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CHOC - CIVIL SERVANT
CHOCOLATE - adjectives
• CHOCOLATICAL of the nature of chocolate ...1652 obs.
CHOCOLATE - nouns
• CHOC a chocolate ...1874 sl.
• CHOCCY chocolate, a chocolate ...1896 UK
• CHOCKY chocolate, a chocolate ...1896 UK
• NUTTY chocolates and other sweets ...1947 naval sl.
• SWEET AND HOT hot chocolate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CHOICE - adjectives
• EASY having no preference when given a choice ...1941 Aust. sl.
• OPTATIVE characterized by desire or choice; expressing desire ...1611
CHOICE (excellent, fine) - adjectives
• DAINTY † valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or obs.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
CHOICE (excellent, fine) - nouns
• DAINTY † anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity ...1340
• GARLAND † the principal ornament, the thing most prized, the choice ...1591
• PARTICULAR one's special choice, as a glass of my 'particular' ...19C sl.
CHOICE, CHOOSE - nouns
• ACTION one's choice, one's preference ...1950s US sl.
• HANG-CHOICE a choice between two evils; no difference, one as bad as the other ...1816
• KEACH the choice or pick of anything ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST OF PEA PICKINGS. the last choice; used to indicate the worthlessness or undesirability of a person or thing ...1909 Amer. dial.
• OFFER choice; disposal ...1787 Sc.
• OPTATION a choice or preference ...1874
• RATHERS choice, preference ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RITHERS preference, choice ...1920s US Black sl.
• WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE OR CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLE-EE-CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WILL AND WALE free choice ...1742 Sc.
CHOICE, CHOSEN - phrases
• GET THE NOD to be chosen or approved; to be chosen over others; to be singled out for a desired job or position ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives
CHOICELY - adverbs
• DEARLY † in a precious, worthy, or excellent manner; worthily, choicely, finely, richly ...a1000
CHOICEST - nouns
• EMPS-PIECE † the best, the choicest piece of food; a tidbit ...1671 Eng. dial.
• GEM an object of rare beauty or priceless worth; the choicest part of anything; something greatly prized, a 'treasure' ...c1560
• HEART the best, choicest, or most important part ...1589
• OFFMAGANDY the best and choicest of delicacies ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHOIR - nouns
• CAROL † a company or band of singers; a choir ...1483
• KERE † choir ...c1400
• QUEER the choir or chancel of a church; the persons composing the choir ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERE the choir or chancel of a church; the persons composing the choir ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHOKE, CHOKING - nouns, person
• UGLYMAN that member of the garrotting team who actually does the choking ...M19 sl.
CHOKE - verbs
• ACHOKE † to choke, to suffocate ...c1200
• BECHEKE † to choke, to stifle ...c1175
• EFFOCATE * to choke, to strangle ...1656
• GAG to choke on food or foreign matter in the throat ...20C US colloq.
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• HEMP to hang, to choke to death; ...L17 sl.
• KECK to choke; to make a choking noise in the throat; to cough ...1878 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE to cough, to choke; to make a noise in the throat while swallowing ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MASKER to choke, to stifle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEETH to breathe with difficulty; to choke ...1851 Eng. dial.
• QUACKLE † to choke ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUEASOM † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEAZEN † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUERKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEZZEN † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIRKEN to choke, esp. to choke for some seconds while drinking ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• THROPPLE to throttle, to choke; to seize by the throat ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWRICKEN † to choke with thick smouldering smoke ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WHIRKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOCKEN to choke ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHOKED - adjectives
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
CHOKED - verbs
• QUAR to become choked ...1883 Eng. dial.
CHOKING - nouns
• QUACKLE the noise made in choking; the death-rattle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHOLERA - nouns
• SALLY COME O'ER US the cholera ...1901 Eng. dial.
CHOOSE - verbs
• ACHOOSE † to choose out ...c1150
• BE ONE'S OWN CARVER † to take or choose for oneself at one's own discretion ...1579
• CHOICE to choose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CHOISE † to choose, to elect, to prefer ...1605 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAPSE to choose, to fix upon ...1870 Sc.
• EETLE-OTTLE to choose by counting out ...1947 Sc.
• ELECT † to pick out, to choose ...1513
• I-CHEOSE † to choose ...a1000
• KNOCK DOWN to choose, to nominate someone ...M18 sl.
• OPTATE* to choose; to wish for, to desire ...1611
• VINCE to choose; to stake a claim or reserve a right to something ...1922 Amer. dial.
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
CHOOSING - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary ...1643
CHOOSING - nouns
• ELECTANCY †* the power of choosing ...1768
• ELECTION † 1. judicious selection; the faculty of choosing with taste or nice discrimination ...1531
† 2. the choosing of things for special purposes ...1612
• WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHOOSING - nouns, person
• ELECTANT †* one who has power of choosing ...1768
CHOP - verbs
• CHAMPER OFF to chop, rasp, or hack away bit by bit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• MALLYHACK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYHAWK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIBBLE to chop meat into small pieces; to dice ...1983 Amer. dial.
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
CHOPPING-BLOCK - nouns
• HACK-BLOCK a chopping block ...1956 Sc.
• HACKING-BLOCK a chopping-block ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HACKING-STOCK a chopping-block ...1592
• HACK-LOG a chopping-block ...1831
• HACK-STOCK † a chopping-block ...a1500
• HAG-BLOCK a chopping-block; a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, etc. on ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAG-CLOG chopping-block; a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, etc. on ...1828
• HAG-LOG a chopping block ...1894 Sc.
• HAG-STOCK a block of wood or stump on which firewood is chopped ...1894
CHORE - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• SCODGES chores, dirty domestic jobs ...1969 Sc.
• TROKE a little chore ...1959 Amer. dial.
CHORE - nouns, person
• HEN WRANGLER a chore boy on a farm or ranch ...1944 Amer. dial.
CHORUS - nouns, person
• QUIRER † a chorister ...1624
CHORUS GIRL - nouns
• MONKEY SHOW a burlesque show having chorus girls ...1931 Amer. sl.
CHORUS GIRL - nouns, person
• HIGH-KICKER a chorus girl ...1900s Aust. sl.
• MONKEY a dancing girl; a chorus girl; also, a taxi dancer ...1928 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY-CHASER a man interested in a chorus girl or taxi-dancer ...1931 Amer. sl.
CHOSEN - adjectives
• ECLECT * chosen, select ...1839
• ELECTITIOUS †* arbitrarily chosen ...1631
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• ILL-WALED badly chosen ...1790 Sc.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALED-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• WALL-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• YCORE † chosen ...a900
CHOSEN - nouns
• WALE that which is chosen or selected as the best; the choicest individual, kind, specimen, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHRIST - nouns
• GARLAND †* Christ's crown of thorns ...1377
• SANG ROYAL † the blood of Christ ...1523
CHRISTEN - verbs
• HEAVE † to lift a child from the font (formerly the duty of a sponsor at baptism); hence, to baptize, to christen ...c1200
CHRISTENED - adjectives
• YCRISTENED † christened ...1387
CHRISTENING - nouns
• BEARING CLOTH † a child's christening robe ...1601
• BED-ALE † ale brewed for christening ...1880
CHRISTENING - nouns, person
• MAIDEN CUMMER a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening ...1710 Sc.
• MAIDEN-KIMMER a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening ...1824 Sc.
CHRISTIAN - adjectives
• FAITHWARD * towards the Christian faith ...1886
CHRISTIAN - nouns
• GOOD RELIGION genuine Christian conduct ...1953 Amer. dial.
CHRISTIAN - nouns, person
• GUY a Christian as opposed to a Jewish crimp ...c1830 sl.
• NAZARITAN †* a Christian ...1625
• PAGANO-CHRISTIAN a Christian corrupted by paganism ...1680
CHRISTMAS - nouns
• BELLESNOGGLE St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELL-SCHNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNICKLE same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BELSCHNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BELSH NICHEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1830 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1823 Amer. dial.
• BELTZNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BENSNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BLACK CHRISTMAS a snowless period in late December ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BULL-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• CALF-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• COW-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• CRIMBO Christmas ...Brit. sl.
• DAFT DAYS, THE the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
• PELSNICKLE St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PELTSNICKEL same as 'PELSNICKLE' ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PELZNICKEL same as 'PELSNICKLE' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAIN Christmas tree tinsel ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SECOND CHRISTMAS the day following Christmas Day ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SILLY SEASON the Christmas holidays ...20C Aust. sl.
• VESSEL a Christmas gift of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XMAS Christmas; pronounced 'Exmas' ...1755 UK
• YESMUS Christmas ...1854 Eng. dial.
• YULE-GIRTH † the peace of Christmas ...1569-70
CHRISTMAS - nouns, person
• BELL-SCHNICKEL a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNICKEL same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKLER same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1964 Amer. dial.
• VESSEL-CUP-WOMAN a Christmas carol-singer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHRISTMAS - verbs
• BELLSNICKLE to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNIGGLE same as 'BELLSNICKLE' ..1881 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELLSNICKLE' ...1881 Amer. dial.
CHRISTMAS - interjections
• MELE KALIKIMAKA! Merry Christmas! ...1950 Hawaii
CHRONICLE - verbs
• TITLE † to set down in writing; to inscribe, to record, to chronicle ...1340
CHRYSANTHEMUM - nouns
• CHRISTIAN ANTHEM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHRYSANTHIUM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHRYSANTHUM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAREWELL-SUMMER the chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum sinense ...1863 Eng. dial.
• OCTOBER ROSE a chrysanthemum ...1949 Amer. dial.
CHUBBY - adjectives
• BAFFY chubby ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCHY chubby, short and stout ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHAPO short, chubby, chunky ...1932 Amer. dial.
• NUNTY stout or chubby, combined with shortness ...1876 Eng. dial.
CHUBBY - nouns, person
• CHAPO a short, chubby person or horse ...1893 Amer. dial.
• CHUB a chubby person ...1838 US sl.
• CHUBBO a chubby person ...1977 US sl.
• CHUBBY-CHASER a man who is attracted to chubby women ...1975 US sl.
• CHUB-CHUB a chubby person ...1967 US sl.
• FUBS † a small chubby person; a plump young person or child; chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1614
• PODGE a short, fat person, esp. a chubby child ...L19 sl.
• THRUTCH-PUDDINS a chubby person or animal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHUCKLE - nouns
• KECKLE a short, spasmodic laugh; a chuckle; a cackling, chattering; noisy laughter; giddy behaviour ...1820 Sc.
• WERRICK a half-smothered laugh; a chuckle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CHUCKLE - verbs
• KECKLE of a person: to chuckle, to laugh, to giggle ...1513
• LAUGH LIKE A DRAIN to chuckle or laugh heartily; to guffaw ...1948 UK sl.
• SHUCKLE † to chuckle ...1598
• WERRICK to give a half-smothered laugh; to chuckle ...1892 Eng. dial.
CHUCKLING - adjectives
• KECKLING chuckling, noisy; of a giddy disposition ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHUNK - nouns
• HAWK a portion cut, a slice, a chunk ...1956 Sc.
CHUNKY - adjectives
• CHAPO short, chubby, chunky ...1932 Amer. dial.
CHURCH - adjectives
• ECCLESIAL † pert. to the church ...1649
• ECCLESIASTIC pert. to the church ...1483
• ECCLESIASTICAL pert. to the church ...1538
• ECCLESIOLOGIC pert. to the church or to church buildings and decoration ...1882
• ECCLESIOLOGICAL pert. to the church or to church buildings and decoration ...1847
CHURCH - nouns
• ALLEY the aisle of a church ...1713 Eng. dial.
• AMEN BENCH the front seats in a church, on either side of the pulpit; thus those who occupy them, i.e. the most devout members of the congregation ...L19 US Black sl.
• AMEN CORNER 1. the front seats in a church, on either side of the pulpit; thus those who occupythem, i.e. the most devout members of the congregation ...1890s US Black sl.
