE - a liar ...1894 Amer. dial.
• LIE-ABED - one who lies late in bed - a late riser - a sluggard ...1764
• LIE-ABOUT - a lazy person - a shirker ...1937 sl.
• LIE-BY - 1. † a concubine - a mistress ...a1656 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 2. a bedfellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
- 3. † a neutral - one who stands aside ...a1600 obs. exc. Sc.
• LIEGER - † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
• LIEUT - a lieutenant ...1759 US
• LIEUTY - a lieutenant ...1998 US
• LIFER - 1. a prisoner serving a life sentence, or earlier, someone sentence to transportation for life ...1830 sl.
- 2. a life peer ...1959 sl.
- 3. a person, esp. a senior noncommissioned officer whose career is in military service - often used derisively ...1962 Amer. military sl.
- 4. a person who intends to work at the same job until retirement - a careerist ...1970 Amer. sl.
- 5. a person who takes drugs for 15-20 or more years ...1970 Amer. sl.
- 6. a person who has been given a traffic ticket - used ironically ...1984 US sl.
• LIFER DOG - a person, esp. a senior noncommissioned officer whose career is in military service - often used derisively ...1989 Amer. military sl.
• LIFTER - a shoplifter ...1866 Amer. criminal sl.
• LIFT-SKIRTS - a prostitute ...19C Brit.
• LIGGER 1. a liar ...B1900 Eng. dial.
- 2. one who lies in bed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
- 3. someone who gatecrashes parties; a freeloader ...1977 Brit. sl.
• LIGHT - 1. a bright, clever person ...1900s US college sl.
- 2. in boxing, a lightweight ...1940 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-ALE BANDIT - one who scrounges drinks in a public house ...1970s UK criminals' sl.
• LIGHT ARTILLERY - a drug addict who uses a hypodermic needle ...1930 US drugs sl.
• LIGHT BOB - a soldier of a regiment of light infantry ...1778 US Army usage
• LIGHT-BROWN - a mulatto ...E20 US colloq.
• LIGHT BULB - a pregnant woman ...M20 US sl.
• LIGHT-COMEDY MERCHANT - a comedian pure and simple ...1887 Brit. theatrical sl.
• LIGHT-FRIGATE - a woman of loose morals - a wanton - a whore ...c1690 Brit. sl.
• LIGHTHEAD - a very silly or light-headed person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT HORSE - a courtesan - a harlot ...c1620 sl.
• LIGHT HORSEMAN - a thief operating as one of a gang on the Thames ...19C Brit. sl.
• LIGHTHOUSE - 1. a red-nose person, generally male ...c1810 Brit. sl.
- 2. a tramp acquainted with the police or with their methods ...1932 cant
• LIGHT HOUSEWIFE - a lewd woman - a prostitute ...L17 Brit. cant
• LIGHTNING - a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTNING JERKER - a telegrapher ...1891 US sl.
• LIGHTNING SHOVER - a telegrapher ...1871 US railroad sl.
• LIGHTNING SLINGER - a telegrapher ...1938 US railroad sl.
• LIGHT-OF-ONE'S-EYES - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-OF-ONE'S-LIFE - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT O' LOVE - 1. a wanton woman ...L16
- 2. a harmless term of endearment for a girlfriend - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTS - a fool - a soft-head - an oaf ...1682 Brit. colloq.
• LIGHT SKIRTS - a wanton woman ...L16 colloq.
• LIGHT WOMAN - a lewd woman ...L17 cant
• L.I.L. - one's unmarried partner for the time being - Live-In Lover ...20C Brit colloq.
• LILLEY AND SKINNER - a beginner ...1920s rhyming sl.
• LILLIAN - the police ...1970s homosexual sl.
• LILLY LAW - a policeman - the police - used derisively ...1949 US homosexual usage
• LILY - an innocent and naive youth - a young homosexual ...20C Brit. sl.
• LILY LAW - a policeman - the police - used derisively ...1949 US homosexual usage
• LIMBERHAM - 1. † one who has 'limber hams' - a supple-jointed person - fig. a servile flatterer - an obsequious person ...1689
- 2. † an irresolute or vacillating person ...a1704
• LIMBER JACK - a loose-jointed, flexible person - a contortionist ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM - a loose-jointed, flexible person - a contortionist ...c1930 Amer. dial.
• LIMB OF SATAN - a wicked or mischievous person, esp. a child ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LIMB-SKINNER - a cowboy who works in brush country ...1936 US West. sl.
• LIME - 1. anyone who is undesirable; esp. used of a woman ...M19 sl.
- 2. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 college sl.
• LIMEJUICER - 1. (mildly derogatory) a British sailor ...L19 jocular
- 2. a Britisher ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• LIMEY - 1. orig. a British immigrant, and hence, a British person ...1888 sl., orig. Aust., NZ & S. Afr.
- 2. (mildly derogatory) a British sailor ...20C colloq.
• LIMMER - 1. † a rogue - a rascal - a knave - a scoundrel ...1456 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
- 2. an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman - a mistress - a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
- 3. a sarcastic or contemptuous term for any female ...1720 Sc.
- 4. a malevolent or mischievous woman ...1752 Sc.
- 5. a wild, undisciplined girl - a bold, impudent girl or woman - a jade - a hussy ...1786 Sc.
- 6. a mischievous boy ...1880 Sc.
• LIMPING JESUS - a lame person ...19C sl.
• LIMPS, THE - the Liberals ...L19 Brit. political sl.
• LIMPTY - a crippled beggar ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• LIMP-WRIST - 1. an effeminate man, almost always homosexual ...1950 US sl.
- 2. a weakling - a social 'liberal' ...1990s sl., orig. US
• LIMP WRISTER - a male homosexual ...1950s sl., orig. US
• LIMPY - a crippled beggar ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• LIMPY-GO-FETCH - a disabled person ...1997 US sl.
• LINCOLN - a five-dollar prostitute ...1965 US sl.
• LINCOLNSHIRE YELLOW-BELLY - a native of Lincolnshire ...18C Brit.
• LINE - 1. an attractive female ...1941 Aust. sl.
- 2. a young girl or woman ...M20 Aust. sl.
- 3. collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment ...1987 US sl.
• LINE CROSSER - in the Korean war: a soldier who crossed the main line of resistance to find and retrieve prisoners of war ...1967 US sl.
• LINER - a freelance literary or journalistic hack ...M19 sl.
• LINE-SHOOTER - a boastful talker ...1942 Brit. sl.
• LINGISTER - an interpreter ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• LINGUIST - a cunnilinguist ...M20 sl.
• LINGUISTER - an interpreter ...1645
• LINKISTER - an interpreter ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LINKSTER - an interpreter ...1868 Amer. dial.
• LINTBRAIN - a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD - 1. (derogatory) a cotton-mill worker - hence, a low-class White person - a hillbilly - an insignificant person ...1933 Amer. dial.
- 2. a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• LIONESS - a harlot - a prostitute ...L16 sl.
• LIP - a lawyer, esp. a criminal lawyer ...1929 US sl.
• LIP-COMFORTER - one who comforts or consoles with mere words ...a1815
• LIP-LAP - a disparaging nickname given to Eurasians ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian
• LIPPER - a person who uses snuff ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIPPER-OFF - one who talks back - an argumentative person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIQUOR-HEAD - one who drinks steadily, or a great deal; a drunkard ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LIRIPOOP - † a silly person ...1621
• LISTMAN - a ready-money bookmaker ...L19 sl.
• LIT - a Lithuanian or person of Lithuanian descent ...1964 Amer. dial.
• LIT. ED. - a literary editor ...L19 sl.
• LITERARY TEACHER - a public school teacher ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITHERBACK - † a slothful person ...1577
• LITHERBY - †* a base or rascally person - a bad, wicked person ...1598
• LITTERBUG - someone who scatters litter antisocially ...1947 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• LITTER LOUT - someone who scatters litter antisocially ...1927 Brit. sl.
• LITTLE BAG - an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• LITTLE BIDDIE - an attractive little girl or small old woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• LITTLE BIDDY - an attractive little girl or small old woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• LITTLE BILL - a nickname for a short person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT, A - a sexually attractive person ...1898 sl.
• LITTLE BIT OF EYES RIGHT - a woman, usually attractive ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LITTLE BITS - a nickname or affectionate term for a sister ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BREECHES - a child ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BRITCHES - a child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BROTHER - a good and loyal friend ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BUCK - a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BULL - a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• LITTLE CACK - a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE CASINO - a small or inconsequential person - a hanger-on ...1904 US sl.
• LITTLE CHICKABIDDY - a loved one, esp. a child - a term of endearment to a child ...1848
• LITTLE CHICKEN - a wife ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE DEERS - young women who are involved in some way with the stage ...L19 sl.
• LITTLE DEVIL - a term of mildly reproving affection ...17C sl.
• LITTLE END OF NOTHING - an idle, worthless person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE EVA - a loud-mouthed White woman ...1950s US Black sl.
• LITTLE FISH - an unimportant person ...E19 US sl.
• LITTLE HORROR - a mischievous child ...1846 sl.
• LITTLE JESUS - a corporal ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LITTLE KACK - a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE MAMMA - a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE MAN - a young male child ...1468 jocular
• LITTLE MARMOSET - † a term of endearment or playful reproach to a woman or child ...1604
• LITTLE MONKEY - a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
• LITTLE-MOUNT - an old-fashioned child ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LITTLE OLD LADY IN TENNIS SHOES - used as a stereotype of an energetic, quirky old woman ...1984 US sl.
• LITTLE OUTLAW - a small, rough child who misbehaves and doesn't obey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE PERISHER - a mischievous child ...1935 sl.
• LITTLE SCUT - a little boy - a scamp - a rascal ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SCUTTER - a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SHAVER - a boy ...1854 sl.
• LITTLE SHORTY - a nickname for a short person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE SHOT - an insignificant person ...1930s US sl.
• LITTLE SILLY - a girl - a pretty girl ...1900s Aust. sl.
• LITTLE SIR ECHO - a person who always agrees with his superiors ...1989 Aust. sl.
• LITTLE SKEEZUCKS - a mischievous child - endearing in many cases ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SNAKESMAN - a small boy in a gang of burglars who is put through a narrow opening into a house, then lets the gang in ...L18 UK criminals’ sl.
• LITTLE-SON - † - a grandson ...1579 obs.
• LITTLE STRANGER - 1. an unborn foetus, esp. one that is illegitimate or of unknown paternity ...20C sl.
- 2. a newborn child ...20C sl.
• LITTLE TACKER - a child, esp. a boy ...1890 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TAD - a small boy ...1871 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TYKE - a mischievous child ...1894 sl.
• LITTLE WOMAN ROUND THE CORNER - one's dressmaker or sewing-woman ...20C middle-class colloq.
• LITTLE-WORTH - a bad or worthless person ...1825 Sc.
• LITTLEY - a child ...1965 Aust. sl.
• LITTLE YERKER - 1. a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
- 2. a term of address ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE YURKER - a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LITTLIES - the smaller or younger children ...c1965 colloq.
• LITTLING - 1. a little child ...c975 Eng. dial.
- 2. an endearment; a caress ...1963 Amer. dial.
• LIVE LUMBER - soldiers or passengers on board ship ...c1780 Brit. nautical sl.
• LIVE-ON - an attractive young woman ...L19 sl.
• LIVE ONE - 1. a notable, popular, or well-respected person ...L19 US sl.
- 2. a generous and enthusiastic patron of nightclubs, theatres, and places of entertainment, including brothels ...20C US sl.
- 3. the ideal victim for a proposed hoax, fraud, or other deceit ...20C sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
- 4. one who has the potential to be a success ...1910s US sl.
- 5. a generous rich client for a prostitute ...1940s homosexual sl.
- 6. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
- 7. an enthusiastic participant in a proposed scheme ...1950s sl.
- 8. an eccentric person, with implications of homosexuality ...1970s sl.
- 9. someone destined to cause trouble in any situation, usually challenging authority ...1970s sl.
• LIVER - an inhabitant - a resident ...1678 Amer. dial.
• LIVER-CHOPS - a person having very thick and dark lips - a Black person (derisive) ...1839 US sl.
• LIVER PAD - a person ...1882 US jocular
• LIZA - a liar ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIZA JANE - a liar ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIZARD - 1. a resident of Alabama ...1845 Amer. sl.
- 2. a despicable person ...1927 Amer. sl.
- 3. a law student at UNC ...1973 Amer. campus sl.
- 4. a young woman ...1989 Amer. rap music usage
• LIZZIE - 1. an effeminate young man ...1905 sl.
- 2. (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1949 sl.
• LIZZIE BOY - an effeminate young man ...1905 sl.
• LOAD - a liar ...1933 Amer. dial.
• LOADIE - a heavy drinker - a habitual drug abuser ...1979 US college sl.
• LOAFER - 1. someone who spends their time idly ...1830
- 2. * a cadger ...20C
• LOAFERER - a loiterer - a lounger - one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOB - a clumsy fellow - an unwieldy, lumpish oaf ...E16
• LOBBUS - an oaf - a stupid person ...20C sl.
• LOBBY-GOW - 1. an errand-boy, messenger, or hanger-on ...1906 US sl.
- 2. an opium smoker and addict ...E20 US sl.
• LOBBYHOG - in logging: the caretaker of the bunkhouse - a roustabout who does everything from building fires to making beds ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LOBBY LIZARD - a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• LOBBY LOUSE - a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• LOBCOCK - † a country bumpkin - a clown - a lout - a boor - a dull, stupid, sluggish person - a clumsy, lubberly fellow -a blundering fool - a blockhead - a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOBLOLLY - a very fat person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LOBO - 1. a solitary person - a loner - an outcast ...1939 Amer. dial.
- 2. an ugly girl ...1947 Black college sl.
- 3. a thug, a hoodlum ...1949 US sl.
• LOBO WOLF - a solitary person - a loner - an outcast ...1907 Amer. dial.
• LOBS - an under-gamekeeper ...M19 sl.
• LOBSCOUSE - an awkward, hulking fellow ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LOBSTER - an uncomplimentary term applied to one who is awkward and unsociable ...Bk1913-17 Amer.
• LOCAL DICK - a local preacher ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LOCAL MINISTER - a part-time preacher, esp. a Methodist layman licensed to preach in a specified region ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCAL PREACHER - a part-time preacher, esp. a Methodist layman licensed to preach in a specified region ...1834 Amer. dial.
• LOCK PICKER - an abortionist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOCO - (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed - a crazy or insane person ...1852 Amer. dial.
