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COACH - COLLUSIVE
COACH (also see CARRIAGE) - adjectives
• VECTARIOUS * belonging to a coach, wagon, or any carriage ...1656
coach - nouns
• BANGY a buggy without any top ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BASKET BUGGY a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BASKET CARRIAGE a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BASKET PHAETON a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BASKET WAGON a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER FLAP a trap or light carriage ...M19 rhyming sl.
• CAB a cabriolet; a public carriage ...1820s colloq.
• HACK a vehicle plying for hire; a hackney coach or carriage ...1704
• HITCH a horse and carriage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IMPUDENT STEALING 'cutting out the backs of coaches and robbing the seats' ...Bk1796 sl.
• JARVEY † a hackney-coach ...1819
• JARVIE † a hackney-coach ...1819
• JARVY † a hackney-coach ...1819
• JINGLE a hackney carriage ...1860 Irish sl.
• MONKEY-BOARD the conductor's or the footman's place on an old-style omnibus or on a carriage ...1842 colloq.
• QUEER ROTAN a run-down coach ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• QUITCH † a coach ...a1693
• UNICORN a coach drawn by three horses, two abreast and one in the lead ...1785 UK criminals' sl.
• WAGONING coach-driving ...M19 sl.
coach - person
• CAB - a cabman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• CABBIE, CABBY a cab-driver - now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859 colloq.
• CABMAN - the driver of a public hired cab ...1850
• CAD 1. † an unbooked passenger whom the driver of a coach took up for his own profit on the way ...1790
2. † a coachman's assistant - the person who takes the fare or attends to the passengers of a coach ...1833 obs. or hist.
• CAD-BOY - a coachman's assistant ...L18 sl
• CADCATCHER - an unbooked passenger in a coach, whose fare was pocketed by the driver ...Bk1955
• CADGER - anyone in a service industry, as a waiter, cab-driver, who solicits for tips ...L19 sl.
• ESSEDARTUS - a coachman ...E18 sl.
• GARDENER - an insulting term for a second-rate, incompetent coachman ...1859 sl.
• GURRAWAUN - † a coachman ...1864 Anglo-Indian
• HACKNEY-COACHMAN - the driver of a hackney-coach (a four-wheeled coach, drawn by two hoses, and seated for six persons) ...c1610
• HELL-DRIVER - † a coachman ...1699 sl.
• IMPUDENT STEALER - one who cuts out the back of a coach and takes things out of it ...c1700 UK criminals' sl.
• JACK-BOY - a postilion - one who rides one of a carriage's leading horses rather than riding on the box ...c1810 sl.
• JARVEY, JARVIE, JARVY - a hackney-coachman ...1812 colloq.
• JARVIS - a hackney coachman ..1811 sl.
• JEHU - a coachman - a driver ...1694 humorous
• MAFOO - a groom - hence, a coachman ...Bk1910 Anglo-Chinese
• OUTSIDE - a passenger who rides on top of a coach ...L18 sl.
• RAG-TACKER - a coach-trimmer ...c1820 sl.
• SHORT-ONE - in coaching: a passenger not on the waybill ...c1830
• WAP-JOHN - † a gentleman's coachman ...1826 sl.
coach - verbs
• BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE to be thrown or fall from a coach ...c1800 sl.
• CAB to travel by cab ...E19 sl.
• CAB IT to travel by cab ...E19 sl.
• FALL ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE to be thrown or fall from a coach ...L19 sl.
• JARVEY to act the 'jarvey'; to drive a carriage ...1826
• JEHU to drive a horse-drawn vehicle ...1822
COACH (one who teaches or trains) - person
• BENCH BOSS - in sports: a coach, esp. one who also plays on the team ...1909
• SKIP a coach ...1970 US sl.
COAGULATE - verbs
• CAGGLE to stick together; to coagulate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRUD(D)LE † to curdle; to coagulate ...1579
• LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle ...1768 Sc.
• LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1889 Amer. dial.
• QUAIL † to curdle, to coagulate ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAR † to curdle, to coagulate ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAM to cause to coagulate; to make to curdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• YEARN to coagulate, to curdle ...1371-3 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
COAGULATED - adjectives
• QUARRY †* clotted, coagulated ...1587
COAL - adjectives
• QUICK † of coals: live, burning ...c1000
coal - nouns
• AIZLE, IZLE a hot cinder, an ember; a live coal that flies out of the fire ...a1000 Sc.