2. the part of the church where seekers kneel at a revival ...1944 Amer. dial.
• AMEN PEW a bench or seat in the 'amen corner' of a church ...1877 Amer. dial.
• AMEN PEWS seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN ROW seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN SEATS seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN THEATRE ROYAL a church ...L19 sl.
• ANXIOUS BENCH at revival meetings or in church, a seat in front for people concerned about their spiritual well-being ...1832 Amer. dial.
• AUTEM a church ...16C Eng. sl.
• AUTEM SNEAK the robbery of churches or chapels ...E19 sl.
• AWOMEN CORNER a humorous creation to match the 'amen corner' in the church; men and women, except courting couples, sat on opposite sides of the church ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BACKSLIDERS' BENCH seats toward the back of the church ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BALD-HEADED ROW a row of seats within a church, usually near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAPTISTERY the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
• BAPTISTRY the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
• BELL-HOUSE a church tower, a belfry ...1652 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG CHURCH, THE no church at all ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM-ROOM a seat for one in a church pew ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUZZARD RELIGION the 'religion' practiced by one who goes to church only for funerals ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-PERCH a church ...L19 rhyming sl.
• CHURCHLET a small church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOXOLOGY WORKS a church ...1871 Amer. jocular
• ECCLESIARCHY government by the church ...1878
• ECCLESIASTICALNESS †* ecclesiastical character ...1659
• ECCLESIASTICISM the spirit and temper, or the principles of action, which are distinctively ecclesiastical ...1862
• ECCLESIASTICS † matters ecclesiastical; the science of church government ...1672
• ECCLESIASTRY ecclesiastical pomp or business ...1865 nonce word
• ECCLESIOGRAPHY a descriptive treatise on the church ...1881
• ECCLESIOLATRY worship of the church; excessive reverence for church forms and traditions ...1847
• ECCLESIOLOGY the science relating to the church or to churches; now usually, the science of church building and decoration; also, a treatise on churches ...1837
• ECCLESIOPHOBIA a morbid dread of ecclesiasticism ...1877 nonce word
• GLORY HOLE a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOD-BOX (derogatory) a church or other place of worship ...1917 sl.
• GOD-HOPPERY a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOSPEL MILL a church ...1872 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHOP a church ...1909 Amer. dial.
• INTERVAL the time between the hours of public worship ...1873 Sc.
• LAND a pew in a church ...1925 Sc.
• LEAN AND LURCH. a church ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• LEFT IN THE LURCH a church ...L19 rhyming sl.
• MEETING-HOUSE 1. a church building ...1632 Amer. dial.
2. a Non-conformist chapel; an Irish Presbyterian church ...1858 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• MERCY SEAT a bench, seat, or rail set aside for penitents at the front of a church or revival meeting ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOANER'S BENCH a special pew reserved during a Black church revival for those who wish to be 'saved' ...L19 US Black sl.
• PARCLOSE 1. a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
2. ('par-close') a pew in a church ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PASS the passage between the pews in a church, an aisle ...1871 Sc.
• PREACHING-SHOP a church; more generally, a chapel ...c1840 colloq.
• RECITATION SEAT a seat in the front of a church for people concerned about their spiritual well-being ...1969 Amer. dial.
• REPENTANT SEAT a bench, seat, or rail set aside for penitents at the front of a church or revival meeting ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SALARY a sum of money pledged to a church; a tithe ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SANCTUARIUM * a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship ...1796
• SKY CONE a church steeple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• STEEPLE HOUSE a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIN TABERNACLE any church with an iron or tin roof ...L19 sl.
• TRAILERS' ROW the front row in church; mourners' row ...1921 Amer. dial.
• VERGERISM * action, etc., characteristic of a verger ...1857
CHURCH - nouns, person
• AARON a leader of the church ...1607 sl.
• AUNT JANE a female member of a Black church ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BEDERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDLAR an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDRAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDREL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BELLY MEMBER a person who goes to church very seldom (only comes when there's a church supper) ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BENCH-JUMPER a person who constantly changes churches ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BETHERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BLACK-BONNET an elder of the church ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUZZARD CHRISTIAN a person who goes to church only for funerals, or only for dinners ...1942 Amer. dial.
• EASTER CHRISTIAN a person who attends church only on major holidays such as Easter or Christmas ...1950 Amer. dial.
• EASTER LILY a person who attends church chiefly at Eastern time ...1967 Amer. jocular
• EATING MEMBER a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ECCLESIARCH a ruler of the church ...1781
• ECCLESIAST one who performs public functions in church; a church administrator ...c1386
• ECCLESIASTIC a clergyman, a person in orders; a 'churchman' as distinguished from a 'layman' ...1651
• ECCLESIASTICAL * a clergyman, a person in orders; a 'churchman' as distinguished from a 'layman' ...1882-3
• ECCLESIOLATER one who worships the church ...1847
• ECCLESIOLOGIST a student of ecclesiology ...1841
• FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIAN a person who goes to church seldom if at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAIR-WEATHER CHURCHGOER a person who goes to church seldom if at all ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FALL-AWAY a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FALL-FROM-GRACE a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FELL-AWAY a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEYARD CHRISTIAN a churchgoer from dread of the hereafter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KALE-POT WHIG one who does not go to church but stops at home on Sundays ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMB a young member of a flock, esp. of the church ...c1000
• MEMBER a devout church member ...1867 Amer. Black dial.
• OFFICERS OF THE 52NDs young men who attend church regularly every Sunday ...L19 Irish
• ONCER a person who only goes to church once on Sunday ...L19 sl.
• RING-TAIL DEVIL a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHIRTTAIL BAPTIST a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TWICER a person who goes to both matins and evensong services at church ...L19 sl.
• VERGER one whose duty it is to take care of the interior of a church, and to act as attendant ...1707
• VERGERESS a female verger or caretaker of a church ...1889
CHURCH - verbs
• ECCLESIASTICIZE to render ecclesiastical ...1865 nonce word
CHURCH - phrases
• THREE Bs as used by churchmen: Bright, Brief, and Brotherly ...L19 sl.
CHURCHWARDEN - nouns, person
• ANTHEM DIVER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers ...E18 sl.
• AUTEM-DIPPER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers ...E18 sl.
CHURCHYARD - nouns
• GOD'S ACRE a churchyard ...1844
• SANCTUARY † a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery ...1432-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SANCTUARY GARTH † a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery ...1412-13
• YARD a churchyard ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHURL, CHURLISH - nouns, person
• BODACH a peasant, a churl ...1865 Irish
• CARL(E) a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
• CARLOT †* a churl, a rustic, a peasant ...1600
• CHARRO an ill-bred, coarse person; a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHUFF a churl, an oaf, a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• HALF-SIR a churl; a miser ...1843 Ireland
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person ...1604
• NABALITE † a churlish or miserly person ...1645
• NABBLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person; a churlish person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl ...B1900 sl.
• ZOUCH a churl; an unmannerly fellow ...18C sl.
• ZOUCHER a churl; an unmannerly fellow ...18C sl.
CHURLISH - adjectives
• BOISTOUS stubborn, churlish (obsolete)
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• KARLISH. churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; churlish; narrow-minded ...1861
• NABALISTIC † churlish; miserly ...1659
• NABALITIC † churlish ...1659
CHURLISH - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHURLISH - phrases
• HE WON'T GIVE A BEAN FOR A PEA he is very ungenerous or churlish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CIA - nouns
• COMPANY, THE the Central Intelligence Agency ...1967 US sl.
CIA - nouns, person
• SPOOK an intelligence agent, especially CIA ...1940s US sl.
CICADA - nouns
• AUGUST BUG a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AUGUST CRICKET a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AUGUST FLY a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALM-CRICKET the cicada ...1783
• BEEZER-WEEZER an insect that sits in trees or bushes in hot weather and makes a sharp, buzzing sound; probably a cicada ..1970 Amer. dial.
• BROWN LOCUST a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CADY-DID a cicada ...2004 Amer. dial.
• CHICHARRA a cicada ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S FIDDLE a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EVERY-YEAR LOCUST a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FALL BIRD a cricket; a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FERRO a cicada ...1913 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HEAT BUG a cicada ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAR BUG the cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JARFLY the cicada ...1880 Amer. dial.
• KATTYDID a cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDID a cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCUST a cicada ...1709 Amer. dial.
• OATS BUG a cicada ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH a cicada ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SIZZERY BUG a cicada ...1910 Amer. dial.
• TREE FLY a cicada ...1954 Amer. dial.
CICADA - verbs
• CLITTER to emit the sound of a grasshopper or cicada ...1844
CIDER - adjectives
• WELSH insipid, tasteless; of cider, etc.: watery, poor ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CIDER - nouns
• DEVONSHIRE WINE cider ...1853 Eng. dial.
• EASY RIDER cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
• SMILO alcoholic cider ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRING-JAW rough cider ...L18 sl.
• WYNONA cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl. (Wynona Ryder)
• WYNONA RYDER cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
CIGAR - nouns
• B-40 a cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor ...1998 US sl.
• BETWEEN JOBS a short cigar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIGHEAD a kind of cigar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOWSPRIT a cigar ...1906 Amer. nautical sl.
• BUCKEYE a small cigar factory ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• CABBAGE a cigar, esp. a cheap one ...1843 sl.
• CABBAGE-LEAF a poor-quality cigar ...c1840 sl.
• CABBAGE ROLL a poor-quality cigar...M19 sl.
• CABBAGIO PERFUMO a cheap cigar ...L19 sl.
• CAB-RANKER a cheap cigar ...1920s sl.
• DINCH the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DINCHER the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1942 Amer. sl.
• EL CABBAGIO a low-quality cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EL ROPO a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EL ROPO STINKADORO a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EL STINKO a cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FACTORY SMOKER a cheap cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAG END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• FANTAIL a cigar not wrapped at one end ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FAT ONE a large cigar ...1990s US sl.
• HAY-BURNER a cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LA-DE-DA a cigar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LA-DI-DA(H) a cigar ...1977 rhyming sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH a cigar ...1991 rhyming sl.
• LARDY a cigar ...1970s rhyming sl. (La-di-dah)
• LARDY-DAH a cigar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke) • LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LONG NINE a cigar ...1830 Amer. sl.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NEWTON PIPPIN a cigar ...L19 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER the discarded butt of a cigar; also, a quid of chewed tobacco ...1834 US sl.
• PITTSBURGH TOBY a thin, inexpensive cigar ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RATTAIL a cigar, esp. one made of inferior tobacco ...1940 Amer. sl.
• ROPE a cigar ...1934 US sl.
• SAGER † a cigar ...1774
• SCAG a cigarette, a cigar; a cigarette butt ...1910s US sl.
• SEEGAR a cigar ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SKAG a cigarette, a cigar; a cigarette butt ...1910s US sl.
• SNIPE a cigarette or cigar butt ...1889 Amer. sl.
• STICK a cigarette; a cigar ...1919 sl.
• STINKER a cigarette, esp. a cheap or foul-smelling cigarette or cigar ...1907 sl.
• STOGIE any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar ...19C US sl.
• STOGY any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar ...19C US sl.
• TOBY a thin, inexpensive cigar; an inferior kind of cigar ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TOOFAH a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOOFER a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOOFOR a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOOFUR a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TWOFER a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
CIGAR - verbs
• BUTT to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1956 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON A CIGAR to smoke a cigar in order to make oneself seem smarter than one is ...L19 sl.
CIGARETTE - nouns
• ACE a pull on a cigarette ...2000s US prison sl.
• AFRICAN a tailor-made, rather than hand-rolled, cigarette ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AFRICAN NIGGER a tailor-made, rather than hand-rolled, cigarette ...1940s Aust. sl.
• ALF A MO a cigarette, esp. when it proves hard to keep alight ...1910s sl.
• ARF A MO a cigarette, esp. when it proves hard to keep alight ...1910s sl.
• BARBER'S BREAKFAST a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
• BLANKETS cigarette papers ...1925 Amer. sl.