• LOCO BLOSSOM - (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed - a crazy or insane person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LOCUS PREACHER - a local preacher ...1922 Amer. dial.
• LOG - a dullard ...1895 US sl.
• LOGEY - a heavy, fat person ...20C Irish sl.
• LOG-FLOGGER - a male masturbator ...2003 UK sl.
• LOGGERHEAD - 1. a fool - a dullard - a stupid, dull-witted, or mulish person ...L16 sl.
- 2. a Pennsylvanian ...1888 US sl.
• LOGGIN - a recruit ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LOGICIAN - a drunk who accused another of being drunk ...20C Brit. sl.
• LOGI-LOGI - a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOGODAEDALUS - † n. one who is cunning in, or clever with, words ...1611
• LOG OF EBONY - a stupid Black person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LOG OF WOOD - a dull, stupid person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LOGO-LOGO - a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOG-PUSHER - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LOG-ROLLER - 1. a politician who engages in the corrupt giving of mutual aid ...E19 sl.
- 2. a critic who makes favourable reviews, expecting the like in return ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
• LOINER - an inhabitant of Leeds, West Yorkshire ...1950 sl.
• LOITER-SACK - † a lazy, loitering fellow - an idler ...1594
• LOLAPALOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALO - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LOLLAPALOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LOLLEO - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LOLLIPOP - a sweetheart - also, a term of endearment ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOLLING-POST - a husband ...B1900 Eng. dial. sl.
• LOLLOPALOUSER - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPER - a fat person - a pleasing or admirable person ...1918 Amer. dial.
• LOLL-POOP - 1. † literally, one who is sluggish in the stern - a lazy, idle fellow - a sluggish lounger ...1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
- 2. a pet - a spoiled child - a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLYGAG - a wastrel - a wasteful or good-for-nothing person - an irresponsible person ...1940s sl.
• LOLLYGAGGER - one who enjoys flirting ...20C sl.
• LOLLYPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYPOP - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOLLYPOT - 1. a term of abuse - an idiot - a booby - a lazy lubber ...1746 Eng. dial.
- 2. a coaxing, wheedling child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLO - a crazy person - a dull, stupid person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOMEY - † a spoiled child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LOMMIX - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LONDENOYS - †* a native or inhabitant of London ...1387-8
• LONE HAND - a thief or criminal who works alone ...1926 US sl.
• LONE MAN - an unmarried or widowed man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONER - a person who avoids company and prefers to be alone ..1947 sl.
• LONE WOLF - an unmarried person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONE WOMAN - an unmarried or widowed woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-BEARD - an old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-BOW MAN - a liar ...c1678 Brit. sl.
• LONG-CROWN - a clever fellow ...1847 Brit. colloq.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER - a very thin person ...1910s sl.
• LONG EAR - 1. a clever person ...M19 sl.
- 2. a sober, religious student ...M19 US campus sl.
- 3. an eavesdropper ...1930s US sl.
• LONG-EYE - a promiscuous woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT - a thief - pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LONG-FINGERED LOUSE - an inmate who steals from other inmates ...1936 Amer. prison sl.
• LONG-HAIR - 1. (usually derogatory) an intellectual ...1920 sl., orig. US
- 2. an American Indian who observes traditional ways - a White person who has adopted Indian ways ...1937 Amer. dial.
- 3. an old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONGHEAD -1. (derogatory) a doctor who is not very capable or doesn't have a very good reputation ...1968 Amer. dial.
- 2. (derogatory) an obstinate, mule-headed person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LONG-HEEL - a Black person ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LONGHORN - 1. a Texan or other Southwesterner, esp. a shrewd, knowing, tough old-timer ...1896 Amer. dial.
- 2. an experienced cowboy ...1903 US West. sl.
• LONG-LAGGER - a convict serving a long sentence ...E19 sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER - a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONG-LUGS - 1. a term of contempt for a person ...a1748 Sc.
- 2. an eavesdropper ...B1900 Sc.
• LONGNECK - a White person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LONGNOSE - a busybody or meddler ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LONG RIDER - an outlaw ...1936 Amer. dial. West
• LONGSHANKS - a tall or long-legged person ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LONGSHORE LAWYER - † an unscrupulous lawyer ...1823 Brit. sl.
• LONGSHORE OWNER - a ship-owner that sent ill-found ships to sea ...c1850 Brit. nautical sl.
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY - a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• LONG-TONGUE - a chatterbox - talebearer, telltale, gossip, or blabber - a divulger of secrets - an unusually talkative woman - a scold ...1847
• LOO - a police or fire lieutenant ...1960s US sl.
• LOOB - a fool - a dullard ...M14 Eng. dial.
• LOOBY - a fool - a soft-head - a dull, clumsy person - an awkward, heavy person ...1682 sl.
• LOOCHA - a blackguard libertine - a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• LOOCHER - a low, lascivious blackguard ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
ׇ• LOOEY - a lieutenant ...1916 N. Amer. sl.
• LOOF-FAKER - a chimney sweep ...M19 sl.
• LOOGAN - 1. a foolish person ...1929 US sl.
- 2. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ׇ• LOOGIN - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOIE - a lieutenant ...1916 N. Amer. sl.
• LOOKER - a sexually attractive woman ...1909 sl., orig. US
• LOOKERINO - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LOON - a crazy or eccentric person - a simpleton ...1885 sl.
• LOONEY - a mad or insane person ...1884 sl.
• LOONEY TUNE - a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOONY - 1. a fool - a soft-head ...1682 sl.
- 2. a madman ...1883 US sl.
• LOONY BIRD - a person who is at least eccentric, at most mentally unstable or irrational ...1964 US sl.
• LOONY-DOCTOR - a psychiatrist ...1925 sl.
• LOONY TUNE - a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOOP - a fool ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LOOPER - 1. a crazy, disturbed person ...1980s sl.
- 2. a caddie ...1980s sl.
• LOOPHOLE - a lawyer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOOSE-BODIED GOWN - a prostitute - a harlot ...E17 sl.
• LOOSE FISH - a prostitute ...E19 Brit. sl.
• LOOSE-KIRTLE - a woman of loose or bad character - a wanton woman - a prostitute (kirtle = woman's gown) ...1855 arch.
• LOOSE-LOVE LADY - a prostitute ...E20 US sl.
• LOOSE WOMAN - a sexually indiscreet female ...20C US colloq.
• LOOT - a lieutenant ...1759 US
• LOOTCHA - a blackguard libertine; a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• LOPER - a worthless, intrusive fellow ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LOP-LOLLARD - a lazy fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• LOPLOLLY - a lazy fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• LOPPUS - 1. an oaf - a stupid person ...20C sl.
- 2. a large, clumsy person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LORD CHESTERFIELD - a citified person ...1965 Amer. dal.
• LORD MUCK - a pompous, self-opinionated condescending man ...1937 sl.
• LORD OF THE HEAVIES - a heavyweight boxing champion ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• LOREL - † a worthless person - a dissolute person - a low, disreputable fellow - a rogue - a scoundrel ...1362
• LORESMAN - † a teacher or instructor ...1377
• LORETTE - a prostitute ...M19 euphemism
• LORG - a stupid person - an oaf ...E20 US sl.
• LOSEL - a worthless person - a scoundrel - a cheat ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LOSER - someone who has been to prison ...1912 US sl.
• LOST HEART BEAT - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LOST LADY - a prostitute ...20C US colloq.
• LOTEBY - † a companion of love - a lover - a paramour - a bedfellow - a concubine ...1303
• LOT LIZARD - a prostitute who works at truck stops ...1987 US trucking sl.
• LOTMAN - a pirate ...? L18 nautical sl.
• LOTTIES AND TOTTIES - harlots ...B1885, chiefly theatrical
• LOUDMOUTH - one who speaks loudly, excessively, and either boastfully or bullying or very indiscreetly ...c1944 colloq.
• LOUDSPEAKER - a braggart or loudmouth - an important person or one who regards himself as important ...1934 US sl.
• LOUIE - a lieutenant ...1916 N. Amer. sl.
• LOUIS - a harlot's bully ...1935 sl., orig US
• LOUNGE LIZARD - (derogatory) a man who frequents fashionable parties, bars, etc., in search of a wealthy patroness ...1918 sl.
• LOUSE n- unpleasant or despicable person, usually male - one who is thoroughly disliked ...1633 sl.
• LOUSE-BAG - a term of contempt for a disliked male ...20C Brit. sl.
• LOVE - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE-BEGOTTEN CHILD - an illegitimate child ...19C euphemism
• LOVE-BRAT - an illegitimate child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LOVEBUG - a woman who is very fond of men ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOVE CHILD - an illegitimate child ...1805
• LOVEE - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM - a philanderer - a womanizer ...L19 sl.
• LOVE INTEREST - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE-JOY - a dearly loved person ...1876 Eng. dial.
• LOVE PIRATE - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVER BOY - 1. a sexual partner ...1952 sl., orig. US
- 2. a woman-chaser ...1952 sl., orig. US
• LOVER MAN - 1. a sexual partner ...1952 sl., orig. US
- 2. a woman-chaser ...1952 sl., orig. US
• LOVER UNDER THE LAP - a lesbian ...20C Aust. sl.
• LOVEY - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVEY-DOVEY - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOW-BROW - an uneducated person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LOWEY - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1953 Aust. sl.
• LOW-HEEL - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1939 Aust. sl.
• LOWIE - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1953 Aust. sl.
• LOW TOBYMAN - a footpad ...1811 thieves' sl.
• LOX - a fool - a lummox ...1966 Amer. sl.
• LOX-FOR-BRAINS - a fool ...1977 Amer. sl.
• LOX JOCK - a Jewish man; used disparagingly ...1977 US jocular
• LOYALIST - a Union sympathizer in the South ...US Civil War usage
• LUB - a fool ...M14 sl.
• LUBBER - a fool - a soft-head ...M14 sl.
• LUBBER-COCK - a term of contempt or derision ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LUBBER-HEAD - a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUBBY - a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUBRA - an Aboriginal woman ...19C Aust.
• LUCKY-MINNIE - 1. a grandmother ...1867 Sc.
- 2. a term of reproach to a woman ...B1900 Sc.
• LUFF - lieutenant ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• LUG - 1. a large, clumsy, dim man ...1927 US sl.
- 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
- 3. a woman who takes lesbian lovers in college and then reverts to heterosexuality after graduation from college (Lesbian Until Graduation) ...1993 US sl.
• LUGAN - a Lithuanian or a person of Lithuanian descent; used derisively ...1947 US sl.
• LUGER LOUT - a German ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'Kraut'
• LUGGER - 1. a sponger - a defaulter - one who drinks with others but never buys a round ...20C Brit. sl.
- 2. in a big store confidence swindle: someone who assigned to provide background ambience - an extra ...1931 US sl.
- 3. a person who physically transports players to an illegal poker game ...1979 US sl.
• LUGIE - a Lithuanian or a person of Lithuanian descent - used derisively ...1969 US sl.
• LUG-LOAF - an oaf - a blockhead ...E17 Brit. sl.
• LUG-POT - a drunkard ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sot'
• LUKEN - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LULU - 1. a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person - often used ironically ...1886 sl., orig. US
- 2. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LUMBER-HEELS - a lazy, ungainly fellow - a lout ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LUMBERJACK - a homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LUMBER-JILL - an unattractive woman, with whom one cannot achieve an erection ...1940s sl.
• LUMMIX - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOCK - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOCKS - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOKIN - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOX - 1. a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
- 2. an uncouth boy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LUMMUX - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMP OF BUTTER - an easygoing, helpless person ...1844 Sc.
• LUNK - a slow-witted person ...1867 sl., orig. US
• LUNK-HEAD - a slow-witted person ...1884 sl., orig. US
• LURK - a hanger-on - an eavesdropper ...20C Aust. sl.
• LURKER - 1. a criminal beggar who travels the country showing off various forged certificates referring to losses in fires, shipwrecks or similar disasters, and hoping thereby to get financial aid ...M19 sl.
- 2. a petty criminal ...20C Aust. sl.
• LURKIE - a cunning, knowing, wide-awake person up to any trick ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LURKMAN - 1. a confidence trickster - a petty criminal ...M19 Aust. sl.
- 2. a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who lives by sharp practice ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LURP - an extremely clumsy or awkward person ...1990s US teen sl.
• LUSH - 1. a drinker of alcohol - a drunkard ...1890 sl., chiefly US
- 2. a victim or fool ...1940s US sl.
- 3. an extremely attractive heterosexual man ...1940s US homosexual sl.
- 4. an attractive woman ...1980s US college sl.
- 5. an addict ...2000s sl.
• LUSHBUM - an alcoholic tramp ...1940s US sl.
• LUSHER - 1. a drunkard ...1848 US sl.
- 2. a high liver - a voluptuary ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LUSHEY - a drunkard ...19C sl.
• LUSHHEAD - a habitual drinker ...1938 UK sl.
• LUSHHOUND - a drunkard ...1935 US sl.
• LUSHIE - a drunkard ...19C sl.
• LUSH MERCHANT - a drunkard ...L19 Aust. sl.
• LUSHO - 1. a drunkard ...M19 sl.
- 2. an addict ...2000s sl.
• LUSH PUPPY - a young person who drinks to excess ...1983 UK sl.
• LUSH-ROLLER - a thief or pickpocket who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1919 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-TOUCHER - a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1904 criminal & police sl.
• LUSHWELL - a heavy drinker - an habitual drunkard ...1960 Amer. sl.
• LUSH-WORKER - 1. a prostitute who extorts money from a man by trickery, blackmail, blandishments, or robs him when drunk ...1908 Amer. sl.
- 2. a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1908 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• LUSHY - a drinker of alcohol - a drunkard ...1944 US sl.
• LUSHY-COVE - a drunken man ...1812 sl.
• LUSK - † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow - a sluggard ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUSKIN - †* an idle or lazy fellow - a sluggard ...1593
• LUST DOG - a passionate, promiscuous female ...1975 US sl.
• LUSTY-GUTS - a notorious copulator - a good wencher ...L16 sl.
• LUSTY-LAWRENCE - a whoremonger ...E17 Brit. sl.
• LUSTY WENCH - an attractive teenage girl ...1984 NZ sl.
• LUV - a term of address ...1898 UK
• LUVVIE - 1. a form of address, generally affectionate - usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing ...1968 UK
- 2. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture - an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• LUVVIE-DARLING - 1. a form of address, generally affectionate - usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing ...1968 UK
- 2. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture - an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• LUVVY - 1. a form of address, generally affectionate - usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing ...1968 UK
- 2. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture - an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• LUXER - a handsome fellow ...c1850 Brit. sl.