• BONE a tobacco cigarette ...1992 US sl.
• BUGGY WHIP an imitation cigarette, used as a substitute by kids; it was essentially a sort of sawdust bound by cord ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER a cigarette butt ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BURN a cigarette ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUTT a cigarette ...1902 Amer. sl.
• BUTT-END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• CAMEL-DUNG (derogatory) unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco ...20C sl.
• CANARY a cigarette ...1900s US campus sl.
• CANCER PILL a cigarette ...1950s sl.
• CANCER STICK a cigarette ...1958 sl.
• CANCERWEED a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN'S BUTT a cigarette less than half-smoked ...World War II Amer. army sl.
• CASKET NAIL a cigarette ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CASKET TACK a cigarette ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CIG a cigarette ...a1889 sl.
• CIGGER a cigarette ...1922 Aust. sl.
• CIGGIE a cigarette ...1915 sl.
• CIGGY a cigarette ...1915 sl.
• COFFIN-NAIL a cigarette ...1888 sl., orig. US
• COFFIN TACK a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
• COOKIE a cigarette ...1977 Amer. jocular
• COOKIE BOX a pack of cigarettes ...1978 Amer. sl.
• CORPORAL'S BUTT a cigarette more than half smoked ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CURLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DAG(S) a cigarette ...20C military sl.
• DEATH STICK a cigarette ...1969 Amer. jocular
• DECK a pack of cigarettes ...1920s US prison sl.
• DIMP a cigarette end ...1940 UK orig. military sl.
• DINCH the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DINCHER the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1942 Amer. sl.
• DIP a cigarette that has been dipped in embalming fluid ...2003 UK sl.
• DOG BREATH cigarette smoke ...1996 US sl.
• DOG-END a cigarette butt ...1935 Brit. sl.
• DO-ME-DAG a cigarette ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• DO ME GOOD a Woodbine cigarette ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DOOFAH a half a cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOOFER a partially smoked cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOOVAH a half a cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOOVER a half a cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOUBLE O's Kool cigarettes ...1981 US sl.
• DOUT a cigarette end ...M20 Sc. colloq.
• DRAG a cigarette ...1942 sl.
• DUCK'S ARSE a cigarette end that is over-moistened with a smoker's saliva ...1993 UK sl.
• DUCK'S ASS a cigarette end that is over-moistened with a smoker's saliva ...1955 UK sl.
• DUE-BACK something that is borrowed, such as a cigarette, with an expectation of an ultimate return of the favour ...1951 US sl.
• DURRY a cigarette ...1941 Aust. sl.
• FAG 1. any cigarette; a cigarette butt ...1888 UK sl.
2. a cheap cigarette, usually as issued to troops in World War I ...L19 sl.
• FAG-ASH cigarette ash ...L19 sl.
• FAG-BUTT a cigarette end ...1930s sl.
• FAG-CARD a cigarette card ...L19 sl.
• FAG END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...1853 Brit. sl.
• FAGGOT a cigarette ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FAG-PAPER a cigarette paper ...1910s sl.
• FAG-TOPPER a cigarette end ...1900s sl.
• FAIRY WAND a cigarette holder ...1963 US sl.
• G prison-made cigarettes ...1990s US prison sl.
• GANGSTER a cigarette ...1972 US sl.
• GASPER a cigarette ...1914 UK sl., orig. military for an inferior cigarette
• GASSER a cigarette ...1984 Aust. sl.
• GIPPY an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• GROUNDER a cigarette that is picked up from the ground and smoked ...1930 Amer. sl.
• GWA n. tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GWAAI tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GWAI tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GYPPIE an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• GYPPY an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• HACKING STICK a cigarette ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HALF A MO a cigarette ...1910s sl.
• HUMP a Camel™ cigarette ...1989 US sl.
• IGARETSAY a cigarette ...1940s US Pig Latin
• JAWBONE home-rolled cigarettes and the tobacco for making them ...1983 Amer. dial.
• LAME a tobacco cigarette, as opposed to a marijuana cigarette ...1967 US drugs sl.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke)
• LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LAUGH AND JOKE a smoke ...L19 rhyming sl.
• LOG a carton of cigarettes ...1991 US sl.
• LUNG-DUSTER a cigarette ...1929 US jocular
• LUNG-FOGGER. a cigarette ...1943 US jocular
• MAGGOT a cigarette butt ...1963 Amer. sl.
• MAKINGS loose tobacco and paper for hand-rolled cigarettes ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NAIL a cigarette ...1925 Amer. sl.
• NICKIE a cigarette ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NIGHT NURSE a cigarette smoked in the middle of the night by an addict whose body is awakened by the craving for nicotine in the night ...1996 US sl.
• NUMBIES Players' Number 6™ cigarettes ...1988 Sc. sl.
• NUMBO Number 6™, a branded cigarette ...2001 UK sl.
• OIL RAG a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OILY a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag' (oily rag)
• OILY RAG a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OLD KIT BAG a cigarette ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OLD NAG a cigarette ...20C rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• O.P.B. choice cigarette ends (Old Picked Bumpers' and Other People's Butts) ...L19 sl.
• OXFORD BAG a cigarette ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PACK a packet of cigarettes ...1928 US sl.
• PAPER cigarette papers, esp. when used for rolling marijuana cigarettes ...1930s drugs sl.
• PAPER-CIGAR † a cigarette ...1833
• PAPES cigarette rolling papers ...1997 US sl.
• PILL a cigarette ...1904 Amer. dial.
• PILL OF DEATH a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP STICK a cigarette ...1925 Amer. dial.
• PUFF AND DRAG a cigarette ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PUFFERS cigarettes; used of cigarettes sold on the black market ...Brit. sl.
• PULL a puff on a cigarette, etc. ...1575 sl.
• QUARTER a cigarette ...1958 US sl.
• QUERLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1932 Amer. dial.
• QUIRLEY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled cigarette ...1932 Aust. & US sl.
• QUIRLIE a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1939 Amer. dial.
• QUIRLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1932 Amer. dial.
• RABBITER'S BREAKFAST a visit to the toilet and a cigarette ...1975 NZ sl.
• RACEHORSE a thinly rolled cigarette ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• RAKE-UP a hand-rolled cigarette ...1940s sl.
• READY-ROLL a factory-made cigarette ...1949 Amer. dial.
• RIZLA a cigarette rolling paper ...1996 UK sl.
• ROACH a still-lit and smokeable cigarette end ...1996 UK sl.
• ROLL-UP a hand-rolled cigarette ...1950 sl., orig. prisoners'
• SALMON tobacco; a cigarette ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT tobacco; a cigarette ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout, esp. prison usage
• SCAG 1. a cigarette ...1915 sl. orig. US
2. a cigarette butt ...1915 sl., orig. US
• SKAG a cigarette or cigarette butt ...1915 Amer. armed forces sl.
• SKIN paper used for rolling marijuana or tobacco cigarettes ...1969 sl., orig. US
• SNIPE a cigarette or cigar butt ...1889 Amer. sl.
• SNOUT a cigarette or tobacco ...1950 Brit. sl.
• SNUFF STICK a cigarette ...1970s NZ sl.
• SPILL-QUIRLEY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SQUARE a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana ...1970 US sl. chiefly Black
• STAG the butt end of a cigarette ...2002 US sl.
• STEAMROLLER a thick hand-rolled cigarette ...1953 NZ sl.
• STICK a cigarette; a cigar ...1919 sl.
• STINKER a cigarette, esp. a cheap or foul-smelling cigarette or cigar ...1907 sl.
• STOMPIE a cigarette butt; also, a partially smoked cigarette, esp. one stubbed out and kept for relighting later ...1947 S. Afr. sl.
• STOOPER a cigarette stub picked up in the street ...1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STOOP TOBACCO a cigarette stub picked up in the street ...1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STRAIGHT a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana ...1959 sl.
• SWALLOW puff of a cigarette ...20C sl.
• TAB a cigarette ...c1920 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
• TABBIE a cigarette stub ...1920 Sc.
• TACK a cigarette ...1922 Amer. dial.
• TAILOR a factory-made cigarette ...1924 US sl.
• TAILOR-MADE a ready-made cigarette, as opposed to a hand-rolled one ...1924 sl., orig. US
• TAYLOR a factory-made cigarette ...1924 US sl.
• TICKLER a hand-rolled cigarette; also, the tobacco from which it is made ...1929 nautical sl.
• TOBY a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOKE a puff on a cigarette (esp. one containing marijuana) ...sl.
• TORCH an oversized cigarette lighter ...1960s US Black sl.
• TUBE a cigarette ...1946 sl.
• VERA a cigarette paper ...1940s UK rhyming sl. for 'skin' (Vera Lynn)
• VERA LYNNS cigarette papers ...1940s Irish rhyming sl. for 'skins'
• VICTOR TRUMPER a cigarette butt ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. for 'bumper'
• VIRGIN a cigarette made from Virginia tobacco ...1923 sl.
• WAFER a cigarette paper ...1996 UK sl.
• WAGGON a cigarette ...1900s S. Afr. sl.
• WANG a cigarette ...1990s S. Afr. sl.
• WIDOW-MAKER a cigarette ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOOD any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODBINE any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODIE any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODY any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WRAPS cigarette rolling papers ...1994 US sl.
• ZOL a hand-rolled cigarette ...1940s S. Afr. drugs sl.
CIGARETTE - nouns, person
• CARTON-PUSHER a person who sells cigarettes that have been stolen or smuggled from a state with lower taxes ...1978 US sl.
• FAG-END MAN a man who collects cigarette ends from the pavement ...1910s sl.
• PILL-SMOKER a cigarette fiend ...1915 Amer. dial.
CIGARETTE - verbs
• ASH to drop cigarette ash ...1930 Aust. sl.
• BOGUE to smoke a cigarette ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUILD A SMOKE to roll a cigarette ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BURN to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUTT to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1956 Amer. sl.
• DUCK ARSE when smoking: to wet the cigarette end with saliva ...1968 UK sl.
• FAG 1. to supply with a cigarette ...1926 Amer. sl.
2. to smoke a cigarette ...1940 Amer. sl.
• FIRE ONE UP to lights one's cigarette or reefer ...1960s US Black sl.
• FOG to smoke cigarettes ...Bk1974 Amer. dial.
• HACK BUTTS to smoke cigarettes ...1993 Can sl.
• LIGHT UP to light a cigarette or cigar ...1861 sl.
• PULL 1. to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
2. of an adult: to buy beer or cigarettes illegally for a minor ...2001 Can sl.
• PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.
• TWIST to roll a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CIGARETTE - phrases
• BUTT ME give me a cigarette ...1944 Amer. sl.
• HE'S BITING BUTTS he's broke and smoking butts ...Bk1944 service sl.
CINCINNATI - adjectives
• PORKOPOLITAN pert. to Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
CINCINNATI - nouns
• HOGOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
• PIGOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
• PORKOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
CINCINNATI - nouns, person
• PORKOPOLITAN a resident of Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
CINDER - nouns
• AIZLE a hot cinder; a live coal or ember ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRAND a glowing cinder; a burning peat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EASLE † hot ashes or cinders; a live coal or ember ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IZLE a hot cinder; a live coal or ember ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILE a live coal, a glowing ember of coal, peat, wood, etc.; a red-hot cinder ...1866 Sc.
CINEMA - nouns
• GRIND HOUSE a cinema showing a continuous programme with no intermissions ...US sl.
• LAST CHANCE the upper balcony in a cinema favoured by homosexuals ...1966 US sl.
• NABE a neighbourhood cinema ...1935 US sl.
• NICKEL DUMP a cheap cinema, charging only a nickel or 5 cents admission ...20C US sl.
• OLYMPIC POOL an outdoor cinema ...1950s Aust. sl.
• PAD OF GALLOPING SNAPSHOTS a cinema ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
CINNAMON - nouns
• CANEL † cinnamon ...c1205
• CANELL † cinnamon ...1382
• CANELLE † cinnamon ...c1460
• SINNOMON † cinnamon ...1609
CIRCLE - adjectives
• ORBY * of the form of a circle ...c1611
CIRCLE - adverbs
• A-COMPASS † in a circle ...c1385
CIRCLE - nouns
• CANTLE † a segment of a circle or sphere ...1551
• CAROL † a ring or circle, as of standing stones ...1330
• DECIRCINATION † forming into a circle ...1731
• ORB † a circle, or anything of circular form, as a circular disc or wheel, or a ring ...1590 rare or obs.
• ORBICULATION † the formation of an orb, circle, or sphere; rounding ...1647
• QUIRK anything out of the square; a twist, a bend, a circle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a circle; a circular or annular form, appearance, or arrangement; a round ...c1305
CIRCLE - verbs
• CATTLE-MILL to go round in a circle, as cattle in a herd do ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DECIRCINATE † to round off, to form into a circle; to draw a circle with a pair of compasses ...1656
CIRCLE AROUND - verbs
• GRIND SALT to circle around, as a hawk or vulture circling aloft ...1888 Amer. dial.
CIRCULAR - adjectives
• ORBAL †* of the nature of an orb; circular ...1603
• ORBIC * of the form of an orb; rounded, orbicular ...1619
• ORBICAL † of the form of an orb; rounded, orbicular ...1582
• ORBICULAR round as a circle or disc; circular, or of circular plan or section ...c1420
• WHEELY circular ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CIRCULAR - nouns
• ORBELL †* a circular surface or plot ...1635
CIRCUIT - nouns
• UMGANG † the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference ...a1300
CIRCUITOUS - adjectives
• FAR-FETCHED † devious, circuitous ...a1656
CIRCUITOUS - verbs
• GO AROUND ONE'S FINGERS TO GET TO HIS THUMB to go circuitously ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CIRCUITOUSLY - adverbs
• UNGAINLY circuitously; with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CIRCUMCISE - verbs
• CARVE † to circumcise ...c1420
• UMBECARVE † to circumcise ...a1240
• UMBECLIP † to circumcise ...c1200
• UMBESHEAR † to circumcise ...c1200
CIRCUMCISED - adjectives
• CUT OUT TO BE A GENTLEMAN circumcised ...20C Brit. sl.
CIRCUMFERENCE - nouns
• UMGANG † the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference ...a1300
• UMSTROKE †* edge, circumference ...1650
CIRCUMLOCUTION - nouns
• ABOUT-SPEECH † a roundabout phrase; circumlocution ...1513
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
• CIRCUMQUAQUE † a circumlocution ...1556
• ROUNDABOUTATION * circumlocution ...1812
CIRCUMLOCUTION - verbs
• CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE † to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution ...a1693
• WALLACH to use many circumlocutions ...Bk1905 Sc.
CIRCUMSPECT - adjectives
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
• WARELY † of a person, his actions, etc.: cautious, circumspect, prudent ...a900
CIRCUMSPECTION - nouns
• BESEEING † circumspection, consideration ...1340
CIRCUMSPECTLY - adverbs
• ADVISEDLY † with watchfulness or attention; warily, attentively, carefully, circumspectly ...1375
• WARELY † watchfully, cautiously, circumspectly; prudently ...c897
CIRCUMSTANCE(S) - nouns
• ABOUT-STANDING † a circumstance ...1340
• BEFALL † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
• FARCOSTS † circumstances ...c1205
• FARE condition, circumstances; chance, lot ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PASS condition, state, circumstances ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CIRCUMVENT - verbs
• WAFT to beat, to trounce, to out-manoeuvre, to circumvent ...1921 Sc.
CIRCUMVENTION - nouns
• BOGILL-ABOUT-THE-BUSH circumvention ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-BUSH circumvention ...Bk1911 Sc.
CIRCUS - nouns
• BAG in the circus: a toy balloon ...1931 Amer. sl.
• DAUB in the circus: an advertising poster ...1923 US sl.
• DEAD CAT in the circus: a lion, tiger, etc. that does not perform but is only exhibited ...1930s Amer. circus usage
• DEAD PONY GAFF of circus and fairgrounds: a bad site ...1961 UK travelling showmen's usage
• DOG AND PONY SHOW a derisive name for a small circus ...1920s Amer. sl.
• DUKEY in the circus: a lunch prepared for circus workers on long train journeys between towns ...1980 US sl.
• DUKEY RUN in the circus: a long train ride between shows ...1980 US sl.
• EDUCATOR in the circus or carnival: the 'Billboard' weekly newspaper ...1980 US sl.
• GARBAGE STAND in the circus and carnivals: a novelty concession ...1981 US sl.
• HORSE OPERA an entertainment featuring trained horses; hence, a circus or carnival; used disparagingly ...1864 US sl.
• KID SHOW a circus or carnival side show ...1980 US sl.
• MECHANIC any safety device worn by a circus performer ...1980 US sl.
• MUG JOINT in circus and carnival usage: a concession where customers are photographed ...1931 US sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PALONIE a circus pony used in comedy routines ...1953 UK sl.
• PUNK any young circus animal; a baby lion or elephant ...Bk1974 Amer. circus usage
• RIDERS a circus company ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SHYSTER a very poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
• TOP a circus tent ...sl.
• TOPPER in circus and carnival usage: a featured act ...1981 US sl.
• X, THE in the circus or carnival: exclusive rights for an item or concession ...1980 US sl.
CIRCUS - nouns, person
• ART in the circus: performers, as distinguished from other employees ...1926 Amer. sl.
• DANGLER in the circus: a trapeze artist ...1934 US sl.
• FAKER a circus performer, esp. a rider ...c1875 circus usage
• FAKIR a circus performer, esp. a rider ...c1875 circus usage
• GAFFER a boss or master of a show or circus ...18C sl.
• GUY in the circus and carnival: a customer, a patron, usually a man ...1878 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY in the circus and carnivals: an undependable employee, esp. a drunk ...1981 US sl.
• JERRY-COME-TUMBLE a tumbler, a circus performer ...Eng. dial.
• KINKER a circus performer ...1909 Amer. sl.
• NATIVE to the employee of a circus or carnival: a local patron ...1980 US sl.
• RAG a street tumbler ...1875 circus usage
• RIDER a performer at a circus ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SHYLOCK in circus or carnival use: the show's office secretary ...1981 US sl.
CIRCUS - verbs
• BLOW AN ARROW in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
• BUST AN ARROW in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
• CARRY THE BUG in circus usage: to work as a night watchman ...1981 US sl.
• GUY OUT in the circus: to make the tents secure by tightening the guy-ropes ...19C circus colloq.
• MOPE to quit your job in the circus ...1980 US sl.
• MOPE AWAY to quit your job in the circus ...1980 US sl.
CIRCUS - phrases
• MISTER WOOD IN THE HOUSE used to describe a poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
• MR. WOOD IN THE HOUSE used to describe a poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
CIRRHOSIS - nouns
• BIG C cirrhosis of the liver ...2000s sl.
• HARD LIVER cirrhosis of the liver ...1966 Amer. dial.
CITE - verbs
• ACCITE † to cite in writing, to quote ...a1631
• ADDUCE to bring forward verbally for consideration, to cite, to allege ...1616
CITED - adjectives
• ADDUCED brought forward in a statement; cited, alleged ...1790
CITIZEN - nouns, person
• NATURALIZANT †* a natural citizen or inhabitant ...1653
CITIZEN - verbs
• POLITIZE * to make into citizens ...1884
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - adjectives
• UNDRESSED used of a citizens' band radio operated without a linear amplifier ...1976 US sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - nouns
• CHARLIE BROWN a citizens' band radio set ...1981 UK sl.
• EAR a citizens' band radio antenna ...1976 US sl.
• EARS a CB radio; CB equipment ...1976 Amer. Citizens Band usage
• FOOTWARMER a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• GANGBANG a group of friends talking together on citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• PUMP an illegal linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• SNEAKER a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• THREES AND EIGHTS best wishes, good luck; used as a sign-off ...CB sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - nouns, person
• SWAMPER a motorist or truck driver, esp. one using a CB radio ...CB sl.
• XYZ a citizens' band user of undiscovered gender; hence, a homosexual ...1976 US sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S EARS ON to be tuned into one's CB transceiver ...1970s sl.
• MODULATE to talk or converse over a two-way radio ...1975 Amer. CB sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - phrases
• TEN-FOUR that is correct; OK; used as an acknowledgement that a message has been received ...1962 Citizens band usage
CITY - adjectives
• URBIAN * pertaining to a city ...1710
CITY - nouns
• BABYLON 1. any great and luxurious city ...1634
2. the hedonistic, exciting world of the city, as opposed to the quietness of the countryside; specifically, London ...M19 UK sl.
• BIG A, THE a city or other named entity that bears the initial A ...1955 US sl.
• BIG APPLE any big city or town ...1944 US sl.
• BIG BURG a big city ...1918 US sl.
• BOWERY the part of a city notorious for low life; skid row ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURG a town or city ...1846 US colloq.
• END an area of a city ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• HEAD the chief city, the capital; the chief or most excellent part ...c893
• HIGHLAND the northern, often Black area of a city ...1970s US Black sl.
• ILET a city block ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ISLET a city block ...1981 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEGAPOLIS † a chief or principal city; a metropolis ...1638 nonce word
• METROPOLE † a chief town or city; a metropolis ...a1300
• NATION † the native population of a town or city ...1523
• SADLANDS the suburbs of a city ...2002 UK sl.
• SIDE an area of a town or city ...1970s sl.
• SIN CITY a city characterized by licentiousness and vice ...1973 sl., often used jocularly
• SNOB ZONING a method of placing restrictions on specific city areas in a deliberate attempt to make it impossible for low-income families, e.g. non-White, non-middle-class families, to purchase homes there ...20C US sl.
• TENDERLOIN a district of a city where vice and corruption are rife ...1887 Amer. sl.
CITY - nouns, person
• ASPHALT ARAB (derogatory or jocular) a citified person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• LORD CHESTERFIELD a citified person ...1965 Amer dial.
• PALTRIPOLITAN † an unimportant, paltry, mean, or contemptible city person ...1588
• TACK a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOWN DUDE (derogatory or jocular) a city person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TOWN TACK a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
CIVIC - adjectives
• OPPIDAN belonging to a town or to the town, as opposed to the country; civic; urban ...1643
CIVIL - adjectives
• DOCIOUS docile, quiet, civil ...1853 Amer. dial.
• QUIET gentle, civil, not given to strong language ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WELL-SCRAPIT well-spoken, civil ...Bk1904 Sc.
CIVIL AFFAIRS - nouns
• SILLY AFFAIRS civil affairs ...1968 US sl.
CIVILIAN - nouns
• CIT DUDS civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIT RAGS civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CITS civilian clothes ...1829 US services' sl.
• CIVVY STREET civilian life ...1943 sl.
• OUTSIDE the civilian world ...L19 US military sl.
CIVILIAN - nouns, person
• CIT a civilian ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIVVY a civilian ...1915 sl.
• P.F.C. Poor Foolish (Forlorn, Fucking, etc.) Civilian ...1947 US sl.
• SILLYVILLIAN a civilian, seen from the cynical eyes of the military ...1963 US sl.
CIVILITY - nouns
• FALAHVER unctuous politeness; exaggerated civility expressed in words, 'palaver' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MANSHIP † humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility ...a1000
CIVILIZE - verbs
• UNBARBARIZE to render less barbarous; to civilize ...1648
CIVILIZED - verbs
• UNBRUTE to make civilized ...1670
• UNBRUTIFY to make civilized ...1812
CIVILLY - adverbs
• FAIR † civilly, courteously, kindly ...a1000
CIVIL SERVANT - nouns, person
• MANDARIN a senior civil servant, politician, or commentator ...1910s sl.
• WHITEHALL WARRIOR a civil servant ...1973 Brit. sl.