• L-7 - a staid person who is uninterested in or unsympathetic to the fashionable interests of teenagers ...1956 US sl.
• LA - an address to a companion or friend ...1982 UK sl.
• LAA MAN - a man of law - an attorney ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• LAAMIET - a term of endearment ...Bk1866 Sc.
• LAAN’S-MAN - one who earns his livelihood on land, in contradistinction to a sailor or fisherman - a landman ...Bk1866 Sc.
• LAANIE - 1. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LAA-YER - a lawyer ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• LAB - 1. † a blab - a telltale - a great talker - a chatterbox - a gossip - one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
- 2. a chemistry student ...1866 Amer. college sl.
• LABA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABADIST - a follower of Jean de Labadie (1610-74), who seceded from the Roman Church and founded a sect holding Quietist views ...1753
• LABA-LABA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA - a chatterbox - a gossip - a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBAT - 1. an attendant on others ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
- 2. an inferior labourer ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
• LABBE - † a blab - a telltale - a great talker - a chatterbox - a gossip - one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LABBER - a person whose clothing is wet and draggled - a 'draggle-tail' ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABBER-MOUTH - a chatterer, a talker ...20C W. Indies
• LABBET - 1. a boy who waits on a mason, butcher, etc. - a menial of the lowest grade ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 2. a fool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABBIGAN - a gossip ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABDICK - a policeman ...20C Sc. sl.
• LABELLER - a person who labels ...1896
• LABEON - †* one who has large lips ...1650
• LAB HOUND - 1. a forensic scientist ...1958 US police usage
- 2. a person who frequently volunteers to be used in psychology experiments ...1970s US sl.
• LABICAN - a gossip - a tattler - a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABION - †* one who has large lips ...1650
• LABLOLLY - a lazy, clumsy, hulking fellow - a ne'er-do-well - a silly person ...1876 Eng. dial.
• LABORANT - † a laboratory workman - a chemist's assistant - a working chemist ...1665
• LABORATORIAN - * a chemist who works in a laboratory ...1860
• LABORER - 1. one who performs physical labour as a service or for a livelihood - one who does work requiring chiefly bodily strength or aptitude and little skill or training, as distinguished, for example, from an artisan ...c1325
- 2. one who does work of any kind - a worker ...a1420
• LABOR FAKER - 1. a worker who loafs on the job - a malingerer - hence, a corrupt union leader ...1907 US sl.
- 2. a political agitator among workers ...1915 Amer. political sl.
• LABORING OAR - a helper ...Bk1902
• LABOR SKATE - a corrupt or ineffective labour union official ...1930 US sl.
• LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE - a blab - a tittle-tattler - chatterbox - one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LABOUR DAY JUNKIE - someone who uses heroin only occasionally ...1996 Irish sl.
• LABOUR-FELLOW - † a fellow labourer ...1549
• LABOUR ORGANIZER - a person who urges workers to join a union ...Bk1998
• LABOURER - 1. one who performs physical labour as a service or for a livelihood - one who does work requiring chiefly bodily strength or aptitude and little skill or training, as distinguished, for example, from an artisan - one who takes pains in any employment - an unskilled worker ...c1325
- 2. one who does work of any kind - a worker ...a1420
• LABOURER-IN-TRUST - one of a number of officers (ranking next below the 'clerks of works') who formed part of the staff employed or the repairs of the royal palaces - the office ceased to exist in 1824 ...1853
• LABOURESS - † a female labourer ...1570
• LABRICK - a naive or foolish person - an idiot - a dolt - a dull, stupid person - a greenhorn - a stranger - often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LABRISHER - a chatterer - a telltale ...1940s W. Indies
• LAB WRETCH - a performer of distasteful laboratory tasks ...1988 US sl.
• LACATAN - a short, stoutish person ...1950s W. Indies
• LACE COLBERTER - a machine-hand who scollops and makes a fast edge to lace curtains ...19C
• LACE-CURTAIN IRISH - successful, middle-class Irish-Americans or Irish immigrants - Irish Americans who prospered or married well, or those having social or economic pretensions - sometimes used derisively ...1929 US sl.
• LACE-CURTAIN LESBIAN - a lesbian whose mannerisms and affectations do not suggest her sexual preference ...1969 US sl.
• LACEDÆMONIAN - a native of Lacedӕmon (Sparta) ...1870
• LACED MUTTON or LACED-MUTTON - 1. † a strumpet - a harlot - a prostitute - a courtesan - an unchaste or loose woman ...1578 sl.
- 2. a woman dressed to appear younger than her years ...E19 sl.
• LACE-MAN - a man who manufactures or deals in lace ...1669
• LACE QUEEN - a homosexual who prefers men with uncircumcised penises ...1988 US sl.
• LACER - 1. one who laces ...1871
- 2. an unusually large person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACE-WOMAN - a woman who works or deals in lace ...1609
• LACHANOPOLIST - †* a greengrocer ...1656
• LACHANOPOLL - †* a greengrocer ...1623
• LACHRYMIST - one addicted to tears; a weeper ...1620
• LACHTER - a lecher ...Bk1808 Sc.
• LACK - a girlfriend ...1990s Irish sl.
• LACK-ALL or LACKALL - one who is in want of everything - a thoroughly destitute or poor person - a needy fellow ...1850
• LACKBEARD - † one who is destitute of a beard ...Bk1883
• LACKBRAIN - † one who is destitute of sense or brains - a stupid fellow - one that wants wit ...Bk1790
• LACKER - 1. † one who blames or disparages ...1496
- 2. † one who is missing or wanting ...a1618
• LACKERER - one who coats with lacquer - one who lacquers ...1845
• LACKES - † lackeys - companions ...Bk1852
• LACKET - †* a lackey - a footman ...1523
• LACKEY - 1. a (liveried) servant - a footman - esp. a running footman - a valet - a menial ...1529
- 2. † a constant follower ...1588
- 3. † a hanger-on - a camp follower ...1556 obs. or arch.
- 4. one who is servilely obsequious - a toady - a yes-man ...c1692
- 5. a messenger - an errand-boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 6. a political hanger-on ...1939
• LACKEY-BOY - a hired hand - an odd-job man for the farm ...Bk1992 Amer.
• LACKEY-DOG - a skulking hanger-on ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• LACKIN - a wife ...M19 sl.
• LACKLAND - one who has no land or no landed possessions - one who rules over no territory ...1622
• LACK-LATIN - † one who knows little or no Latin - an uneducated man ...1649
• LACK-LOOKS - † a woman who is wanting in good looks ...1618
• LACKLOVE - one who is indifferent or insensible to love ...Bk1883
• LACK-STOCK - one who has no money in stocks - a man without money invested in the funds, etc. ...1820 nonce word
• LACK-WIT or LACKWIT - a stupid person - a dolt - a blockhead ...1667
• LACONIAN - an inhabitant of Laconia, Greece ...1602
• LACONIC - † one who is laconic or who uses concise expressions ...1628
• LACONIST - †* one who imitates or takes part with the Lacedӕmonians ...1570
• LACQUERER - one who coats with lacquer - one who lacquers ...1845
• LACQUEY - 1. a (liveried) servant - a footman - esp. a running footman - a valet - a menial ...1529
- 2. † a constant follower ...1588
- 3. † a hanger-on - a camp follower ...1556 obs. or arch.
- 4. one who is servilely obsequious - a toady - a yes-man ...c1692
- 5. a messenger - an errand-boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 6. a political hanger-on ...1939
• LACROSSE-MAN - one who plays lacrosse ...1882
• LACROSSER - one who plays at lacrosse ...1884
• LACTO-OVO-VEGETARIAN - a person who subsists on a diet of dairy products, eggs, and vegetables
• LACTO-VEGETARIAN - a person who subsists on vegetables and milk products (and formerly, eggs) only ...E20
• LACY-PANTS - a dandy - a snob - a flashily dressed person ...1940 US sl.
• LAD - 1. † a serving-man - attendant - a man of low birth and position - a varlet ...c1300
- 2. a lively young man - a man of spirit and vigour ...a1553 sl.
- 3. a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm ...1721 Sc.
- 4. a male lover - a sweetheart ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 5. a familiar or affectionate name for a man - a husband, son, or boon companion - a fellow ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 6. an unmarried man - a bachelor ...1825 Sc.
- 7. a person - used depreciatingly of either sex ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 8. a mischievous, tricky fellow ...19C Anglo-Irish
- 9. a dashing fellow ...L19 colloq.
• LAD AND LASS - a pair of sweethearts ...1834 Sc.
• LAD-BAIRN - a male child - a young son ...1776 Sc.
• LADDESS - a girl - a lass ...1768 nonce word
• LADDIE - 1. a young lad - a term of endearment to a lad ...1546
- 2. a form of address to a lad ...1546
- 3. a male sweetheart, a boyfriend ...1728 Sc.
- 4. a boy or girl with gay parents ...1990s US homosexual sl.
• LADDIE-BAIRN - a male child ...1873 Sc.
• LADDIE-COWT - a term of affection ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADDIE-IN-A-JACKET - a novice ...1889 Sc.
• LADDIE-LOON - a youth ...1886 Sc.
• LADDIER - one who is fond of boys ...1768 Sc.
• LADDIE-WAX - a youth, a boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADDIE-WEAN - a small boy ...1889 Sc.
• LADDIKIE - a little lad - a term of affection for a boy ...1882 Sc.
• LADDO - 1. a form of address to a lad ...L19 colloq., orig. Irish
- 2. a spirited youth - a bit of a lad ...1870 Ireland
- 3. a hooligan ...1990s sl.
• LADDOCK - a little lad - a term of affection for a boy ...1883 Sc.
• LADDOCKIE - a young boy ...1890 Sc.
• LADEEZ - ladies - often as a term of address ...1995 UK sl.
• LADEEZ AND GERMS - ladies and gentlemen - often as a term of address ...1995 UK sl.
• LADETTE - a young woman characterized by her behaviour and positive involvement in activities stereotypically enjoyed by males, as drinking, swearing, sports, etc. ...1995 UK sl.
• LA-DI-DA - one who affects gentility ...c1883 sl.
• LA-DI-DAH - a snob ...M19 sl.
• LADIES - a generic term for prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• LADIES' TAILOR - a womanizer -a promiscuous man - a lecher - a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAD IN BLACK - a clergyman, a minister ...1821 Sc.
• LADKIN - a young lad ...1642
• LAD-LASS - 1. a rough, romping girl - a tomboy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 2. an effeminate male, possibly a male homosexual ...20C Eng. dial.
• LAD-LOUPER - a romp - a tomboy - a forward girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD OF A BOY - a young person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAD OF WAX - 1. a boy - a weak or unimportant man ...L18 sl.
- 2. a cobbler - a shoemaker ...1794 sl.
- 3. a fine spirited fellow - a sharp, clever youth ...1826 Eng. dial.
• LADRONE - 1. a vague term of reproach - a rogue, rascal, or blackguard - a lazy knave ...a1557 Sc.
- 2. a highwayman, pirate, robber, or thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
- 3. a sloven - a dirty fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• LADS, THE - male friends - the men of a regular social group, team, etc. ...1896 UK sl.
• LADS IN BLACK - the clergy, ministers ...1821 Sc.
• LADS OF THE VILLAGE - thieves ...E19 sl.
• LAD-WEAN - a male child - a young son ...1810 Sc.
• LAD-WENCH - a rough, romping girl - a tomboy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• LADY - 1. † a mistress in relation to servants or slaves - the female head of a household ...c825
- 2. a woman who rules over subjects, or to whom obedience or feudal homage is due ...a1000 now poetic or rhetorical
- 3. a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion - a mistress ...c1374
- 4. a crooked or hunchbacked woman ...17C sl.
- 5. a wife ...1872 Amer. dial.
- 6. one's girlfriend ...1893
- 7. a woman who can afford to live without working for her living - an idle woman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 8. a term of contempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 9. an independent, high-class prostitute ...1930s US Black sl.
- 10. one's effeminate homosexual partner ...1932 US prison sl.
- 11. a homosexual man ...1932 UK sl.
- 12. a recruit in basic training; used contemptuously ...1965 US sl., esp. US Marine Corps usage
- 13. a term of address to a fellow homosexual male ...1960s homosexual sl.
- 14. an effeminate homosexual ...1970s homosexual sl.
- 15. a prostitute, usually as associated with a particular pimp ...1972 US sl.
• LADY ABBESS - a brothel-keeper - a madame - a bawd - a procuress ...L17 sl.
• LADY-BAIRN - a female child of social rank - one born to be a lady ...1863 Sc.
• LADYBIRD - 1. a prostitute ...16C sl.
- 2. a sweetheart - often used as a term of endearment ...1592 (Shakespeare)
- 3. a lewd or wanton woman ...17C sl.
- 4. a nice, ladylike, kept mistress ...17C sl.
• LADYBOY - a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts - a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite ...1992 UK sl.
• LADY-CHASER - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LADY-DOG - a rude and shrewish woman - a bitchy woman ...M19 euphemism
• LADY ERRANT - † a humorous feminine analogue of 'knight errant' ...a1643
• LADY ESTHER - a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADY ESTHERBILT - a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADYFINGER - 1. a weak or effeminate fellow - a cowardly man ...1942 US sl.
- 2. an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• LADY FROM THE GROUND UP - a woman who is drunk and disorderly ...L19 US sl.
• LADY GREEN - a prison chaplain ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• LADY HALEY - a well-behaved, obliging little girl ...1904 Amer. dial.
• LADY HOT-BOT - a highly sexed or over-sexed girl ...1920 sl.
• LADY IN THE STRAW - a woman in childbed ...1867 Eng. dial.
• LADY IN WAITING - 1. a pregnant woman ...20C Brit. & US colloq.
- 2. a man who loiters in or near public toilets in the hope of sexual encounters ...1981 US homosexual sl.
• LADY JANE - a common-law wife or girlfriend ...1987 Can. sl.
• LADY KILLER - a man who is credited with a dangerous power of fascination over women ...1811 sl.
• LADYKIN - a little lady -; sometimes used as a term of endearment ...1853
• LADYKIND - a woman ...1829
• LADYLING - * a little lady ...1855
• LADY-LOVE - a lady who is loved - a sweetheart ...1733
• LADY-LOVER - a lesbian - usually used contemptuously ...1921 US sl.