• CHOCOLATICAL of the nature of chocolate ...1652 obs.
CHOCOLATE - nouns
• CHOC a chocolate ...1874 sl.
• CHOCCY chocolate, a chocolate ...1896 UK
• CHOCKY chocolate, a chocolate ...1896 UK
• NUTTY chocolates and other sweets ...1947 naval sl.
• SWEET AND HOT hot chocolate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CHOICE - adjectives
• EASY having no preference when given a choice ...1941 Aust. sl.
• OPTATIVE characterized by desire or choice; expressing desire ...1611
CHOICE (excellent, fine) - adjectives
• DAINTY † valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or obs.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
CHOICE (excellent, fine) - nouns
• DAINTY † anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity ...1340
• GARLAND † the principal ornament, the thing most prized, the choice ...1591
• PARTICULAR one's special choice, as a glass of my 'particular' ...19C sl.
CHOICE, CHOOSE - nouns
• ACTION one's choice, one's preference ...1950s US sl.
• HANG-CHOICE a choice between two evils; no difference, one as bad as the other ...1816
• KEACH the choice or pick of anything ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST OF PEA PICKINGS. the last choice; used to indicate the worthlessness or undesirability of a person or thing ...1909 Amer. dial.
• OFFER choice; disposal ...1787 Sc.
• OPTATION a choice or preference ...1874
• RATHERS choice, preference ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RITHERS preference, choice ...1920s US Black sl.
• WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE OR CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLE-EE-CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WILL AND WALE free choice ...1742 Sc.
CHOICE, CHOSEN - phrases
• GET THE NOD to be chosen or approved; to be chosen over others; to be singled out for a desired job or position ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives
CHOICELY - adverbs
• DEARLY † in a precious, worthy, or excellent manner; worthily, choicely, finely, richly ...a1000
CHOICEST - nouns
• EMPS-PIECE † the best, the choicest piece of food; a tidbit ...1671 Eng. dial.
• GEM an object of rare beauty or priceless worth; the choicest part of anything; something greatly prized, a 'treasure' ...c1560
• HEART the best, choicest, or most important part ...1589
• OFFMAGANDY the best and choicest of delicacies ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHOIR - nouns
• CAROL † a company or band of singers; a choir ...1483
• KERE † choir ...c1400
• QUEER the choir or chancel of a church; the persons composing the choir ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERE the choir or chancel of a church; the persons composing the choir ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHOKE, CHOKING - nouns, person
• UGLYMAN that member of the garrotting team who actually does the choking ...M19 sl.
CHOKE - verbs
• ACHOKE † to choke, to suffocate ...c1200
• BECHEKE † to choke, to stifle ...c1175
• EFFOCATE * to choke, to strangle ...1656
• GAG to choke on food or foreign matter in the throat ...20C US colloq.
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• HEMP to hang, to choke to death; ...L17 sl.
• KECK to choke; to make a choking noise in the throat; to cough ...1878 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE to cough, to choke; to make a noise in the throat while swallowing ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MASKER to choke, to stifle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEETH to breathe with difficulty; to choke ...1851 Eng. dial.
• QUACKLE † to choke ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUEASOM † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEAZEN † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUERKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEZZEN † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIRKEN to choke, esp. to choke for some seconds while drinking ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• THROPPLE to throttle, to choke; to seize by the throat ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWRICKEN † to choke with thick smouldering smoke ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WHIRKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOCKEN to choke ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHOKED - adjectives
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
CHOKED - verbs
• QUAR to become choked ...1883 Eng. dial.
CHOKING - nouns
• QUACKLE the noise made in choking; the death-rattle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHOLERA - nouns
• SALLY COME O'ER US the cholera ...1901 Eng. dial.
CHOOSE - verbs
• ACHOOSE † to choose out ...c1150
• BE ONE'S OWN CARVER † to take or choose for oneself at one's own discretion ...1579
• CHOICE to choose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CHOISE † to choose, to elect, to prefer ...1605 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAPSE to choose, to fix upon ...1870 Sc.
• EETLE-OTTLE to choose by counting out ...1947 Sc.
• ELECT † to pick out, to choose ...1513
• I-CHEOSE † to choose ...a1000
• KNOCK DOWN to choose, to nominate someone ...M18 sl.
• OPTATE* to choose; to wish for, to desire ...1611
• VINCE to choose; to stake a claim or reserve a right to something ...1922 Amer. dial.
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
CHOOSING - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary ...1643
CHOOSING - nouns
• ELECTANCY †* the power of choosing ...1768
• ELECTION † 1. judicious selection; the faculty of choosing with taste or nice discrimination ...1531
† 2. the choosing of things for special purposes ...1612
• WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHOOSING - nouns, person
• ELECTANT †* one who has power of choosing ...1768
CHOP - verbs
• CHAMPER OFF to chop, rasp, or hack away bit by bit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• MALLYHACK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYHAWK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIBBLE to chop meat into small pieces; to dice ...1983 Amer. dial.
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
CHOPPING-BLOCK - nouns
• HACK-BLOCK a chopping block ...1956 Sc.
• HACKING-BLOCK a chopping-block ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HACKING-STOCK a chopping-block ...1592
• HACK-LOG a chopping-block ...1831
• HACK-STOCK † a chopping-block ...a1500
• HAG-BLOCK a chopping-block; a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, etc. on ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAG-CLOG chopping-block; a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, etc. on ...1828
• HAG-LOG a chopping block ...1894 Sc.
• HAG-STOCK a block of wood or stump on which firewood is chopped ...1894
CHORE - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• SCODGES chores, dirty domestic jobs ...1969 Sc.
• TROKE a little chore ...1959 Amer. dial.
CHORE - nouns, person
• HEN WRANGLER a chore boy on a farm or ranch ...1944 Amer. dial.
CHORUS - nouns, person
• QUIRER † a chorister ...1624
CHORUS GIRL - nouns
• MONKEY SHOW a burlesque show having chorus girls ...1931 Amer. sl.
CHORUS GIRL - nouns, person
• HIGH-KICKER a chorus girl ...1900s Aust. sl.
• MONKEY a dancing girl; a chorus girl; also, a taxi dancer ...1928 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY-CHASER a man interested in a chorus girl or taxi-dancer ...1931 Amer. sl.
CHOSEN - adjectives
• ECLECT * chosen, select ...1839
• ELECTITIOUS †* arbitrarily chosen ...1631
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• ILL-WALED badly chosen ...1790 Sc.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALED-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• WALL-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• YCORE † chosen ...a900
CHOSEN - nouns
• WALE that which is chosen or selected as the best; the choicest individual, kind, specimen, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHRIST - nouns
• GARLAND †* Christ's crown of thorns ...1377
• SANG ROYAL † the blood of Christ ...1523
CHRISTEN - verbs
• HEAVE † to lift a child from the font (formerly the duty of a sponsor at baptism); hence, to baptize, to christen ...c1200
CHRISTENED - adjectives
• YCRISTENED † christened ...1387
CHRISTENING - nouns
• BEARING CLOTH † a child's christening robe ...1601
• BED-ALE † ale brewed for christening ...1880
CHRISTENING - nouns, person
• MAIDEN CUMMER a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening ...1710 Sc.
• MAIDEN-KIMMER a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening ...1824 Sc.
CHRISTIAN - adjectives
• FAITHWARD * towards the Christian faith ...1886
CHRISTIAN - nouns
• GOOD RELIGION genuine Christian conduct ...1953 Amer. dial.
CHRISTIAN - nouns, person
• GUY a Christian as opposed to a Jewish crimp ...c1830 sl.
• NAZARITAN †* a Christian ...1625
• PAGANO-CHRISTIAN a Christian corrupted by paganism ...1680
CHRISTMAS - nouns
• BELLESNOGGLE St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELL-SCHNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNICKLE same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BELSCHNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BELSH NICHEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1830 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1823 Amer. dial.
• BELTZNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BENSNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BLACK CHRISTMAS a snowless period in late December ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BULL-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• CALF-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• COW-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• CRIMBO Christmas ...Brit. sl.
• DAFT DAYS, THE the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
• PELSNICKLE St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PELTSNICKEL same as 'PELSNICKLE' ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PELZNICKEL same as 'PELSNICKLE' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAIN Christmas tree tinsel ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SECOND CHRISTMAS the day following Christmas Day ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SILLY SEASON the Christmas holidays ...20C Aust. sl.
• VESSEL a Christmas gift of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XMAS Christmas; pronounced 'Exmas' ...1755 UK
• YESMUS Christmas ...1854 Eng. dial.
• YULE-GIRTH † the peace of Christmas ...1569-70
CHRISTMAS - nouns, person
• BELL-SCHNICKEL a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNICKEL same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKLER same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1964 Amer. dial.
• VESSEL-CUP-WOMAN a Christmas carol-singer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHRISTMAS - verbs
• BELLSNICKLE to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNIGGLE same as 'BELLSNICKLE' ..1881 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELLSNICKLE' ...1881 Amer. dial.
CHRISTMAS - interjections
• MELE KALIKIMAKA! Merry Christmas! ...1950 Hawaii
CHRONICLE - verbs
• TITLE † to set down in writing; to inscribe, to record, to chronicle ...1340
CHRYSANTHEMUM - nouns
• CHRISTIAN ANTHEM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHRYSANTHIUM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHRYSANTHUM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAREWELL-SUMMER the chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum sinense ...1863 Eng. dial.
• OCTOBER ROSE a chrysanthemum ...1949 Amer. dial.
CHUBBY - adjectives
• BAFFY chubby ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCHY chubby, short and stout ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHAPO short, chubby, chunky ...1932 Amer. dial.
• NUNTY stout or chubby, combined with shortness ...1876 Eng. dial.
CHUBBY - nouns, person
• CHAPO a short, chubby person or horse ...1893 Amer. dial.
• CHUB a chubby person ...1838 US sl.
• CHUBBO a chubby person ...1977 US sl.
• CHUBBY-CHASER a man who is attracted to chubby women ...1975 US sl.
• CHUB-CHUB a chubby person ...1967 US sl.
• FUBS † a small chubby person; a plump young person or child; chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1614
• PODGE a short, fat person, esp. a chubby child ...L19 sl.
• THRUTCH-PUDDINS a chubby person or animal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHUCKLE - nouns
• KECKLE a short, spasmodic laugh; a chuckle; a cackling, chattering; noisy laughter; giddy behaviour ...1820 Sc.
• WERRICK a half-smothered laugh; a chuckle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CHUCKLE - verbs
• KECKLE of a person: to chuckle, to laugh, to giggle ...1513
• LAUGH LIKE A DRAIN to chuckle or laugh heartily; to guffaw ...1948 UK sl.
• SHUCKLE † to chuckle ...1598
• WERRICK to give a half-smothered laugh; to chuckle ...1892 Eng. dial.
CHUCKLING - adjectives
• KECKLING chuckling, noisy; of a giddy disposition ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHUNK - nouns
• HAWK a portion cut, a slice, a chunk ...1956 Sc.
CHUNKY - adjectives
• CHAPO short, chubby, chunky ...1932 Amer. dial.
CHURCH - adjectives
• ECCLESIAL † pert. to the church ...1649
• ECCLESIASTIC pert. to the church ...1483
• ECCLESIASTICAL pert. to the church ...1538
• ECCLESIOLOGIC pert. to the church or to church buildings and decoration ...1882
• ECCLESIOLOGICAL pert. to the church or to church buildings and decoration ...1847
CHURCH - nouns
• ALLEY the aisle of a church ...1713 Eng. dial.
• AMEN BENCH the front seats in a church, on either side of the pulpit; thus those who occupy them, i.e. the most devout members of the congregation ...L19 US Black sl.
• AMEN CORNER 1. the front seats in a church, on either side of the pulpit; thus those who occupythem, i.e. the most devout members of the congregation ...1890s US Black sl.
2. the part of the church where seekers kneel at a revival ...1944 Amer. dial.
• AMEN PEW a bench or seat in the 'amen corner' of a church ...1877 Amer. dial.
• AMEN PEWS seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN ROW seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN SEATS seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN THEATRE ROYAL a church ...L19 sl.
• ANXIOUS BENCH at revival meetings or in church, a seat in front for people concerned about their spiritual well-being ...1832 Amer. dial.
• AUTEM a church ...16C Eng. sl.
• AUTEM SNEAK the robbery of churches or chapels ...E19 sl.
• AWOMEN CORNER a humorous creation to match the 'amen corner' in the church; men and women, except courting couples, sat on opposite sides of the church ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BACKSLIDERS' BENCH seats toward the back of the church ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BALD-HEADED ROW a row of seats within a church, usually near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAPTISTERY the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
• BAPTISTRY the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
• BELL-HOUSE a church tower, a belfry ...1652 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG CHURCH, THE no church at all ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM-ROOM a seat for one in a church pew ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUZZARD RELIGION the 'religion' practiced by one who goes to church only for funerals ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-PERCH a church ...L19 rhyming sl.
• CHURCHLET a small church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOXOLOGY WORKS a church ...1871 Amer. jocular
• ECCLESIARCHY government by the church ...1878
• ECCLESIASTICALNESS †* ecclesiastical character ...1659
• ECCLESIASTICISM the spirit and temper, or the principles of action, which are distinctively ecclesiastical ...1862
• ECCLESIASTICS † matters ecclesiastical; the science of church government ...1672
• ECCLESIASTRY ecclesiastical pomp or business ...1865 nonce word
• ECCLESIOGRAPHY a descriptive treatise on the church ...1881
• ECCLESIOLATRY worship of the church; excessive reverence for church forms and traditions ...1847
• ECCLESIOLOGY the science relating to the church or to churches; now usually, the science of church building and decoration; also, a treatise on churches ...1837
• ECCLESIOPHOBIA a morbid dread of ecclesiasticism ...1877 nonce word
• GLORY HOLE a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOD-BOX (derogatory) a church or other place of worship ...1917 sl.
• GOD-HOPPERY a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOSPEL MILL a church ...1872 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHOP a church ...1909 Amer. dial.
• INTERVAL the time between the hours of public worship ...1873 Sc.
• LAND a pew in a church ...1925 Sc.
• LEAN AND LURCH. a church ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• LEFT IN THE LURCH a church ...L19 rhyming sl.
• MEETING-HOUSE 1. a church building ...1632 Amer. dial.
2. a Non-conformist chapel; an Irish Presbyterian church ...1858 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• MERCY SEAT a bench, seat, or rail set aside for penitents at the front of a church or revival meeting ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOANER'S BENCH a special pew reserved during a Black church revival for those who wish to be 'saved' ...L19 US Black sl.
• PARCLOSE 1. a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
2. ('par-close') a pew in a church ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PASS the passage between the pews in a church, an aisle ...1871 Sc.
• PREACHING-SHOP a church; more generally, a chapel ...c1840 colloq.
• RECITATION SEAT a seat in the front of a church for people concerned about their spiritual well-being ...1969 Amer. dial.
• REPENTANT SEAT a bench, seat, or rail set aside for penitents at the front of a church or revival meeting ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SALARY a sum of money pledged to a church; a tithe ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SANCTUARIUM * a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship ...1796
• SKY CONE a church steeple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• STEEPLE HOUSE a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIN TABERNACLE any church with an iron or tin roof ...L19 sl.
• TRAILERS' ROW the front row in church; mourners' row ...1921 Amer. dial.
• VERGERISM * action, etc., characteristic of a verger ...1857
CHURCH - nouns, person
• AARON a leader of the church ...1607 sl.
• AUNT JANE a female member of a Black church ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BEDERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDLAR an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDRAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDREL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BELLY MEMBER a person who goes to church very seldom (only comes when there's a church supper) ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BENCH-JUMPER a person who constantly changes churches ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BETHERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BLACK-BONNET an elder of the church ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUZZARD CHRISTIAN a person who goes to church only for funerals, or only for dinners ...1942 Amer. dial.
• EASTER CHRISTIAN a person who attends church only on major holidays such as Easter or Christmas ...1950 Amer. dial.
• EASTER LILY a person who attends church chiefly at Eastern time ...1967 Amer. jocular
• EATING MEMBER a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ECCLESIARCH a ruler of the church ...1781
• ECCLESIAST one who performs public functions in church; a church administrator ...c1386
• ECCLESIASTIC a clergyman, a person in orders; a 'churchman' as distinguished from a 'layman' ...1651
• ECCLESIASTICAL * a clergyman, a person in orders; a 'churchman' as distinguished from a 'layman' ...1882-3
• ECCLESIOLATER one who worships the church ...1847
• ECCLESIOLOGIST a student of ecclesiology ...1841
• FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIAN a person who goes to church seldom if at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAIR-WEATHER CHURCHGOER a person who goes to church seldom if at all ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FALL-AWAY a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FALL-FROM-GRACE a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FELL-AWAY a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEYARD CHRISTIAN a churchgoer from dread of the hereafter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KALE-POT WHIG one who does not go to church but stops at home on Sundays ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMB a young member of a flock, esp. of the church ...c1000
• MEMBER a devout church member ...1867 Amer. Black dial.
• OFFICERS OF THE 52NDs young men who attend church regularly every Sunday ...L19 Irish
• ONCER a person who only goes to church once on Sunday ...L19 sl.
• RING-TAIL DEVIL a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHIRTTAIL BAPTIST a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TWICER a person who goes to both matins and evensong services at church ...L19 sl.
• VERGER one whose duty it is to take care of the interior of a church, and to act as attendant ...1707
• VERGERESS a female verger or caretaker of a church ...1889
CHURCH - verbs
• ECCLESIASTICIZE to render ecclesiastical ...1865 nonce word
CHURCH - phrases
• THREE Bs as used by churchmen: Bright, Brief, and Brotherly ...L19 sl.
CHURCHWARDEN - nouns, person
• ANTHEM DIVER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers ...E18 sl.
• AUTEM-DIPPER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers ...E18 sl.
CHURCHYARD - nouns
• GOD'S ACRE a churchyard ...1844
• SANCTUARY † a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery ...1432-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SANCTUARY GARTH † a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery ...1412-13
• YARD a churchyard ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHURL, CHURLISH - nouns, person
• BODACH a peasant, a churl ...1865 Irish
• CARL(E) a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
• CARLOT †* a churl, a rustic, a peasant ...1600
• CHARRO an ill-bred, coarse person; a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHUFF a churl, an oaf, a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• HALF-SIR a churl; a miser ...1843 Ireland
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person ...1604
• NABALITE † a churlish or miserly person ...1645
• NABBLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person; a churlish person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl ...B1900 sl.
• ZOUCH a churl; an unmannerly fellow ...18C sl.
• ZOUCHER a churl; an unmannerly fellow ...18C sl.
CHURLISH - adjectives
• BOISTOUS stubborn, churlish (obsolete)
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• KARLISH. churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; churlish; narrow-minded ...1861
• NABALISTIC † churlish; miserly ...1659
• NABALITIC † churlish ...1659
CHURLISH - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHURLISH - phrases
• HE WON'T GIVE A BEAN FOR A PEA he is very ungenerous or churlish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CIA - nouns
• COMPANY, THE the Central Intelligence Agency ...1967 US sl.
CIA - nouns, person
• SPOOK an intelligence agent, especially CIA ...1940s US sl.
CICADA - nouns
• AUGUST BUG a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AUGUST CRICKET a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AUGUST FLY a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALM-CRICKET the cicada ...1783
• BEEZER-WEEZER an insect that sits in trees or bushes in hot weather and makes a sharp, buzzing sound; probably a cicada ..1970 Amer. dial.
• BROWN LOCUST a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CADY-DID a cicada ...2004 Amer. dial.
• CHICHARRA a cicada ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S FIDDLE a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EVERY-YEAR LOCUST a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FALL BIRD a cricket; a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FERRO a cicada ...1913 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HEAT BUG a cicada ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAR BUG the cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JARFLY the cicada ...1880 Amer. dial.
• KATTYDID a cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDID a cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCUST a cicada ...1709 Amer. dial.
• OATS BUG a cicada ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH a cicada ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SIZZERY BUG a cicada ...1910 Amer. dial.
• TREE FLY a cicada ...1954 Amer. dial.
CICADA - verbs
• CLITTER to emit the sound of a grasshopper or cicada ...1844
CIDER - adjectives
• WELSH insipid, tasteless; of cider, etc.: watery, poor ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CIDER - nouns
• DEVONSHIRE WINE cider ...1853 Eng. dial.
• EASY RIDER cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
• SMILO alcoholic cider ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRING-JAW rough cider ...L18 sl.
• WYNONA cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl. (Wynona Ryder)
• WYNONA RYDER cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
CIGAR - nouns
• B-40 a cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor ...1998 US sl.
• BETWEEN JOBS a short cigar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIGHEAD a kind of cigar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOWSPRIT a cigar ...1906 Amer. nautical sl.
• BUCKEYE a small cigar factory ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• CABBAGE a cigar, esp. a cheap one ...1843 sl.
• CABBAGE-LEAF a poor-quality cigar ...c1840 sl.
• CABBAGE ROLL a poor-quality cigar...M19 sl.
• CABBAGIO PERFUMO a cheap cigar ...L19 sl.
• CAB-RANKER a cheap cigar ...1920s sl.
• DINCH the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DINCHER the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1942 Amer. sl.
• EL CABBAGIO a low-quality cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EL ROPO a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EL ROPO STINKADORO a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EL STINKO a cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FACTORY SMOKER a cheap cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAG END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• FANTAIL a cigar not wrapped at one end ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FAT ONE a large cigar ...1990s US sl.
• HAY-BURNER a cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LA-DE-DA a cigar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LA-DI-DA(H) a cigar ...1977 rhyming sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH a cigar ...1991 rhyming sl.
• LARDY a cigar ...1970s rhyming sl. (La-di-dah)
• LARDY-DAH a cigar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke) • LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LONG NINE a cigar ...1830 Amer. sl.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NEWTON PIPPIN a cigar ...L19 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER the discarded butt of a cigar; also, a quid of chewed tobacco ...1834 US sl.
• PITTSBURGH TOBY a thin, inexpensive cigar ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RATTAIL a cigar, esp. one made of inferior tobacco ...1940 Amer. sl.
• ROPE a cigar ...1934 US sl.
• SAGER † a cigar ...1774
• SCAG a cigarette, a cigar; a cigarette butt ...1910s US sl.
• SEEGAR a cigar ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SKAG a cigarette, a cigar; a cigarette butt ...1910s US sl.
• SNIPE a cigarette or cigar butt ...1889 Amer. sl.
• STICK a cigarette; a cigar ...1919 sl.
• STINKER a cigarette, esp. a cheap or foul-smelling cigarette or cigar ...1907 sl.
• STOGIE any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar ...19C US sl.
• STOGY any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar ...19C US sl.
• TOBY a thin, inexpensive cigar; an inferior kind of cigar ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TOOFAH a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOOFER a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOOFOR a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOOFUR a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TWOFER a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
CIGAR - verbs
• BUTT to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1956 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON A CIGAR to smoke a cigar in order to make oneself seem smarter than one is ...L19 sl.
CIGARETTE - nouns
• ACE a pull on a cigarette ...2000s US prison sl.
• AFRICAN a tailor-made, rather than hand-rolled, cigarette ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AFRICAN NIGGER a tailor-made, rather than hand-rolled, cigarette ...1940s Aust. sl.
• ALF A MO a cigarette, esp. when it proves hard to keep alight ...1910s sl.
• ARF A MO a cigarette, esp. when it proves hard to keep alight ...1910s sl.
• BARBER'S BREAKFAST a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
• BLANKETS cigarette papers ...1925 Amer. sl.