• LADY-MONGER - a term of contempt for a lady's man ...1597
• LADY MUCK - a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman ...1957 sl.
• LADY OF EASY VIRTUE - a woman whose chastity is easily assailable - a sexually loose woman - a prostitute ...1785
• LADY OF EXPANSIVE SENSIBILITY - a prostitute ...E19 Brit. sl.
• LADY OF HONOUR - † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1631
• LADY OF LEISURE - a prostitute ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LADY OF PLEASURE - a prostitute - a mistress or female lover ...1637 euphemism
• LADY OF PRESENCE - † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1530
• LADY OF THE BROOM - a housemaid ...1793
• LADY OF THE EVENING - a prostitute ...1925 euphemism
• LADY OF THE FRYING-PAN - a cook ...1809 jocular
• LADY OF THE LAKE - † a kept mistress ...1625
• LADY OF THE NIGHT - a prostitute ...1925 euphemism
• LADY PENGUINS - nuns in general ...20C Aust. sl.
• LADY-SITTER - a lady who allows herself to be appraised and painted ...1887 Brit. painters' sl.
• LADY SNOW - a respected upper-class White woman ...1950s US Black sl.
• LADY'S WOMAN - a lady's maid ...1748
• LADY-WIT - † an effeminate pretender to culture ...1647
• LADY-WORSHIPPER - one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1579
• LAET - the Old English designation for a person of status intermediate between that of a freeman and a slave ...a1000 Hist.
• LAFFMEISTER - a comedian ...2002 UK sl.
• LAG - 1. * the last or hindmost person, as in a race, game, etc. ...1514
- 2. a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude - a prisoner ...1812 cant
- 3. a convict who has been imprisoned for many years ...1812 UK sl.
- 4. a convict who has finished his sentence or has been released on parole ...E19 sl.
- 5. any convict ...M19 sl.
- 6. a laggard - a loiterer - one who lingers or falls behind ...1866 Sc.
- 7. a 'fag' (in English public schools: a junior who performs certain duties for a senior) ...1881 Brit. sl.
- 8. in marbles: a player who comes in last at a game of marbles ...1899 Amer. dial.
- 9. a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• LAGABAG - 1. a loiterer - the hindmost or last ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 2. a lazy, idle person - one disposed to lie in bed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAG-ALONG - a tagalong - one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAG-ARAG - a lazy, idle person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-BEHIND - a tagalong - one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAGE - a convict ...2002 UK sl.
• LAGER LOUT - a youth (usually one of a group) who typically drinks large amounts of lager or beer, and behaves in an offensive boorish way - a hooligan fuelled by alcohol, esp. lager ...1988 Brit. sl.
• LAGGARD - one who lags behind - a lingerer - a loiterer ...1808
• LAGGER - 1. a sailor ...1812 sl.
- 2. a convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude ...1819 cant
- 3. an informer to the police ...c1870 cant
- 4. an ex-convict ...1930s sl.
- 5. a layabout, a 'corner boy' ...1990s sl.
• LAGGINBACK - a lazy, idle, slow-moving person ...1859 Eng. dial.
• LAGGING BOAT - a drunkard - an alcoholic ...2000s sl.
• LAGGY - a loiterer - a lingerer - the last to arrive ...Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
• LAGHERY-MAN - a dwarfish, bewitched person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST - a slow, dilatory person - a loiterer - one who is habitually late or behindhand ...1830
• LAG LEG - a lazy person ...1959 Amer. dial.
• LAG-LOST - a layabout - a ne'er-do-well - a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• LAG-MAN - † the last man - the one who brings up the rear ...1599
• LAG-TAIL - a slow, dilatory person - a loiterer - one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAH-DI-DAH - a fop - a 'swell' ...1883 colloq.
• LAHNEE - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl
• LAIDRON - † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person - a loafer - a slattern - a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LAIG - a person given to gossip ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIGHIE-BRAID - a person having a short, thick body ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIMETER - one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAIN - a person easily imposed upon or cheated - a victim - also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LAIRD - 1. a lord - a landed proprietor - a land owner - a yeoman ...c1450
- 2. an owner of property, esp. a house-owner ...1816 Sc.
- 3. a jocular term of address ...1912 Sc.
• LAIRDESS - a laird's wife ...1863 Sc.
• LAIRDIE - a petty laird ...1700s Sc.
• LAIRD IN THE ABBEY - † a jocular name for a bankrupt - a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880 ...1733 Sc.
• LAIRDLIN - a petty laird ...1867 Sc.
• LAIR-FATHER - a schoolmaster - an instructor - one whose conduct has influenced others ...1684 Eng. dial.
• LAIR-HOLDER - the owner of a grave ...1864 Sc.
• LAIR-MASTER - an instructor ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIR-NEIGHBOUR - one who is buried in an adjacent grave ...1824 Sc.
• LAITCH - a lazy or indolent person ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAKE-LADS - companions, playmates ...1896 Eng. dial.
• LAKE-LASSES - female companions or playmates ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LAKEN - a wife ...M19 sl.
• LAKER - 1. † a visitor to the English lakes ...1798
- 2. a player - an actor ...1808 Eng. dial.
- 3. a holiday tourist ...1825 Eng. dial.
• LAKER LADY - a prostitute ...18C sl.
• LAKES - a mad person ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'barmy' (Lakes of Killarney)
• LAKES OF KILLARNEY - a mad person ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'barmy'
• LAKIN - a wife ...M19 sl.
• LA-LA - a swell - a stylish person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOLOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALAPAZAZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALAPOOZER - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALDRUM - 1. a noisy, talkative girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 2. a simpleton - a complete fool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALL - a lazy, inactive person - a lounger - a dawdling child hanging about its mother ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person - a stylish person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSER - someone who is pleasing, splendid, stylish, or fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOTZA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALLAPALUZA - someone or something outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALLOP - a lazy, lounging person - an idler - an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPS - a lazy, lounging person - an idler - an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LALL-TIT - a spoiled child ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAG - a wastrel - a wasteful or good-for-nothing person - an irresponsible person ...1940s sl.
• LALLYGAGGER - a very slow person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LALLYPALOOZER someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LALTHRUM - a noisy, talkative girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMASTER - a fugitive - an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMB - 1. one who is meek, gentle, innocent, or weak as a lamb ...c1000
- 2. a young member of a flock, esp. of the church ...c1000
- 3. a term of endearment ...a1553
- 4. a simpleton - an oaf - one who is cheated - esp. one who speculates and loses his money ...1668
- 5. a gullible investor ...1886 stock market usage
- 6. † an expert skater ...1898 Sc. school sl.
- 7. a ruffian armed with a bludgeon, formerly hired at election time ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 8. a vagrant committed to prison for three days only ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
- 9. a catamite, esp. a much abused and passive one ...1922 US sl., esp. prison usage
• LAMBACKER - † one who beats or drubs ...1592
• LAMB CHOP - 1. a term of affection, usually of a woman ...1970s sl.
- 2. an attractive girl ...1985 US sl.
• LAMBE - a toady ...1960s US sl.
• LAMBER-DOWN - a shanty-keeper or landlord who persuades men to spend all their money on drink ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LAMBICHE - a toady ...1960s US sl.
• LAMBIE - a term of endearment for a lamb, and hence for a child or young person ...1718 Sc.
• LAMBKIN - a young tender person - chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1597
• LAM BLACK - a very dark-skinned Black person ...1930s US Black sl.
• LAMB LICKER - (derogatory) a sheep-herder ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LAMB-PIE - † a young woman ...a1625
• LAMB-SKIN-MEN - † the judges of the several courts ...a1700
• LAMB'S TAIL - a tagalong - one who always follows along behind others ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAME - 1. a person who is 'lame' - a fool - an idiot - an unsophisticated person - one who does not fit in with a particular social group ...1958 US sl., chiefly Black usage
- 2. a noncriminal - a 'square' - hence, one who may be taken advantage of - a victim ...1968 US sl.
- 3. among addicts: a non-drug user ...1968 US drugs sl.
• LAMEBRAIN - a dolt - a blockhead - a stupid person ...1919 US sl.
• LAME DUCK - 1. a person bankrupted by stockjobbing or financial speculation ...1761, orig. stock market usage
- 2. a lame or incapacitated person, or one who is old, weak, or ineffective - an invalid - hence, someone of no use or value - an inefficient person ...1814 sl.
- 3. one not able to pay his way or meet debts - one who is dead broke ...1875 US sl.
- 4. in politics, an elected official or legislative body whose term of office is nearing an end, esp. a legislator still in office after losing an election or a US president not running for re-election ...1910 US sl.
• LAMEHEAD - a dolt - a blockhead - a stupid person ...1978 US sl.
• LAME-O - a fool - an idiot - an unsophisticated person ...1977 US college sl.
• LAMER - 1. a person who is 'lame' - a fool - an idiot - an unsophisticated person ...1961 US sl.
- 2. an uninformed internet user who passes himself off as an expert ...1997 sl.
• LAMES - a term of contempt or disparagement - a term of address ...1950s US Black sl.
• LAME STAIN - a completely inept, despised person ...1997 US sl.
• LAMESTER - 1. a lame person - a cripple ...1639
- 2. one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
- 3. a foolish or contemptible person ...1978 US sl.
• LAMETER - 1. a lame person - a cripple ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 2. one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMIA - a witch - a she-demon ...1382
• LAMIGER - a lame person - a cripple ...1829 Eng. dial.
• LAMISTER - a fugitive from justice - an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMITER - a lame person - a cripple ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMITOR - one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMMIE - 1. a term of endearment ...1810 Sc.
- 2. a fugitive - an absconder ...1933 US sl.
• LAMMIGER - a lame person - a cripple ...1847 Eng. dial.
• LAMMIKEN - a term of endearment ...1874 Sc.
• LAMMISTER - a fugitive - an absconder ...1911 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMMIT - a term of endearment - my lamb! ...1892 Sc.
• LAMMOCK - a rogue - a rascal ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMMY - 1. a term of endearment ...1810 Sc.
- 2. a kid ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMO - a person lacking fashion sense and social skills ...1993 US sl.
• LAMPBLACK - a very dark-skinned Black person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LAMPER - 1. one who walks with long, prancing steps, or smartly and deliberately - a tall woman ...1825 Sc.
- 2. a confidence trickster ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LAMPERS - those who call each day and keep in perfect order the lamps of the household ...1886 US colloq.
• LAMP-POST - a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LAMPS - a nickname for a sailor responsible for looking after the lamps on board ship ...1866 naval sl.
• LAMPSIE - a nickname for a slightly lame person ...1928 Sc.
• LAMSTER - a fugitive - an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LANC - a Lancashire man ...c1870 Brit. navvies' sl.
• LANCASTRIAN - a native of Lancashire, England ...1888
• LANCE-COMICAL - a lance-corporal ...c1946 Brit. army sl.
• LANCE-CORPORAL TOWROPE - a driver mechanic ...c1939 Brit. army sl.
• LANCE-JACK - a lance-corporal or lance-bombardier ...1912 Brit. sl.
• LANCE-KNIGHT - a highwayman ...c1590 cant
• LANCE-MAN - † a highwayman ...1592
• LANCEMAN-PRIGGER - a highwayman ...c1590 cant
• LAND BIRD - a landlubber - a person having no experience at sea ...1827 US nautical sl.
• LAND-COUPER - one who buys and sells land ...1830 Sc.
• LAND CRAB - a landlubber - a person having no experience at sea ...1861 US nautical sl.
• LAND-DOCTOR - a professional valuer of land ...1808 Eng. dial.
• LANDFOLK - † the people of a land or country - country people - rural population ...c1000 exc. Sc.
• LAND-FRIGATE - † a harlot - a strumpet ...1611
• LAND-JUNKER - a country squire ...1840
• LANDLADY - 1. †* a mistress ...1600
- 2. the proprietress of a brothel - a madam ...1939 US sl.
• LAND-LEAPER - † a criminal vagabond, subsisting on pilfering and often disguised with fake sores and similar blandishments - one who runs up and down the land - a vagabond - fig. a renegade - an adventurer...1377
• LANDLOOKER - 1. a land agent or speculator ...1840 Amer. dial.
- 2. in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LAND-LOPER - 1. a criminal vagabond, subsisting on pilfering and often disguised with fake sores and similar blandishments - one who runs up and down the land - a vagabond - fig. a renegade - an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Scot
- 2. a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
- 3. † a land-lubber - a freshwater seaman - a landsman ...1694
• LANDLORD - the head of a family where one is a guest - one's host ...1824 Sc.
• LAND-LOUPER - one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law - a vagrant - a vagabond - fig. a renegade - an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• LAND-LUBBER - 1. a wandering tramp - a vagrant ...E17 sl.
- 2. a sailor's term of contempt for a landsman ...a1700
• LANDMAN - 1. † a man of a specified or indicated country ...a1000
- 2. a countryman - a peasant ...a1300
- 3. † one who lives or has his business on land, as opposed to a 'seaman' ...1480 now rare or obs.
- 4. † a man having landed property ...1562
• LAND MARINE - a policeman ...1853 US nautical sl.
• LANDMASTER - a proprietor of land, a landowner ...1795 Sc.
• LAND-METER - † a land-measurer or surveyor ...1582
• LAND-METSTER - a land-measurer, a surveyor ...1714 Sc.
• LAND-METTER - a land-measurer - a surveyor ...1726 Sc.
• LAND NAVY - beggars who pose as impoverished seamen ...M19 sl.
• LANDOCRAT - a member of the landocracy. the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property ...1893 jocular
• LANDOWNER - a dead person - someone who 'owns' and occupies a grave ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• LAND-PIRATE - 1. one who robs on land - a highwayman ...1609
- 2. † a literary pirate ...c1670
- 3. a thieving prostitute ...E19 sl.
• LANDPROP - a landlady or landlord ...1936 US Black sl.
• LAND-RAKER - a vagrant - a tramp ...L16 sl.
• LAND-RAT - † a term of abuse for a person ...1632
• LANDSCAPE-WORKER - † one who paints landscapes ...1598
• LAND-SHARK - 1. a ruffian - a thug ...17C sl.
- 2. a person, esp. a lawyer, who preys avariciously upon seamen ashore ...1769 nautical usage
- 3. a custom house officer ...19C sl.
- 4. a policeman ...19C sl.
- 5. a moneylender; a usurer ...M19 sl.
- 6. * a land-grabber ...1857
• LANDSMAN - 1. † a native of a particular country ...c1000
- 2. * one's fellow-countryman ...1598
- 3. one who lives or has his business on land, as opposed to a 'seaman' ...1666-7
• LANDWARD - a country dweller - a rustic ...1821 Sc.