• BONE a tobacco cigarette ...1992 US sl.
• BUGGY WHIP an imitation cigarette, used as a substitute by kids; it was essentially a sort of sawdust bound by cord ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER a cigarette butt ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BURN a cigarette ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUTT a cigarette ...1902 Amer. sl.
• BUTT-END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• CAMEL-DUNG (derogatory) unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco ...20C sl.
• CANARY a cigarette ...1900s US campus sl.
• CANCER PILL a cigarette ...1950s sl.
• CANCER STICK a cigarette ...1958 sl.
• CANCERWEED a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN'S BUTT a cigarette less than half-smoked ...World War II Amer. army sl.
• CASKET NAIL a cigarette ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CASKET TACK a cigarette ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CIG a cigarette ...a1889 sl.
• CIGGER a cigarette ...1922 Aust. sl.
• CIGGIE a cigarette ...1915 sl.
• CIGGY a cigarette ...1915 sl.
• COFFIN-NAIL a cigarette ...1888 sl., orig. US
• COFFIN TACK a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
• COOKIE a cigarette ...1977 Amer. jocular
• COOKIE BOX a pack of cigarettes ...1978 Amer. sl.
• CORPORAL'S BUTT a cigarette more than half smoked ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CURLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DAG(S) a cigarette ...20C military sl.
• DEATH STICK a cigarette ...1969 Amer. jocular
• DECK a pack of cigarettes ...1920s US prison sl.
• DIMP a cigarette end ...1940 UK orig. military sl.
• DINCH the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DINCHER the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1942 Amer. sl.
• DIP a cigarette that has been dipped in embalming fluid ...2003 UK sl.
• DOG BREATH cigarette smoke ...1996 US sl.
• DOG-END a cigarette butt ...1935 Brit. sl.
• DO-ME-DAG a cigarette ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• DO ME GOOD a Woodbine cigarette ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DOOFAH a half a cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOOFER a partially smoked cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOOVAH a half a cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOOVER a half a cigarette ...1937 Brit. sl.
• DOUBLE O's Kool cigarettes ...1981 US sl.
• DOUT a cigarette end ...M20 Sc. colloq.
• DRAG a cigarette ...1942 sl.
• DUCK'S ARSE a cigarette end that is over-moistened with a smoker's saliva ...1993 UK sl.
• DUCK'S ASS a cigarette end that is over-moistened with a smoker's saliva ...1955 UK sl.
• DUE-BACK something that is borrowed, such as a cigarette, with an expectation of an ultimate return of the favour ...1951 US sl.
• DURRY a cigarette ...1941 Aust. sl.
• FAG 1. any cigarette; a cigarette butt ...1888 UK sl.
2. a cheap cigarette, usually as issued to troops in World War I ...L19 sl.
• FAG-ASH cigarette ash ...L19 sl.
• FAG-BUTT a cigarette end ...1930s sl.
• FAG-CARD a cigarette card ...L19 sl.
• FAG END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...1853 Brit. sl.
• FAGGOT a cigarette ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FAG-PAPER a cigarette paper ...1910s sl.
• FAG-TOPPER a cigarette end ...1900s sl.
• FAIRY WAND a cigarette holder ...1963 US sl.
• G prison-made cigarettes ...1990s US prison sl.
• GANGSTER a cigarette ...1972 US sl.
• GASPER a cigarette ...1914 UK sl., orig. military for an inferior cigarette
• GASSER a cigarette ...1984 Aust. sl.
• GIPPY an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• GROUNDER a cigarette that is picked up from the ground and smoked ...1930 Amer. sl.
• GWA n. tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GWAAI tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GWAI tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GYPPIE an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• GYPPY an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• HACKING STICK a cigarette ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HALF A MO a cigarette ...1910s sl.
• HUMP a Camel™ cigarette ...1989 US sl.
• IGARETSAY a cigarette ...1940s US Pig Latin
• JAWBONE home-rolled cigarettes and the tobacco for making them ...1983 Amer. dial.
• LAME a tobacco cigarette, as opposed to a marijuana cigarette ...1967 US drugs sl.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke)
• LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LAUGH AND JOKE a smoke ...L19 rhyming sl.
• LOG a carton of cigarettes ...1991 US sl.
• LUNG-DUSTER a cigarette ...1929 US jocular
• LUNG-FOGGER. a cigarette ...1943 US jocular
• MAGGOT a cigarette butt ...1963 Amer. sl.
• MAKINGS loose tobacco and paper for hand-rolled cigarettes ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NAIL a cigarette ...1925 Amer. sl.
• NICKIE a cigarette ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NIGHT NURSE a cigarette smoked in the middle of the night by an addict whose body is awakened by the craving for nicotine in the night ...1996 US sl.
• NUMBIES Players' Number 6™ cigarettes ...1988 Sc. sl.
• NUMBO Number 6™, a branded cigarette ...2001 UK sl.
• OIL RAG a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OILY a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag' (oily rag)
• OILY RAG a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OLD KIT BAG a cigarette ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OLD NAG a cigarette ...20C rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• O.P.B. choice cigarette ends (Old Picked Bumpers' and Other People's Butts) ...L19 sl.
• OXFORD BAG a cigarette ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PACK a packet of cigarettes ...1928 US sl.
• PAPER cigarette papers, esp. when used for rolling marijuana cigarettes ...1930s drugs sl.
• PAPER-CIGAR † a cigarette ...1833
• PAPES cigarette rolling papers ...1997 US sl.
• PILL a cigarette ...1904 Amer. dial.
• PILL OF DEATH a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP STICK a cigarette ...1925 Amer. dial.
• PUFF AND DRAG a cigarette ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PUFFERS cigarettes; used of cigarettes sold on the black market ...Brit. sl.
• PULL a puff on a cigarette, etc. ...1575 sl.
• QUARTER a cigarette ...1958 US sl.
• QUERLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1932 Amer. dial.
• QUIRLEY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled cigarette ...1932 Aust. & US sl.
• QUIRLIE a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1939 Amer. dial.
• QUIRLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1932 Amer. dial.
• RABBITER'S BREAKFAST a visit to the toilet and a cigarette ...1975 NZ sl.
• RACEHORSE a thinly rolled cigarette ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• RAKE-UP a hand-rolled cigarette ...1940s sl.
• READY-ROLL a factory-made cigarette ...1949 Amer. dial.
• RIZLA a cigarette rolling paper ...1996 UK sl.
• ROACH a still-lit and smokeable cigarette end ...1996 UK sl.
• ROLL-UP a hand-rolled cigarette ...1950 sl., orig. prisoners'
• SALMON tobacco; a cigarette ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT tobacco; a cigarette ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout, esp. prison usage
• SCAG 1. a cigarette ...1915 sl. orig. US
2. a cigarette butt ...1915 sl., orig. US
• SKAG a cigarette or cigarette butt ...1915 Amer. armed forces sl.
• SKIN paper used for rolling marijuana or tobacco cigarettes ...1969 sl., orig. US
• SNIPE a cigarette or cigar butt ...1889 Amer. sl.
• SNOUT a cigarette or tobacco ...1950 Brit. sl.
• SNUFF STICK a cigarette ...1970s NZ sl.
• SPILL-QUIRLEY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SQUARE a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana ...1970 US sl. chiefly Black
• STAG the butt end of a cigarette ...2002 US sl.
• STEAMROLLER a thick hand-rolled cigarette ...1953 NZ sl.
• STICK a cigarette; a cigar ...1919 sl.
• STINKER a cigarette, esp. a cheap or foul-smelling cigarette or cigar ...1907 sl.
• STOMPIE a cigarette butt; also, a partially smoked cigarette, esp. one stubbed out and kept for relighting later ...1947 S. Afr. sl.
• STOOPER a cigarette stub picked up in the street ...1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STOOP TOBACCO a cigarette stub picked up in the street ...1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STRAIGHT a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana ...1959 sl.
• SWALLOW puff of a cigarette ...20C sl.
• TAB a cigarette ...c1920 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
• TABBIE a cigarette stub ...1920 Sc.
• TACK a cigarette ...1922 Amer. dial.
• TAILOR a factory-made cigarette ...1924 US sl.
• TAILOR-MADE a ready-made cigarette, as opposed to a hand-rolled one ...1924 sl., orig. US
• TAYLOR a factory-made cigarette ...1924 US sl.
• TICKLER a hand-rolled cigarette; also, the tobacco from which it is made ...1929 nautical sl.
• TOBY a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOKE a puff on a cigarette (esp. one containing marijuana) ...sl.
• TORCH an oversized cigarette lighter ...1960s US Black sl.
• TUBE a cigarette ...1946 sl.
• VERA a cigarette paper ...1940s UK rhyming sl. for 'skin' (Vera Lynn)
• VERA LYNNS cigarette papers ...1940s Irish rhyming sl. for 'skins'
• VICTOR TRUMPER a cigarette butt ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. for 'bumper'
• VIRGIN a cigarette made from Virginia tobacco ...1923 sl.
• WAFER a cigarette paper ...1996 UK sl.
• WAGGON a cigarette ...1900s S. Afr. sl.
• WANG a cigarette ...1990s S. Afr. sl.
• WIDOW-MAKER a cigarette ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOOD any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODBINE any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODIE any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODY any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WRAPS cigarette rolling papers ...1994 US sl.
• ZOL a hand-rolled cigarette ...1940s S. Afr. drugs sl.
CIGARETTE - nouns, person
• CARTON-PUSHER a person who sells cigarettes that have been stolen or smuggled from a state with lower taxes ...1978 US sl.
• FAG-END MAN a man who collects cigarette ends from the pavement ...1910s sl.
• PILL-SMOKER a cigarette fiend ...1915 Amer. dial.
CIGARETTE - verbs
• ASH to drop cigarette ash ...1930 Aust. sl.
• BOGUE to smoke a cigarette ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUILD A SMOKE to roll a cigarette ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BURN to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUTT to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1956 Amer. sl.
• DUCK ARSE when smoking: to wet the cigarette end with saliva ...1968 UK sl.
• FAG 1. to supply with a cigarette ...1926 Amer. sl.
2. to smoke a cigarette ...1940 Amer. sl.
• FIRE ONE UP to lights one's cigarette or reefer ...1960s US Black sl.
• FOG to smoke cigarettes ...Bk1974 Amer. dial.
• HACK BUTTS to smoke cigarettes ...1993 Can sl.
• LIGHT UP to light a cigarette or cigar ...1861 sl.
• PULL 1. to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
2. of an adult: to buy beer or cigarettes illegally for a minor ...2001 Can sl.
• PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.
• TWIST to roll a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CIGARETTE - phrases
• BUTT ME give me a cigarette ...1944 Amer. sl.
• HE'S BITING BUTTS he's broke and smoking butts ...Bk1944 service sl.
CINCINNATI - adjectives
• PORKOPOLITAN pert. to Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
CINCINNATI - nouns
• HOGOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
• PIGOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
• PORKOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
CINCINNATI - nouns, person
• PORKOPOLITAN a resident of Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
CINDER - nouns
• AIZLE a hot cinder; a live coal or ember ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRAND a glowing cinder; a burning peat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EASLE † hot ashes or cinders; a live coal or ember ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IZLE a hot cinder; a live coal or ember ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILE a live coal, a glowing ember of coal, peat, wood, etc.; a red-hot cinder ...1866 Sc.
CINEMA - nouns
• GRIND HOUSE a cinema showing a continuous programme with no intermissions ...US sl.
• LAST CHANCE the upper balcony in a cinema favoured by homosexuals ...1966 US sl.
• NABE a neighbourhood cinema ...1935 US sl.
• NICKEL DUMP a cheap cinema, charging only a nickel or 5 cents admission ...20C US sl.
• OLYMPIC POOL an outdoor cinema ...1950s Aust. sl.