• LAND-WASTER - a prodigal - a spendthrift ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-YOUNKER - a country squire ...1840
• LANE - a person easily imposed upon or cheated - a victim - also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LANGLE - a long, lanky person ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LANGUAGER - 1. †* a verbose person ...1483
- 2. †* one versed in languages ...c1570
• LANGUISTER - an interpreter ...1713 Amer. dial.
• LANI - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANIE - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANK - 1. a Lancashire man ...c1870 Brit. navvies' sl.
- 2. a lanky or lean person ...1881
• LANKY-LOO - a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LANTERN AND CANDLE MAN - † a bellman ...1592
• LAP-EAR - a person of a religious character ...1851 US college sl.
• LAP-FULL - 1. a lover or a husband ...19C Brit. sl.
- 2. an unborn child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAPICIDARY - † one who is engaged in stone-cutting ...1592
• LAPICIDE - one who cuts stones or inscriptions on stone ...1656
• LAPIDARIST - †* one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones ...1607
• LAPIDARY - 1. an artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones ...1382
- 2. † one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones - a connoisseur of lapidary work ...c1440
• LAPIDATOR - one who stones ...a1800
• LAPIDIST - 1`. †* an artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones ...1647
- 2. †* one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones - a connoisseur of lapidary work ...1647
• LAPLAND - women in general - women considered sexually ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAPLING - † one who loves to lie on a (lady's) lap ...1627-77
• LAP ORGAN - a baby ...1939 Amer. dial. jocular
• LAPPER - 1. a heavy drinker - a drunkard ...M19 Brit. colloq.
- 2. a sodomite ...1934 US sl.
• LAPPIAN - † a Lapp or Laplander ...1599
• LAPPONIAN - a Lapp ...1607
• LARBAR - † a lean, withered, or worn out person ...1486 chiefly Sc.
• LARCENER - one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LARCENIST - a larcener ...1803
• LARCIN - † one who commits larceny ...1596
• LARD-ASS - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LARD BALL - a very fat person ...E20 US colloq.
• LARD BELLY - a grossly fat person - used derisively ...1930 US sl.
• LARD BLOSSOM - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person - used derisively ...1976 US sl.
• LARD BUCKET - a person who is very fat - chiefly used of men ...1958 Amer. sl.
• LARD-BUTT - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1968 Amer. sl.
• LARD-CAN - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1928 Amer. sl.
• LARDHEAD - a stupid person - an idiot ...1936 Amer. sl.
• LARDO - (derogatory) a fat person ...1987 US sl.
• LARD STAND - a fat person - used derisively ...1867 US sl.
• LARDY-DAH - a fop - a 'swell' ...1883 colloq.
• LARE - a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1923 Aust. sl.
• LAREW - † a teacher ...c900
• LARGE-HEAD - a drunkard ...L19 US sl.
• LARIKIN - a rascal - a villain - a Bohemian - one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LARK - a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• LARKER - a person given to fun or mischief' - a frolicking rascal ...c1825 sl.
• LARKIE - a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1833 Amer. dial.
• LARKIN - a girl ...18C sl.
• LARKY - 1. a fellow - a person ...1833 Amer. sl.
- 2. a young and mischievous person ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LARKY-BOY - a mischief-maker ...20C Irish sl.
• LARNEY - 1. a boss - an employer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
- 2. a White person - a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LARON(E) - † a robber ...a1300
• LARRIKIN - a street rowdy, usually juvenile - a rough - a wild fellow - a mischievous or frolicsome youngster - a hoodlum or hooligan ...1870 chiefly Aust.
• LARRIKINA - a female larrikin ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LARRIKINESS - female larrikin ...1871 chiefly Aust.
• LARRO - a homosexual male ...M20 US back-slang for 'oral'
• LARRONE - † a robber ...a1300
• LARRY - 1. a rascal - a villain - a Bohemian - one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
- 2. a fool ...20C Irish sl.
- 3. an effeminate or homosexual man ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• LARY - 1. † a servant - a drudge - an odd-job man ...1825 Sc.
- 2. a rough, a wild fellow ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LASCAR - an East Indian sailor ...1625
• LASCAREE - † an East Indian sailor ...1712
• LASCARINE - † an East Indian soldier - also, one of the native police ...1598 Indian
• LASS - 1. a lady-love - a sweetheart ...1596
- 2. a maidservant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LASSIE - 1. a little lass - a girl ...1725 chiefly Sc.
- 2. a boy or girl with gay parents ...1990s US homosexual sl.
• LASSIE-BOY - a tomboy ...1896 Sc.
• LASSOCK - a little girl ...1816 Sc.
• LASSONER - a larcener - one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LASSY - a lass - a girl ...1725 chiefly Sc.
• LAST-CARD LOUIE - in stud poker: a player who stays in a hand until his last card, improbably hoping for the one card that can produce a winning hand ...1951 US sl.
• LAST OF THE BIG SPENDERS - used ironically of a mean person ...1975 Aust. sl.
• LAST OF THE BIG-TIME SPENDERS - used ironically of a mean person ...1975 Aust. sl.
• LAST PEA IN THE DISH, THE - the youngest child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, THE - someone whose vitality is spent ...1872 Amer. dial.
• LAST RUN OF SHAD, THE - someone who is weakened by time or ill health - someone who is weak, inferior, or undesirable ...1876 Amer. dial.
• LAST RUN OF SMELT, THE - someone who is weakened by time or ill health - someone who is weak, inferior, or undesirable ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LATCH-DRAWER - † one who draws or lifts the latch to enter for an unlawful purpose ...1393
• LATCHICO - a ruffian ...2003 Ireland
• LATENT HOMOSEXUAL - a male who does not know or will not recognize that he is a homosexual
• LATEST ENTHUSIASM - the sweetheart of the moment ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• LATHER - † one who invites or summons ...a1175
• LATHERIN - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1789 Sc.
• LATIMER - † an interpreter ...c1205
• LATIN - † one who spoke or wrote the Latin language - a Latin writer or author ...1398
• LATINER - a Latin scholar - one who speaks Latin ... 1691
• LATINIST - one who is versed in the Latin language - a Latin scholar - occasionally, a writer of Latin ...1538
• LATINITASTER - * a petty Latinist ...1836
• LATIN-MAKER - † a writer of Latin - a Latinist ...a1400
• LATITANT - one who is in hiding ...1887
• LATITAT - a lawyer ...1565
• LATITUDE-MAN - † one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters ...1662
• LATITUDINARIAN - one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters ...1662
• LATOR - † the bearer of a letter ...1529 Sc.
• LATRATOR - † one who barks, rails, or scoffs ...1623
• LATRINE LIPS - someone (usually a citizens band radio operator) who habitually uses obscene language ...M20 US sl.
• LATRON - † a robber - a brigand - a plunderer ...1613
• LATTEW - † a leader ...c825
• LAUDABLES - persons of titles - dignities ...1815
• LAUDATOR - one who praises - a eulogist ...1825
• LAUDY-DAW - a snob ...L19 sl.
• LAUGH - * a laughingstock ...1817
• LAUGH, A - someone who is very funny or amusing - often used ironically ...1930 sl.
• LAUGHEE - the person laughed at ...1829 nonce word
• LAUGHER - someone who is very funny or amusing ...1973 US sl.
• LAUGHING BOY - a morose or unpleasant fellow - a gloomy-looking person - used ironically ...1940 sl.
• LAUGHING-GAME - † a laughingstock ...1564
• LAUGHING GIRL - a morose or unpleasant female - used ironically as the title of a gloomy-looking person ...1940 US sl.
• LAUGHING-POST - † a laughingstock ...1810
• LAUGHING-STAKE - † a laughingstock ...a1625
• LAUNDER - † a person of either sex who washes linen ...a1350
• LAUNDRESS - a prostitute ...17C euphemism
• LAUNDRY - women ...1970s US sl.
• LAUNDRYMAN - a Chinese man - broadly, an Asian man - used contemptuously ...1884 US sl.
• LAUNDRY QUEEN - a Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• LAVATRIX - †* a woman who washes ...1623
• LAVENDER - † a washerwoman - a laundress - formerly, also (rarely) a man who washes clothes ...a1310
• LAVENDER BOY - a homosexual male ...E20 US sl.
• LAVENDRY - † a laundress ...a1483
• LAVERICK - a fool - a dolt - an idiot - a dull, stupid person - a greenhorn - a naive person - a stranger - often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LAW - 1. a police officer - a sheriff, or other representative of the law - occasionally, a private detective ...1910s sl.
2. a prison warder ...1940s US prison sl.
• LAW, THE - 1. the police ...18C sl., orig. US
- 2. a warder ...1920s US prison sl.
• LAWBOOKS - a lawyer ...1940s sl.
• LAW-DAUGHTER - † a daughter-in-law ...1583
• LAW DOG - a police officer - a sheriff or deputy sheriff ...L19 US sl.
• LAW-DRIVER - † one who drives or works at the law - a lawyer ...1625
• LAW-FATHER - † a father-in-law ...1583
• LAWFUL BLANKET - a wife ...19C sl.
• LAWFUL JAM - a wife ...L19 Brit. sl.
• LAWFULLY LADY - one's legal wife ...M19 US Black sl.
• LAW HOUND - a police officer ...L19 US sl.
• LAW-KEEPER - a guardian of the law - an observer of the law ...1894
• LAWMAN - † a man of law - a lawyer ...1535
• LAWN-MAN - † a bishop - used derisively ...1795
• LAWN-SLEEVES - a bishop ...c1640
• LAWRENCE - a nickname for a lazy person - a loafer ...1824 Amer. dial.
• LAW-SETTER - † a lawgiver ...1572
• LAW'S FATHER - † a father-in-law ...1593
• LAW-WRITER - † a legislator ...1580
• LAWYERESS - the wife of a lawyer; a female lawyer ...1835
• LAWYERLING - a term of contempt for a lawyer - also, a young lawyer - a law student ...1862
• LAY - 1. a catamite ...E20 US sl.
- 2. a person considered solely as a sexual partner ...1932 sl., orig. US
- 3. a prostitute ...20C US colloq.
• LAYABOUT - a lazy person - a shirker ...1932 sl.
• LAYDRON - a vague term of reproach - a rogue - a blackguard ...1706 Sc.
• LAYER - † one who lays stones - a mason ...1382
• LAYMAN - a man who is not a cleric; one of the laity ...1432-50
• LAZAR - a poor and diseased person, usually one afflicted with a loathsome disease, esp. a leper ...1340 arch.
• LAZARUS - * a leper - a beggar ...1508
• LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT - a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• LAZY-BACK - † a sluggard ...1611
• LAZY-BONES - a lazy person - a shirker ...1592
• LAZY-BOOTS - a lazy person ...1831
• LAZY-GUT - † a glutton ...1631
• LAZY LAURENCE - a term of reproach for an idle person - a loafer ...1880
• LAZY LAWRENCE - a nickname for a lazy person - a loafer ...1869 Amer. dial.
• LAZY-LEGS - a lazy person ...1838
• LEACHER - a lewd man - a habitual fornicator - a lecher ...12C
• LEADER - 1. † the driver of a vehicle ...a1300
- 2. †* a plumber ...c1440
- 3. † one who has the charge of animals ...1495
- 4. a carter ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LEADERESS - a female leader ...1599
• LEAD-FOOT - 1. a motor vehicle driver who habitually rives fast ...1938 Amer. sl.
- 2. a bungling, clumsy person ...1955 Amer. sl.
• LEADHEAD - a blockhead - an idiot ...1952 Amer. sl.
• LEAD NIGGER - an important, often self-important person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• LEAD-PIPE CINCH - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEADSMAN - † a guide ...c1510
• LEAD-SWINGER - a malingerer or shirker ...1918 Brit. sl.
• LEAF PEEPER - in New England: a tourist who comes to view autumn foliage ...c1965 Amer. dial.
• LEAF-TURNER - † a reader of a book ...1672 jocular
• LEAGUEIST - * a member of a league ...1762
• LEAGUER-LADY - † a woman attached to a camp ...1702
• LEAGUER-LASS - a woman attached to a camp ...1822 Sc.
• LEAGUER-LAUNDRESS - † a woman attached to a camp ...1629
• LEAN-AWAY - one who is tipsy - a drunkard ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LEANER - 1. a freeloader ...1960s Amer. sl.
- 2. in sports: a hanger-on who gives unwanted advice or makes obnoxious comments ...1981 US sl.
• LEAP-CHRISTIAN - "Leap-Christians are not so much to be liked, that all on the sudden, of notorious profane become extremely precise and scrupulous" ...1647
• LEAPER - 1. † a runner - a dancer ...a1000
- 2. † an irregular soldier ...1604
- 3. a person who threatens to or actually does jump to their death ...1954 US sl.
- 4. a cocaine user after sustained cocaine use ...1973 US drugs sl.
• LEAPERESS - †* a female dancer ...1382
• LEAR-FATHER - 1. † a master in learning ...1533
- 2. a person whose conduct has influenced others ...1855 Eng. dial.
• LEARNER - 1. † a scholar - a man of learning ...c900
- 2. † a teacher ...1382
• LEARNING-SHOVER - a schoolteacher ...1869 Cockneys' sl.
• LEASE LOUSE - a dealer in oil field leases ...1953 US sl.
• LEASE-MONGER - † one who traffics in leases ...1549
• LEASE-PIECE - a prostitute ...M19 US nonce word
• LEASER - †* a liar ...c950
• LEASING-MAKER - a liar ...1388
• LEASING-MONGER - † a liar ...c1380
• LEATHER - a homosexual male, esp. one who is cruel and sexually sadistic ...M20 US sl.
• LEATHER-ASS - a tough, stubborn or aggressive person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• LEATHER BUMPER - a cavalryman ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LEATHER-DRESSER - a lecher - a man who copulates frequently ...19C Brit. sl.
• LEATHER-EARS - a stupid person - a fool - one slow of comprehension ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-HEAD - 1. a fool - a blockhead - a dolt - an oaf - a stupid person - a person slow of comprehension ...a1700
- 2. a policeman - a watchman ...L19 US sl.
- 3. a swindler ...B1900 Can. sl.
• LEATHER-LUNG - a person who shouts ...1975 Amer. jocular
• LEATHERNECK - 1. a soldier ...1890 naval sl.
- 2. an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station ...1898 Aust. sl.
- 3. a sailor's name for a soldier, from the leather stock he used to wear ...1890 Brit. nautical sl.
- 4. a marine ...1914 US sl.
- 5. a stupid person - a fool - a blockhead - an uncouth person ...1919 Amer. dial.
- 6. a real roughened cowboy of many trail accomplishments ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECTARINES - the women's reserve of the Marine Corps ...World War II Amer. sl.
• LEATHER-POUNDER - a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER PUSHER - an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• LEATHER QUEEN - an aggressive and possibly sadistic male homosexual who wears leather clothing ...M20 US homosexual usage
• LEATHERS - one who wears leather breeches or leggings ...1837 colloq.
• LEATHERSKIN - (usually offensive) an American Indian ...1834 Amer. sl.
• LEATHER-WORKER - a pickpocket or purse-snatcher ...1901 US sl.
• LECANOMANCER - † a diviner by water in a basin ...1670
• LECANOMANTIC - † one who practices lecanomancy (divination by the inspection of water in a basin) ...1623
• LECH - a lecher ...1943 colloq.
• LECHERE - * a physician ...c1374
• LECHERER - † a lecher ...c1380
• LECTOR - a reader - a 'reader' or lecturer in a college or university ...1563-7
• LECTORESS - † a female instructor ...1634
• LECTRESS - a female reader ...1867 nonce word
• LECTRICE - a woman engaged as an attendant or companion to read aloud ...1889
• LECTURESS - a female lecturer ...1825
• LED-CAPTAIN - a hanger-on - a dependant - a parasite ...1672
• LEDDY BODY - a ladylike person ...1930 Sc.
• LEDDY-LASS - a female child of social rank - one born to be a lady ...1879 Sc.
• LEDE - 1. † persons collectively - people ...971
- 2. † a man or person - esp. one of the 'men' or subjects of a king or chief - a subject ...a1300
• LEDGER - 1. † one who is permanently or constantly in a place - a resident ...1599
- 2. † a representative - a commissioner - an agent ...1603
• LEECH - 1. a physician - one who practices the healing art ...c900
- 2. one who 'sticks to' another for the purpose of getting gain out of him - a rapacious person ...1784
• LEECHER - * a physician ...c1374
• LEECHMAN - † a physician ...1591
• LEEFKYN - †* a loved one ...1540
• LEEK - † a Welshman ...c1700 cant
• LEESER - 1. † a destroyer ...c1380
- 2. † a loser ...1546
• LEFT - † a mean, worthless person ...1377
• LEFT-FOOT - a Protestant ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-FOOTER - (derogatory) a Roman Catholic ...1944 sl., orig. N. Ireland
• LEFT-FOREPART - a wife ...M19 Brit. tailors' sl.
• LEFT-HANDED BATSMAN - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LEFT-HANDED BRICKLAYER - a Freemason ...c1950 Brit. sl.
• LEFT-HANDED RELATION - an in-law rather than a blood relative ...1931 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-HANDED WIFE - a concubine - the equivalent of a common-law wife ...M17
• LEFT-HANDER - a Protestant ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-HAND SON - a male bastard ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LEFTIE - 1. a left-handed person, esp. a left-handed pitcher or other athlete ...1886 Amer. sl.
- 2. (usually derogatory) a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs - a radical ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LEFT-LEGGER - a Protestant ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LEFTOVER - a has-been ...1926 US sl.
• LEFT-WINGER - a Roman Catholic ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LEFTY - 1. a lieutenant ...1840 US military sl.
- 2. a left-handed person, esp. a left-handed pitcher or other athlete ...1886 Amer. sl.
- 3. a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs - a radical ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LEG - 1. a young woman - women considered sexually ...M20 US colloq.
- 2. a promiscuous woman - a prostitute ...1960s US sl.
- 3. an infantry soldier ...US Vietnam War Army usage
• LEGACY-HUNTER - one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy ...1693
• LEGACY-MONGER - one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy ...1647
• LEGAL BEAGLE - an attorney, esp. one who is notably skilful or zealous ...1949 Amer. jocular
• LEGAL EAGLE n- lawyer, esp. one who is notably skilful, aggressive, or zealous ...1939 US jocular
• LEGALIST - 1. one versed in the law - one who views things for a legal standpoint ...1829
- 2. an officer of the law - a bailiff ...1835 jocular
- 3. a stickler for legality ...1865
• LEGATARY - one to whom a bequest is left - a legatee ...1542
• LEGATE - an ambassador, delegate, or messenger ...1382
• LEGATEE - a person to whom a legacy has been bequeathed ...1679-88
• LEGATESS - a female legate ...1827 nonce word
• LEGATOR - one who gives something by will - a testator ...1651
• LEG-BITER - a small child or infant ...1980s US college sl.
• LEG CASE - a man who ran from combat ...US Civil War usage
• LEGE - a preeminent and awe-inspiring person ...1990s Amer. sl.
• LEGENDARIAN - † the writer of a legendary (collection of legends, esp. of lives of saints) ...1677
• LEGENDER - †* a writer of a legend ...1611
• LEGENDIST - a writer of legends ...1664
• LEGER - † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
• LEGERDEMAIN - †* a sleight-of-hand performer - a conjurer ...1695
• LEGERDEMAINIST - a performer of legerdemain - a conjurer ...a1800
• LEGGER - 1. a man who propels a canal barge through a tunnel by thrusting his legs against the walls ...1836
- 2. a person who sells illegal whisky ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LEGICIDE - * a destroyer of laws ...1689
• LEGIER - † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
• LEGIFER - † a legislator ...1602
• LEGISLATRESS - a female legislator ...1711
• LEGISLATRIX - a female legislator ...1677
• LEGIST - one versed in the law ...1484
• LEGISTER - 1. † one versed in the law ...1303
- 2. † in a nunnery: a woman charged with the duty of reading aloud ...a1400
• LEGISTERY - † one versed in the law ...1303
• LEGITIMATE - a settler who arrived in Australia as a transported convict ...1827 Aust. sl.
• LEG-LIFTER - a lecher - a male fornicator ...18C Brit. sl.
• LEG-MAN - 1. a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story ...1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
- 2. a man strongly attracted to women with beautiful legs - a man sexually stimulated by women's legs ...1940s US colloq.
- 3. any person who works actively and outside, rather than in, an office ...1950s Amer. sl.
• LEG-PULLER - a toady ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• LEGS ELEVEN - a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LEGSHAKE ARTIST - a pickpocket ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• LEG-SHAKER - a dancer ...L19 sl.
• LEGULEIAN - a pettifogger a contemptuous term of a lawyer ...1631
• LEGUME - a lazy person - one who lies around doing nothing ...1980s US college sl.
• LEG WORKER - a streetwalker ...1930 US sl.
• LEIGHSTER - †* a female liar ...c1325
• LEIGHTONWARD - † a gardener ...c1000
• LEINGISTER - an interpreter ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• LEMAN - 1. a person beloved by one of the opposite sex - a lover or sweetheart ...c1205 arch.
- 2. a husband or wife ...c1250 arch.
- 3. one who is loved unlawfully; an unlawful lover or mistress - in later use, chiefly applied to the female sex ...c1275 arch.
• LEMON - 1. anyone who is undesirable; esp. used of a woman ...M19 sl.
- 2. a person or sour disposition ...M19 sl.
- 3. a foolish person - a gullible person - a victim ...1908 sl.
- 4. (not necessarily derogatory) a light-skinned Black person - a mulatto ...1920s US Black sl.
- 5. an informer, esp. a criminal who turns State's evidence ...1931 US sl.
- 5. an unattractive person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
- 6. a fellow - a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer' (Lemon-Squeezer)
- 7. a lesbian ...1980s Aust. sl.
- 8. a policeman ...1980s rhyming sl. for 'cop' (Lemon Drop)
• LEMONADE WALLAH - a teetotaller ...L19 Brit. army sl.
• LEMON CURD - 1. (derogatory) a person ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd'
- 2. a woman ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'bird'
• LEMON DROP - a policeman ...1980s rhyming sl. for 'cop'
• LEMON-EATER - (derogatory) an English person ...1960s US sl.
• LEMON-PELTER - (derogatory) an English person ...1968 US sl.
• LEMON-SQUEEZER - a fellow - a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer'
• LEMON-SUCKER - 1. a prissy or effeminate man or boy - also, a sour-faced individual ...1922 Amer. sl.
- 2. (derogatory) an English person ...1960s US sl.
• LENEND - † a lender - a usurer ...a1000
• LENNO - a child ...1882 Sc.
• LENT - a greenhorn ...1920 Amer. dial.
• LENTEN-CHAPS - † a term of contempt for a person with lean visage ...1622
• LENTEN MAN - an observer of Lent ...1698 nonce word
• LEOTH-SCOP - † a poet ...c1205
• LEPER - an outcast ...1825
• LEPIDOPTERIST - one who studies butterflies and moths ...1826
• LEPORICIDE - a killer of hares ...1788 nonce word
• LEPRESS - † a female leper ...1541
• LEPROLOGIST - * a medical expert in leprous diseases ...1900
• LEPROUS - † a leper ...c1250
• LERER - 1. † a teacher ...a1300
- 2. †* a learner - a disciple ...c1440
• LERICOMPOOP - a buffoon - an oaf ...16C Brit. colloq.
• LES - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LESAR - † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESBIAN - a woman who is emotionally or sexually and emotionally devoted to members of her own sex - a female homosexual ...L19
• LESBIE - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1940 sl.
• LESBINE - a lesbian ...M20 US sl.
• LESBO - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1940 sl.
• LESBYTERIAN - a jocular nickname for a lesbian ...M20 US homosexual sl.
• LESER - † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESIE - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LESLIE - a lesbian ...E20 Aust. sl.
• LESO - (chiefly derogator) a lesbian ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LESSER HALF - 1. one's husband ...1965 Amer. sl.
- 2. one's wife ...1965 Amer. sl.
• LESSIE - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LESSON IN ANATOMY - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LESTRIGON - † an inhuman monster - a cannibal - a bloodthirsty person ...1591
• LESTRIGONIAN - an inhuman monster - a cannibal - a bloodthirsty person ...a1887
• LETCH - a lecher ...1943 sl.
• LETCHER - a lewd man - a habitual fornicator - a lecher ...12C
• LETCHING-PIECE - a sexually loose woman - a woman considered sexually ...20C Brit. sl.
• LET-GAME - † - a hinderer of pleasure - a spoilsport ...c1374
• LETHARGE - †* a lethargic person ...1615
• LETHARGY - † a lethargic or sleepy person ...1634
• LETHRON - † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person - loafer - slattern - a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LETTERATO - † a man of letters - a learned man ...1656
• LETTERBOX - a passive homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LETTER-FENCER - a postman ...L19 sl.
• LETTER FROM HOME - someone who triggers nostalgia ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LETTER-GO - one who 'lets go' - a spendthrift - a squanderer ...a1637
• LETTER-MONGER - † a forger of letters ... 1699 nonce word
• LEVANTER - one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets ...1781
• LEVEL-LANDER - a dweller on level land ...1864 nonce word
• LEVER - †* a believer ...c1340
• LEVERET - 1. † one who is petted, a pet ...1617
- 2. † a mistress ...1617
- 3. † a spiritless person ...1630
• LEVIATHAN - a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth - a rich and powerful person ...1607
• LEVIR - a brother-in-law, or one acting as such under the Jewish custom of 'levirate' (the custom among the Jews and some other nations, by which the brother or next of kin to a deceased man was bound under certain circumstances to marry the widow) ...1865
• LEVITANT - one who practices levitation ...1875
• LEVITE - † a somewhat contemptuous term of a clergyman ...1640
• LEWD FRERE - † a lay-brother ...c1380
• LEWDSBY - † a lewd or lecherous person ...1594
• LEWDSTER - * a lewd or obscene person ...1598
• LEWD WOMAN - a sexually loose woman - a prostitute ...20C US euphemism
• LEZ - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LEZO - (chiefly derogator) a lesbian ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LEZZ - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• LEZZO - (chiefly derogator) a lesbian ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LEZZY - (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1929 sl.
• L.H.B. - an attractive girl (Lost Heart Beat) ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LIBBER - an advocate of liberation ...1971 sl.
• LIBERTICIDE - a person who destroys liberty
• LIBERTINE - a dissolute person; a profligate
• LIBERTY HOG - a sailor or marine who is eager to go on shore leave ...1992 Amer. sl.
• LIBERTY HOUND - a sailor or marine who is eager to go on shore leave ...1939 Amer. sl.
• LICK - a toady - a sycophant ...1970s sl., orig. US
• LICK-ARSE - a toady - a sycophant ...1970s sl., orig. US
• LICK-BOX - 1. a sodomite ...E20 US sl.
- 2. a person who performs oral sex on women ...1949 US sl.
• LICKER - one who 'creeps' for favours - a toady ...1970s Brit. sl.
• LICK-ME-LUG - a toady - a sycophant ...1990s Irish sl.
• LICKPENNY - 1. † one who 'licks up' the pennies - a greedy, covetous person - a miser - a spendthrift - an extortioner ...a1400
- 2. a scamp - a rascal ...1899 Sc.
• LICKSKILLET - a contemptible or detestable person - a sycophant ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LICK-SPIGOT - 1. a prostitute who performs fellatio ...18C Brit. sl.
- 2. a drunkard who would lick the spigot of a cask to get to the alcohol ...19C Brit. colloq.
• LICKSPIT - a contemptible, fawning person - a servile flatterer or toady ...1620
• LICK-SPITTLE - a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady - a servile flatterer - a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• LICK-TRENCHER - a glutton - a parasite ...1787
• LICK-TWAT - one who performs cunnilingus, presumably a male ...M17
• LICK-WIMBLE - a heavy drinker - a drunkard who would lick the stopper in a cask to get at the alcohol ...19C Brit. colloq.
• LICORICE-STICKER - one who plays the clarinet ...1935 US jazz sl.
• LID - 1. a child ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'kid' (Saucepan Lid)
- 2. a Jewish person ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'Yid' (Saucepan Lid)
• LIE - a liar ...1894 Amer. dial.
• LIE-ABED - one who lies late in bed - a late riser - a sluggard ...1764
• LIE-ABOUT - a lazy person - a shirker ...1937 sl.
• LIE-BY - 1. † a concubine - a mistress ...a1656 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
- 2. a bedfellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
- 3. † a neutral - one who stands aside ...a1600 obs. exc. Sc.
• LIEGER - † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
• LIEUT - a lieutenant ...1759 US
• LIEUTY - a lieutenant ...1998 US
• LIFER - 1. a prisoner serving a life sentence, or earlier, someone sentence to transportation for life ...1830 sl.