• PAD OF GALLOPING SNAPSHOTS a cinema ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
CINNAMON - nouns
• CANEL † cinnamon ...c1205
• CANELL † cinnamon ...1382
• CANELLE † cinnamon ...c1460
• SINNOMON † cinnamon ...1609
CIRCLE - adjectives
• ORBY * of the form of a circle ...c1611
CIRCLE - adverbs
• A-COMPASS † in a circle ...c1385
CIRCLE - nouns
• CANTLE † a segment of a circle or sphere ...1551
• CAROL † a ring or circle, as of standing stones ...1330
• DECIRCINATION † forming into a circle ...1731
• ORB † a circle, or anything of circular form, as a circular disc or wheel, or a ring ...1590 rare or obs.
• ORBICULATION † the formation of an orb, circle, or sphere; rounding ...1647
• QUIRK anything out of the square; a twist, a bend, a circle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a circle; a circular or annular form, appearance, or arrangement; a round ...c1305
CIRCLE - verbs
• CATTLE-MILL to go round in a circle, as cattle in a herd do ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DECIRCINATE † to round off, to form into a circle; to draw a circle with a pair of compasses ...1656
CIRCLE AROUND - verbs
• GRIND SALT to circle around, as a hawk or vulture circling aloft ...1888 Amer. dial.
CIRCULAR - adjectives
• ORBAL †* of the nature of an orb; circular ...1603
• ORBIC * of the form of an orb; rounded, orbicular ...1619
• ORBICAL † of the form of an orb; rounded, orbicular ...1582
• ORBICULAR round as a circle or disc; circular, or of circular plan or section ...c1420
• WHEELY circular ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CIRCULAR - nouns
• ORBELL †* a circular surface or plot ...1635
CIRCUIT - nouns
• UMGANG † the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference ...a1300
CIRCUITOUS - adjectives
• FAR-FETCHED † devious, circuitous ...a1656
CIRCUITOUS - verbs
• GO AROUND ONE'S FINGERS TO GET TO HIS THUMB to go circuitously ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CIRCUITOUSLY - adverbs
• UNGAINLY circuitously; with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CIRCUMCISE - verbs
• CARVE † to circumcise ...c1420
• UMBECARVE † to circumcise ...a1240
• UMBECLIP † to circumcise ...c1200
• UMBESHEAR † to circumcise ...c1200
CIRCUMCISED - adjectives
• CUT OUT TO BE A GENTLEMAN circumcised ...20C Brit. sl.
CIRCUMFERENCE - nouns
• UMGANG † the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference ...a1300
• UMSTROKE †* edge, circumference ...1650
CIRCUMLOCUTION - nouns
• ABOUT-SPEECH † a roundabout phrase; circumlocution ...1513
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
• CIRCUMQUAQUE † a circumlocution ...1556
• ROUNDABOUTATION * circumlocution ...1812
CIRCUMLOCUTION - verbs
• CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE † to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution ...a1693
• WALLACH to use many circumlocutions ...Bk1905 Sc.
CIRCUMSPECT - adjectives
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
• WARELY † of a person, his actions, etc.: cautious, circumspect, prudent ...a900
CIRCUMSPECTION - nouns
• BESEEING † circumspection, consideration ...1340
CIRCUMSPECTLY - adverbs
• ADVISEDLY † with watchfulness or attention; warily, attentively, carefully, circumspectly ...1375
• WARELY † watchfully, cautiously, circumspectly; prudently ...c897
CIRCUMSTANCE(S) - nouns
• ABOUT-STANDING † a circumstance ...1340
• BEFALL † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
• FARCOSTS † circumstances ...c1205
• FARE condition, circumstances; chance, lot ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PASS condition, state, circumstances ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CIRCUMVENT - verbs
• WAFT to beat, to trounce, to out-manoeuvre, to circumvent ...1921 Sc.
CIRCUMVENTION - nouns
• BOGILL-ABOUT-THE-BUSH circumvention ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-BUSH circumvention ...Bk1911 Sc.
CIRCUS - nouns
• BAG in the circus: a toy balloon ...1931 Amer. sl.
• DAUB in the circus: an advertising poster ...1923 US sl.
• DEAD CAT in the circus: a lion, tiger, etc. that does not perform but is only exhibited ...1930s Amer. circus usage
• DEAD PONY GAFF of circus and fairgrounds: a bad site ...1961 UK travelling showmen's usage
• DOG AND PONY SHOW a derisive name for a small circus ...1920s Amer. sl.
• DUKEY in the circus: a lunch prepared for circus workers on long train journeys between towns ...1980 US sl.
• DUKEY RUN in the circus: a long train ride between shows ...1980 US sl.
• EDUCATOR in the circus or carnival: the 'Billboard' weekly newspaper ...1980 US sl.
• GARBAGE STAND in the circus and carnivals: a novelty concession ...1981 US sl.
• HORSE OPERA an entertainment featuring trained horses; hence, a circus or carnival; used disparagingly ...1864 US sl.
• KID SHOW a circus or carnival side show ...1980 US sl.
• MECHANIC any safety device worn by a circus performer ...1980 US sl.
• MUG JOINT in circus and carnival usage: a concession where customers are photographed ...1931 US sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PALONIE a circus pony used in comedy routines ...1953 UK sl.
• PUNK any young circus animal; a baby lion or elephant ...Bk1974 Amer. circus usage
• RIDERS a circus company ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SHYSTER a very poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
• TOP a circus tent ...sl.
• TOPPER in circus and carnival usage: a featured act ...1981 US sl.
• X, THE in the circus or carnival: exclusive rights for an item or concession ...1980 US sl.
CIRCUS - nouns, person
• ART in the circus: performers, as distinguished from other employees ...1926 Amer. sl.
• DANGLER in the circus: a trapeze artist ...1934 US sl.
• FAKER a circus performer, esp. a rider ...c1875 circus usage
• FAKIR a circus performer, esp. a rider ...c1875 circus usage
• GAFFER a boss or master of a show or circus ...18C sl.
• GUY in the circus and carnival: a customer, a patron, usually a man ...1878 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY in the circus and carnivals: an undependable employee, esp. a drunk ...1981 US sl.
• JERRY-COME-TUMBLE a tumbler, a circus performer ...Eng. dial.
• KINKER a circus performer ...1909 Amer. sl.
• NATIVE to the employee of a circus or carnival: a local patron ...1980 US sl.
• RAG a street tumbler ...1875 circus usage
• RIDER a performer at a circus ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SHYLOCK in circus or carnival use: the show's office secretary ...1981 US sl.
CIRCUS - verbs
• BLOW AN ARROW in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
• BUST AN ARROW in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
• CARRY THE BUG in circus usage: to work as a night watchman ...1981 US sl.
• GUY OUT in the circus: to make the tents secure by tightening the guy-ropes ...19C circus colloq.
• MOPE to quit your job in the circus ...1980 US sl.
• MOPE AWAY to quit your job in the circus ...1980 US sl.
CIRCUS - phrases
• MISTER WOOD IN THE HOUSE used to describe a poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
• MR. WOOD IN THE HOUSE used to describe a poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
CIRRHOSIS - nouns
• BIG C cirrhosis of the liver ...2000s sl.
• HARD LIVER cirrhosis of the liver ...1966 Amer. dial.
CITE - verbs
• ACCITE † to cite in writing, to quote ...a1631
• ADDUCE to bring forward verbally for consideration, to cite, to allege ...1616
CITED - adjectives
• ADDUCED brought forward in a statement; cited, alleged ...1790
CITIZEN - nouns, person
• NATURALIZANT †* a natural citizen or inhabitant ...1653
CITIZEN - verbs
• POLITIZE * to make into citizens ...1884
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - adjectives
• UNDRESSED used of a citizens' band radio operated without a linear amplifier ...1976 US sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - nouns
• CHARLIE BROWN a citizens' band radio set ...1981 UK sl.
• EAR a citizens' band radio antenna ...1976 US sl.
• EARS a CB radio; CB equipment ...1976 Amer. Citizens Band usage
• FOOTWARMER a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• GANGBANG a group of friends talking together on citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• PUMP an illegal linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• SNEAKER a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• THREES AND EIGHTS best wishes, good luck; used as a sign-off ...CB sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - nouns, person
• SWAMPER a motorist or truck driver, esp. one using a CB radio ...CB sl.
• XYZ a citizens' band user of undiscovered gender; hence, a homosexual ...1976 US sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S EARS ON to be tuned into one's CB transceiver ...1970s sl.
• MODULATE to talk or converse over a two-way radio ...1975 Amer. CB sl.
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - phrases
• TEN-FOUR that is correct; OK; used as an acknowledgement that a message has been received ...1962 Citizens band usage
CITY - adjectives
• URBIAN * pertaining to a city ...1710
CITY - nouns
• BABYLON 1. any great and luxurious city ...1634
2. the hedonistic, exciting world of the city, as opposed to the quietness of the countryside; specifically, London ...M19 UK sl.
• BIG A, THE a city or other named entity that bears the initial A ...1955 US sl.
• BIG APPLE any big city or town ...1944 US sl.
• BIG BURG a big city ...1918 US sl.
• BOWERY the part of a city notorious for low life; skid row ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURG a town or city ...1846 US colloq.
• END an area of a city ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• HEAD the chief city, the capital; the chief or most excellent part ...c893
• HIGHLAND the northern, often Black area of a city ...1970s US Black sl.
• ILET a city block ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ISLET a city block ...1981 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEGAPOLIS † a chief or principal city; a metropolis ...1638 nonce word
• METROPOLE † a chief town or city; a metropolis ...a1300
• NATION † the native population of a town or city ...1523
• SADLANDS the suburbs of a city ...2002 UK sl.
• SIDE an area of a town or city ...1970s sl.
• SIN CITY a city characterized by licentiousness and vice ...1973 sl., often used jocularly
• SNOB ZONING a method of placing restrictions on specific city areas in a deliberate attempt to make it impossible for low-income families, e.g. non-White, non-middle-class families, to purchase homes there ...20C US sl.
• TENDERLOIN a district of a city where vice and corruption are rife ...1887 Amer. sl.
CITY - nouns, person
• ASPHALT ARAB (derogatory or jocular) a citified person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• LORD CHESTERFIELD a citified person ...1965 Amer dial.
• PALTRIPOLITAN † an unimportant, paltry, mean, or contemptible city person ...1588
• TACK a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOWN DUDE (derogatory or jocular) a city person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TOWN TACK a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
CIVIC - adjectives
• OPPIDAN belonging to a town or to the town, as opposed to the country; civic; urban ...1643
CIVIL - adjectives
• DOCIOUS docile, quiet, civil ...1853 Amer. dial.
• QUIET gentle, civil, not given to strong language ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WELL-SCRAPIT well-spoken, civil ...Bk1904 Sc.
CIVIL AFFAIRS - nouns
• SILLY AFFAIRS civil affairs ...1968 US sl.
CIVILIAN - nouns
• CIT DUDS civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIT RAGS civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CITS civilian clothes ...1829 US services' sl.
• CIVVY STREET civilian life ...1943 sl.
• OUTSIDE the civilian world ...L19 US military sl.
CIVILIAN - nouns, person
• CIT a civilian ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIVVY a civilian ...1915 sl.
• P.F.C. Poor Foolish (Forlorn, Fucking, etc.) Civilian ...1947 US sl.
• SILLYVILLIAN a civilian, seen from the cynical eyes of the military ...1963 US sl.
CIVILITY - nouns
• FALAHVER unctuous politeness; exaggerated civility expressed in words, 'palaver' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MANSHIP † humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility ...a1000
CIVILIZE - verbs
• UNBARBARIZE to render less barbarous; to civilize ...1648
CIVILIZED - verbs
• UNBRUTE to make civilized ...1670
• UNBRUTIFY to make civilized ...1812
CIVILLY - adverbs
• FAIR † civilly, courteously, kindly ...a1000
CIVIL SERVANT - nouns, person
• MANDARIN a senior civil servant, politician, or commentator ...1910s sl.
• WHITEHALL WARRIOR a civil servant ...1973 Brit. sl.