- 2. a life peer ...1959 sl.
- 3. a person, esp. a senior noncommissioned officer whose career is in military service - often used derisively ...1962 Amer. military sl.
- 4. a person who intends to work at the same job until retirement - a careerist ...1970 Amer. sl.
- 5. a person who takes drugs for 15-20 or more years ...1970 Amer. sl.
- 6. a person who has been given a traffic ticket - used ironically ...1984 US sl.
• LIFER DOG - a person, esp. a senior noncommissioned officer whose career is in military service - often used derisively ...1989 Amer. military sl.
• LIFTER - a shoplifter ...1866 Amer. criminal sl.
• LIFT-SKIRTS - a prostitute ...19C Brit.
• LIGGER 1. a liar ...B1900 Eng. dial.
- 2. one who lies in bed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
- 3. someone who gatecrashes parties; a freeloader ...1977 Brit. sl.
• LIGHT - 1. a bright, clever person ...1900s US college sl.
- 2. in boxing, a lightweight ...1940 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-ALE BANDIT - one who scrounges drinks in a public house ...1970s UK criminals' sl.
• LIGHT ARTILLERY - a drug addict who uses a hypodermic needle ...1930 US drugs sl.
• LIGHT BOB - a soldier of a regiment of light infantry ...1778 US Army usage
• LIGHT-BROWN - a mulatto ...E20 US colloq.
• LIGHT BULB - a pregnant woman ...M20 US sl.
• LIGHT-COMEDY MERCHANT - a comedian pure and simple ...1887 Brit. theatrical sl.
• LIGHT-FRIGATE - a woman of loose morals - a wanton - a whore ...c1690 Brit. sl.
• LIGHTHEAD - a very silly or light-headed person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT HORSE - a courtesan - a harlot ...c1620 sl.
• LIGHT HORSEMAN - a thief operating as one of a gang on the Thames ...19C Brit. sl.
• LIGHTHOUSE - 1. a red-nose person, generally male ...c1810 Brit. sl.
- 2. a tramp acquainted with the police or with their methods ...1932 cant
• LIGHT HOUSEWIFE - a lewd woman - a prostitute ...L17 Brit. cant
• LIGHTNING - a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTNING JERKER - a telegrapher ...1891 US sl.
• LIGHTNING SHOVER - a telegrapher ...1871 US railroad sl.
• LIGHTNING SLINGER - a telegrapher ...1938 US railroad sl.
• LIGHT-OF-ONE'S-EYES - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-OF-ONE'S-LIFE - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT O' LOVE - 1. a wanton woman ...L16
- 2. a harmless term of endearment for a girlfriend - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTS - a fool - a soft-head - an oaf ...1682 Brit. colloq.
• LIGHT SKIRTS - a wanton woman ...L16 colloq.
• LIGHT WOMAN - a lewd woman ...L17 cant
• L.I.L. - one's unmarried partner for the time being - Live-In Lover ...20C Brit colloq.
• LILLEY AND SKINNER - a beginner ...1920s rhyming sl.
• LILLIAN - the police ...1970s homosexual sl.
• LILLY LAW - a policeman - the police - used derisively ...1949 US homosexual usage
• LILY - an innocent and naive youth - a young homosexual ...20C Brit. sl.
• LILY LAW - a policeman - the police - used derisively ...1949 US homosexual usage
• LIMBERHAM - 1. † one who has 'limber hams' - a supple-jointed person - fig. a servile flatterer - an obsequious person ...1689
- 2. † an irresolute or vacillating person ...a1704
• LIMBER JACK - a loose-jointed, flexible person - a contortionist ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM - a loose-jointed, flexible person - a contortionist ...c1930 Amer. dial.
• LIMB OF SATAN - a wicked or mischievous person, esp. a child ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LIMB-SKINNER - a cowboy who works in brush country ...1936 US West. sl.
• LIME - 1. anyone who is undesirable; esp. used of a woman ...M19 sl.
- 2. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 college sl.
• LIMEJUICER - 1. (mildly derogatory) a British sailor ...L19 jocular
- 2. a Britisher ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• LIMEY - 1. orig. a British immigrant, and hence, a British person ...1888 sl., orig. Aust., NZ & S. Afr.
- 2. (mildly derogatory) a British sailor ...20C colloq.
• LIMMER - 1. † a rogue - a rascal - a knave - a scoundrel ...1456 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
- 2. an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman - a mistress - a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
- 3. a sarcastic or contemptuous term for any female ...1720 Sc.
- 4. a malevolent or mischievous woman ...1752 Sc.
- 5. a wild, undisciplined girl - a bold, impudent girl or woman - a jade - a hussy ...1786 Sc.
- 6. a mischievous boy ...1880 Sc.
• LIMPING JESUS - a lame person ...19C sl.
• LIMPS, THE - the Liberals ...L19 Brit. political sl.
• LIMPTY - a crippled beggar ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• LIMP-WRIST - 1. an effeminate man, almost always homosexual ...1950 US sl.
- 2. a weakling - a social 'liberal' ...1990s sl., orig. US
• LIMP WRISTER - a male homosexual ...1950s sl., orig. US
• LIMPY - a crippled beggar ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• LIMPY-GO-FETCH - a disabled person ...1997 US sl.
• LINCOLN - a five-dollar prostitute ...1965 US sl.
• LINCOLNSHIRE YELLOW-BELLY - a native of Lincolnshire ...18C Brit.
• LINE - 1. an attractive female ...1941 Aust. sl.
- 2. a young girl or woman ...M20 Aust. sl.
- 3. collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment ...1987 US sl.
• LINE CROSSER - in the Korean war: a soldier who crossed the main line of resistance to find and retrieve prisoners of war ...1967 US sl.
• LINER - a freelance literary or journalistic hack ...M19 sl.
• LINE-SHOOTER - a boastful talker ...1942 Brit. sl.
• LINGISTER - an interpreter ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• LINGUIST - a cunnilinguist ...M20 sl.
• LINGUISTER - an interpreter ...1645
• LINKISTER - an interpreter ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LINKSTER - an interpreter ...1868 Amer. dial.
• LINTBRAIN - a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD - 1. (derogatory) a cotton-mill worker - hence, a low-class White person - a hillbilly - an insignificant person ...1933 Amer. dial.
- 2. a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• LIONESS - a harlot - a prostitute ...L16 sl.
• LIP - a lawyer, esp. a criminal lawyer ...1929 US sl.
• LIP-COMFORTER - one who comforts or consoles with mere words ...a1815
• LIP-LAP - a disparaging nickname given to Eurasians ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian
• LIPPER - a person who uses snuff ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIPPER-OFF - one who talks back - an argumentative person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIQUOR-HEAD - one who drinks steadily, or a great deal; a drunkard ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LIRIPOOP - † a silly person ...1621
• LISTMAN - a ready-money bookmaker ...L19 sl.
• LIT - a Lithuanian or person of Lithuanian descent ...1964 Amer. dial.
• LIT. ED. - a literary editor ...L19 sl.
• LITERARY TEACHER - a public school teacher ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITHERBACK - † a slothful person ...1577
• LITHERBY - †* a base or rascally person - a bad, wicked person ...1598
• LITTERBUG - someone who scatters litter antisocially ...1947 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• LITTER LOUT - someone who scatters litter antisocially ...1927 Brit. sl.
• LITTLE BAG - an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• LITTLE BIDDIE - an attractive little girl or small old woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• LITTLE BIDDY - an attractive little girl or small old woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• LITTLE BILL - a nickname for a short person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT, A - a sexually attractive person ...1898 sl.
• LITTLE BIT OF EYES RIGHT - a woman, usually attractive ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LITTLE BITS - a nickname or affectionate term for a sister ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BREECHES - a child ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BRITCHES - a child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BROTHER - a good and loyal friend ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BUCK - a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BULL - a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• LITTLE CACK - a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE CASINO - a small or inconsequential person - a hanger-on ...1904 US sl.
• LITTLE CHICKABIDDY - a loved one, esp. a child - a term of endearment to a child ...1848
• LITTLE CHICKEN - a wife ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE DEERS - young women who are involved in some way with the stage ...L19 sl.
• LITTLE DEVIL - a term of mildly reproving affection ...17C sl.
• LITTLE END OF NOTHING - an idle, worthless person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE EVA - a loud-mouthed White woman ...1950s US Black sl.
• LITTLE FISH - an unimportant person ...E19 US sl.
• LITTLE HORROR - a mischievous child ...1846 sl.
• LITTLE JESUS - a corporal ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LITTLE KACK - a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE MAMMA - a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE MAN - a young male child ...1468 jocular
• LITTLE MARMOSET - † a term of endearment or playful reproach to a woman or child ...1604
• LITTLE MONKEY - a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
• LITTLE-MOUNT - an old-fashioned child ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LITTLE OLD LADY IN TENNIS SHOES - used as a stereotype of an energetic, quirky old woman ...1984 US sl.
• LITTLE OUTLAW - a small, rough child who misbehaves and doesn't obey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE PERISHER - a mischievous child ...1935 sl.
• LITTLE SCUT - a little boy - a scamp - a rascal ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SCUTTER - a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SHAVER - a boy ...1854 sl.
• LITTLE SHORTY - a nickname for a short person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE SHOT - an insignificant person ...1930s US sl.
• LITTLE SILLY - a girl - a pretty girl ...1900s Aust. sl.
• LITTLE SIR ECHO - a person who always agrees with his superiors ...1989 Aust. sl.
• LITTLE SKEEZUCKS - a mischievous child - endearing in many cases ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SNAKESMAN - a small boy in a gang of burglars who is put through a narrow opening into a house, then lets the gang in ...L18 UK criminals’ sl.
• LITTLE-SON - † - a grandson ...1579 obs.
• LITTLE STRANGER - 1. an unborn foetus, esp. one that is illegitimate or of unknown paternity ...20C sl.
- 2. a newborn child ...20C sl.
• LITTLE TACKER - a child, esp. a boy ...1890 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TAD - a small boy ...1871 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TYKE - a mischievous child ...1894 sl.
• LITTLE WOMAN ROUND THE CORNER - one's dressmaker or sewing-woman ...20C middle-class colloq.
• LITTLE-WORTH - a bad or worthless person ...1825 Sc.
• LITTLEY - a child ...1965 Aust. sl.
• LITTLE YERKER - 1. a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
- 2. a term of address ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE YURKER - a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LITTLIES - the smaller or younger children ...c1965 colloq.
• LITTLING - 1. a little child ...c975 Eng. dial.
- 2. an endearment; a caress ...1963 Amer. dial.
• LIVE LUMBER - soldiers or passengers on board ship ...c1780 Brit. nautical sl.
• LIVE-ON - an attractive young woman ...L19 sl.
• LIVE ONE - 1. a notable, popular, or well-respected person ...L19 US sl.
- 2. a generous and enthusiastic patron of nightclubs, theatres, and places of entertainment, including brothels ...20C US sl.
- 3. the ideal victim for a proposed hoax, fraud, or other deceit ...20C sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
- 4. one who has the potential to be a success ...1910s US sl.
- 5. a generous rich client for a prostitute ...1940s homosexual sl.
- 6. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
- 7. an enthusiastic participant in a proposed scheme ...1950s sl.
- 8. an eccentric person, with implications of homosexuality ...1970s sl.
- 9. someone destined to cause trouble in any situation, usually challenging authority ...1970s sl.
• LIVER - an inhabitant - a resident ...1678 Amer. dial.
• LIVER-CHOPS - a person having very thick and dark lips - a Black person (derisive) ...1839 US sl.
• LIVER PAD - a person ...1882 US jocular
• LIZA - a liar ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIZA JANE - a liar ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIZARD - 1. a resident of Alabama ...1845 Amer. sl.
- 2. a despicable person ...1927 Amer. sl.
- 3. a law student at UNC ...1973 Amer. campus sl.
- 4. a young woman ...1989 Amer. rap music usage
• LIZZIE - 1. an effeminate young man ...1905 sl.
- 2. (chiefly derogatory) a lesbian ...1949 sl.
• LIZZIE BOY - an effeminate young man ...1905 sl.
• LOAD - a liar ...1933 Amer. dial.
• LOADIE - a heavy drinker - a habitual drug abuser ...1979 US college sl.
• LOAFER - 1. someone who spends their time idly ...1830
- 2. * a cadger ...20C
• LOAFERER - a loiterer - a lounger - one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOB - a clumsy fellow - an unwieldy, lumpish oaf ...E16
• LOBBUS - an oaf - a stupid person ...20C sl.
• LOBBY-GOW - 1. an errand-boy, messenger, or hanger-on ...1906 US sl.
- 2. an opium smoker and addict ...E20 US sl.
• LOBBYHOG - in logging: the caretaker of the bunkhouse - a roustabout who does everything from building fires to making beds ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LOBBY LIZARD - a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• LOBBY LOUSE - a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• LOBCOCK - † a country bumpkin - a clown - a lout - a boor - a dull, stupid, sluggish person - a clumsy, lubberly fellow -a blundering fool - a blockhead - a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOBLOLLY - a very fat person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LOBO - 1. a solitary person - a loner - an outcast ...1939 Amer. dial.
- 2. an ugly girl ...1947 Black college sl.
- 3. a thug, a hoodlum ...1949 US sl.
• LOBO WOLF - a solitary person - a loner - an outcast ...1907 Amer. dial.
• LOBS - an under-gamekeeper ...M19 sl.
• LOBSCOUSE - an awkward, hulking fellow ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LOBSTER - an uncomplimentary term applied to one who is awkward and unsociable ...Bk1913-17 Amer.
• LOCAL DICK - a local preacher ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LOCAL MINISTER - a part-time preacher, esp. a Methodist layman licensed to preach in a specified region ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCAL PREACHER - a part-time preacher, esp. a Methodist layman licensed to preach in a specified region ...1834 Amer. dial.
• LOCK PICKER - an abortionist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOCO - (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed - a crazy or insane person ...1852 Amer. dial.
• LOCO BLOSSOM - (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed - a crazy or insane person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LOCUS PREACHER - a local preacher ...1922 Amer. dial.
• LOG - a dullard ...1895 US sl.
• LOGEY - a heavy, fat person ...20C Irish sl.
• LOG-FLOGGER - a male masturbator ...2003 UK sl.
• LOGGERHEAD - 1. a fool - a dullard - a stupid, dull-witted, or mulish person ...L16 sl.
- 2. a Pennsylvanian ...1888 US sl.
• LOGGIN - a recruit ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LOGICIAN - a drunk who accused another of being drunk ...20C Brit. sl.
• LOGI-LOGI - a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOGODAEDALUS - † n. one who is cunning in, or clever with, words ...1611
• LOG OF EBONY - a stupid Black person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LOG OF WOOD - a dull, stupid person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LOGO-LOGO - a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOG-PUSHER - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LOG-ROLLER - 1. a politician who engages in the corrupt giving of mutual aid ...E19 sl.
- 2. a critic who makes favourable reviews, expecting the like in return ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
• LOINER - an inhabitant of Leeds, West Yorkshire ...1950 sl.
• LOITER-SACK - † a lazy, loitering fellow - an idler ...1594
• LOLAPALOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALO - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LOLLAPALOOSA - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LOLLEO - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LOLLIPOP - a sweetheart - also, a term of endearment ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOLLING-POST - a husband ...B1900 Eng. dial. sl.
• LOLLOPALOUSER - an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPER - a fat person - a pleasing or admirable person ...1918 Amer. dial.
• LOLL-POOP - 1. † literally, one who is sluggish in the stern - a lazy, idle fellow - a sluggish lounger ...1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
- 2. a pet - a spoiled child - a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLYGAG - a wastrel - a wasteful or good-for-nothing person - an irresponsible person ...1940s sl.
• LOLLYGAGGER - one who enjoys flirting ...20C sl.
• LOLLYPALOOZA - someone who is outstandingly good, stylish, or pleasing ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYPOP - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOLLYPOT - 1. a term of abuse - an idiot - a booby - a lazy lubber ...1746 Eng. dial.
- 2. a coaxing, wheedling child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLO - a crazy person - a dull, stupid person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOMEY - † a spoiled child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LOMMIX - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LONDENOYS - †* a native or inhabitant of London ...1387-8
• LONE HAND - a thief or criminal who works alone ...1926 US sl.
• LONE MAN - an unmarried or widowed man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONER - a person who avoids company and prefers to be alone ..1947 sl.
• LONE WOLF - an unmarried person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONE WOMAN - an unmarried or widowed woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-BEARD - an old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-BOW MAN - a liar ...c1678 Brit. sl.
• LONG-CROWN - a clever fellow ...1847 Brit. colloq.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER - a very thin person ...1910s sl.
• LONG EAR - 1. a clever person ...M19 sl.
- 2. a sober, religious student ...M19 US campus sl.
- 3. an eavesdropper ...1930s US sl.
• LONG-EYE - a promiscuous woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT - a thief - pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LONG-FINGERED LOUSE - an inmate who steals from other inmates ...1936 Amer. prison sl.
• LONG-HAIR - 1. (usually derogatory) an intellectual ...1920 sl., orig. US
- 2. an American Indian who observes traditional ways - a White person who has adopted Indian ways ...1937 Amer. dial.
- 3. an old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONGHEAD -1. (derogatory) a doctor who is not very capable or doesn't have a very good reputation ...1968 Amer. dial.
- 2. (derogatory) an obstinate, mule-headed person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LONG-HEEL - a Black person ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LONGHORN - 1. a Texan or other Southwesterner, esp. a shrewd, knowing, tough old-timer ...1896 Amer. dial.
- 2. an experienced cowboy ...1903 US West. sl.
• LONG-LAGGER - a convict serving a long sentence ...E19 sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER - a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONG-LUGS - 1. a term of contempt for a person ...a1748 Sc.
- 2. an eavesdropper ...B1900 Sc.
• LONGNECK - a White person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LONGNOSE - a busybody or meddler ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LONG RIDER - an outlaw ...1936 Amer. dial. West
• LONGSHANKS - a tall or long-legged person ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LONGSHORE LAWYER - † an unscrupulous lawyer ...1823 Brit. sl.
• LONGSHORE OWNER - a ship-owner that sent ill-found ships to sea ...c1850 Brit. nautical sl.
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY - a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• LONG-TONGUE - a chatterbox - talebearer, telltale, gossip, or blabber - a divulger of secrets - an unusually talkative woman - a scold ...1847
• LOO - a police or fire lieutenant ...1960s US sl.
• LOOB - a fool - a dullard ...M14 Eng. dial.
• LOOBY - a fool - a soft-head - a dull, clumsy person - an awkward, heavy person ...1682 sl.
• LOOCHA - a blackguard libertine - a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• LOOCHER - a low, lascivious blackguard ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
ׇ• LOOEY - a lieutenant ...1916 N. Amer. sl.
• LOOF-FAKER - a chimney sweep ...M19 sl.
• LOOGAN - 1. a foolish person ...1929 US sl.
- 2. a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ׇ• LOOGIN - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOIE - a lieutenant ...1916 N. Amer. sl.
• LOOKER - a sexually attractive woman ...1909 sl., orig. US
• LOOKERINO - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LOON - a crazy or eccentric person - a simpleton ...1885 sl.
• LOONEY - a mad or insane person ...1884 sl.
• LOONEY TUNE - a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOONY - 1. a fool - a soft-head ...1682 sl.
- 2. a madman ...1883 US sl.
• LOONY BIRD - a person who is at least eccentric, at most mentally unstable or irrational ...1964 US sl.
• LOONY-DOCTOR - a psychiatrist ...1925 sl.
• LOONY TUNE - a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOOP - a fool ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LOOPER - 1. a crazy, disturbed person ...1980s sl.
- 2. a caddie ...1980s sl.
• LOOPHOLE - a lawyer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOOSE-BODIED GOWN - a prostitute - a harlot ...E17 sl.
• LOOSE FISH - a prostitute ...E19 Brit. sl.
• LOOSE-KIRTLE - a woman of loose or bad character - a wanton woman - a prostitute (kirtle = woman's gown) ...1855 arch.
• LOOSE-LOVE LADY - a prostitute ...E20 US sl.
• LOOSE WOMAN - a sexually indiscreet female ...20C US colloq.
• LOOT - a lieutenant ...1759 US
• LOOTCHA - a blackguard libertine; a lewd loafer ...19C Anglo-Indian
• LOPER - a worthless, intrusive fellow ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LOP-LOLLARD - a lazy fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• LOPLOLLY - a lazy fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• LOPPUS - 1. an oaf - a stupid person ...20C sl.
- 2. a large, clumsy person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LORD CHESTERFIELD - a citified person ...1965 Amer. dal.
• LORD MUCK - a pompous, self-opinionated condescending man ...1937 sl.
• LORD OF THE HEAVIES - a heavyweight boxing champion ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• LOREL - † a worthless person - a dissolute person - a low, disreputable fellow - a rogue - a scoundrel ...1362
• LORESMAN - † a teacher or instructor ...1377
• LORETTE - a prostitute ...M19 euphemism
• LORG - a stupid person - an oaf ...E20 US sl.
• LOSEL - a worthless person - a scoundrel - a cheat ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LOSER - someone who has been to prison ...1912 US sl.
• LOST HEART BEAT - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LOST LADY - a prostitute ...20C US colloq.
• LOTEBY - † a companion of love - a lover - a paramour - a bedfellow - a concubine ...1303
• LOT LIZARD - a prostitute who works at truck stops ...1987 US trucking sl.
• LOTMAN - a pirate ...? L18 nautical sl.
• LOTTIES AND TOTTIES - harlots ...B1885, chiefly theatrical
• LOUDMOUTH - one who speaks loudly, excessively, and either boastfully or bullying or very indiscreetly ...c1944 colloq.
• LOUDSPEAKER - a braggart or loudmouth - an important person or one who regards himself as important ...1934 US sl.
• LOUIE - a lieutenant ...1916 N. Amer. sl.
• LOUIS - a harlot's bully ...1935 sl., orig US
• LOUNGE LIZARD - (derogatory) a man who frequents fashionable parties, bars, etc., in search of a wealthy patroness ...1918 sl.
• LOUSE n- unpleasant or despicable person, usually male - one who is thoroughly disliked ...1633 sl.
• LOUSE-BAG - a term of contempt for a disliked male ...20C Brit. sl.
• LOVE - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE-BEGOTTEN CHILD - an illegitimate child ...19C euphemism
• LOVE-BRAT - an illegitimate child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LOVEBUG - a woman who is very fond of men ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOVE CHILD - an illegitimate child ...1805
• LOVEE - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM - a philanderer - a womanizer ...L19 sl.
• LOVE INTEREST - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE-JOY - a dearly loved person ...1876 Eng. dial.
• LOVE PIRATE - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVER BOY - 1. a sexual partner ...1952 sl., orig. US
- 2. a woman-chaser ...1952 sl., orig. US
• LOVER MAN - 1. a sexual partner ...1952 sl., orig. US
- 2. a woman-chaser ...1952 sl., orig. US
• LOVER UNDER THE LAP - a lesbian ...20C Aust. sl.
• LOVEY - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVEY-DOVEY - a loved one - a sweetheart ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOW-BROW - an uneducated person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LOWEY - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1953 Aust. sl.
• LOW-HEEL - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1939 Aust. sl.
• LOWIE - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1953 Aust. sl.
• LOW TOBYMAN - a footpad ...1811 thieves' sl.
• LOX - a fool - a lummox ...1966 Amer. sl.
• LOX-FOR-BRAINS - a fool ...1977 Amer. sl.
• LOX JOCK - a Jewish man; used disparagingly ...1977 US jocular
• LOYALIST - a Union sympathizer in the South ...US Civil War usage
• LUB - a fool ...M14 sl.
• LUBBER - a fool - a soft-head ...M14 sl.
• LUBBER-COCK - a term of contempt or derision ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LUBBER-HEAD - a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUBBY - a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUBRA - an Aboriginal woman ...19C Aust.
• LUCKY-MINNIE - 1. a grandmother ...1867 Sc.
- 2. a term of reproach to a woman ...B1900 Sc.
• LUFF - lieutenant ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• LUG - 1. a large, clumsy, dim man ...1927 US sl.
- 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
- 3. a woman who takes lesbian lovers in college and then reverts to heterosexuality after graduation from college (Lesbian Until Graduation) ...1993 US sl.
• LUGAN - a Lithuanian or a person of Lithuanian descent; used derisively ...1947 US sl.
• LUGER LOUT - a German ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'Kraut'
• LUGGER - 1. a sponger - a defaulter - one who drinks with others but never buys a round ...20C Brit. sl.
- 2. in a big store confidence swindle: someone who assigned to provide background ambience - an extra ...1931 US sl.
- 3. a person who physically transports players to an illegal poker game ...1979 US sl.
• LUGIE - a Lithuanian or a person of Lithuanian descent - used derisively ...1969 US sl.
• LUG-LOAF - an oaf - a blockhead ...E17 Brit. sl.
• LUG-POT - a drunkard ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sot'
• LUKEN - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LULU - 1. a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person - often used ironically ...1886 sl., orig. US
- 2. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LUMBER-HEELS - a lazy, ungainly fellow - a lout ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LUMBERJACK - a homosexual ...1990s sl.
• LUMBER-JILL - an unattractive woman, with whom one cannot achieve an erection ...1940s sl.
• LUMMIX - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOCK - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOCKS - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOKIN - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMMOX - 1. a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
- 2. an uncouth boy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LUMMUX - a large, heavy, or clumsy person - an ungainly or stupid lout - a fool ...M19 sl.
• LUMP OF BUTTER - an easygoing, helpless person ...1844 Sc.
• LUNK - a slow-witted person ...1867 sl., orig. US
• LUNK-HEAD - a slow-witted person ...1884 sl., orig. US
• LURK - a hanger-on - an eavesdropper ...20C Aust. sl.
• LURKER - 1. a criminal beggar who travels the country showing off various forged certificates referring to losses in fires, shipwrecks or similar disasters, and hoping thereby to get financial aid ...M19 sl.
- 2. a petty criminal ...20C Aust. sl.
• LURKIE - a cunning, knowing, wide-awake person up to any trick ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LURKMAN - 1. a confidence trickster - a petty criminal ...M19 Aust. sl.
- 2. a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who lives by sharp practice ...1945 Aust. sl.
• LURP - an extremely clumsy or awkward person ...1990s US teen sl.
• LUSH - 1. a drinker of alcohol - a drunkard ...1890 sl., chiefly US
- 2. a victim or fool ...1940s US sl.
- 3. an extremely attractive heterosexual man ...1940s US homosexual sl.
- 4. an attractive woman ...1980s US college sl.
- 5. an addict ...2000s sl.
• LUSHBUM - an alcoholic tramp ...1940s US sl.
• LUSHER - 1. a drunkard ...1848 US sl.
- 2. a high liver - a voluptuary ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LUSHEY - a drunkard ...19C sl.
• LUSHHEAD - a habitual drinker ...1938 UK sl.
• LUSHHOUND - a drunkard ...1935 US sl.
• LUSHIE - a drunkard ...19C sl.
• LUSH MERCHANT - a drunkard ...L19 Aust. sl.
• LUSHO - 1. a drunkard ...M19 sl.
- 2. an addict ...2000s sl.
• LUSH PUPPY - a young person who drinks to excess ...1983 UK sl.
• LUSH-ROLLER - a thief or pickpocket who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1919 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-TOUCHER - a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1904 criminal & police sl.
• LUSHWELL - a heavy drinker - an habitual drunkard ...1960 Amer. sl.
• LUSH-WORKER - 1. a prostitute who extorts money from a man by trickery, blackmail, blandishments, or robs him when drunk ...1908 Amer. sl.
- 2. a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1908 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• LUSHY - a drinker of alcohol - a drunkard ...1944 US sl.
• LUSHY-COVE - a drunken man ...1812 sl.
• LUSK - † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow - a sluggard ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUSKIN - †* an idle or lazy fellow - a sluggard ...1593
• LUST DOG - a passionate, promiscuous female ...1975 US sl.
• LUSTY-GUTS - a notorious copulator - a good wencher ...L16 sl.
• LUSTY-LAWRENCE - a whoremonger ...E17 Brit. sl.
• LUSTY WENCH - an attractive teenage girl ...1984 NZ sl.
• LUV - a term of address ...1898 UK
• LUVVIE - 1. a form of address, generally affectionate - usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing ...1968 UK
- 2. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture - an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• LUVVIE-DARLING - 1. a form of address, generally affectionate - usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing ...1968 UK
- 2. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture - an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• LUVVY - 1. a form of address, generally affectionate - usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing ...1968 UK
- 2. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture - an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• LUXER - a handsome fellow ...c1850 Brit. sl.