• BLACK DIAMONDS coal ...Bk1890 sl.
• EASLE † hot ashes or cinders; a live coal or ember ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLEDE, GLEED a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires ...1847 Amer. dial.
• INGLE fuel for a fire, a burning coal, peat, etc. ...1814 Sc.
• ISELL, ISIL a live coal, a cinder ...1825 Sc.
• LAMPBLACK coal ...1897 US railroad sl.
• NEEST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire ...1886 Sc.
• NIST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire ...1886 Sc.
• PITTSBURGH FEATHERS coal ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUILE a live coal, a glowing ember of coal, peat, wood, etc.; a red-hot cinder ...1866 Sc.
• SEED a burning coal covered with ashes to preserve a fire overnight ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SKITTLE a coal scuttle ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TAND a spark of fire; a piece of burning coal or peat; a firebrand ...1866 Sc.
coal - person
• FANTAIL GENTLEMAN a coal-heaver ...19C sl.
• JAGGER a carter or carrier, esp. a man who makes his living by carting for other people; one who sells coals in small loads ...1870 Eng. dial.
• LEGER, LEGIER, LIEGER † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
coal - verbs
• CARBUNCULATE † to burn like a coal ...1623
• FLY THE PIGEONS to steal coal as one carts it ...B1923 cant
COARSE - adjectives
• BAUSY large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• BROAD of speech: vulgar, coarse ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BROAD-SPOKEN outspoken; using coarse language ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• COARSE AS NECK-BEEF very coarse; of the poorest quality ...Bk1902 sl.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HARD-FAVOURED having a hard or unpleasing appearance or look; stern-faced; coarse-featured; ill-favoured, ugly ...1513 arch.
• HASKY 1. coarse, dirty, slovenly ...1808 Sc.
2. harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTHED coarse, vulgar, or profane in speech; blustering, bullying ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FAURED of behaviour or speech: ill-mannered, impudent, ill-tempered, coarse ...1816 Sc.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• ORDINARY † pert. to or characteristic of the common people; common, vulgar; unrefined, low, coarse ...1659
• RACKLE † hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGLETIE coarse in appearance, haggard and tawdry ...a1838 Sc.
• RAGGLISH coarse, worthless; of a worthless character ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGLISH coarse, worthless; of a worthless character ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth ...1811 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RANDIE, RANDY having a rude, aggressive manner; loud-tongued and coarse-spoken ...1698 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANK 1. gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
† 2. lustful, licentious; depraved, coarse-minded, libidinous ...c1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANKRINGING † wild, coarse, lawless ...1822 Sc. obs.
• RAPLOCH coarse, rough, homely ...1724 Sc.
• RAW-GOBBED rude and coarse of speech ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROINOUS † coarse, mean, paltry, base, nasty, contemptible ...c1366
• RORTY coarse; earthy ...L19 sl.
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600 obs.
• ROUGH SIDE DOWNWARDS coarse-mannered, angry ...Eng. dial.
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
• TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
• UNDELICIOUS † not dainty or delicate; coarse, rough ...a1618
• UNFEEL unpleasant, disagreeable, dirty, filthy; rough, coarse, not smooth; uncomfortable ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
coarse - person
• APPLE-KNOCKER - a coarse or dull-witted person ...N. Amer. colloq.
• BAGGAGE SMASHER - † a coarse, rough, brutal person ...1851 Amer. sl.
• BEAR - a brutal, coarse, or morose person ...1751
• BEAST - a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature ...c1400
• BEASTESS - a coarse or degraded woman; a disliked girl or woman ...1934 US sl.
• BIG INJUN - a nickname for a coarse, boastful man ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BLADDER-HEAD - a coarse, brutal bully...Bk1886 Eng dial.
• BLADGE - a low, coarse, vulgar woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BLUITER - a coarse, clumsy, inconsiderate, blundering fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABER - a big, coarse, clumsy man ...1925 Sc.
• CHARRO - an ill-bred, coarse person - a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FUSSOCK - a coarse, fat, unwieldy, idle woman - a term of contempt ...a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
• GADGE - a man regarded as coarse, uncouth, or rough ...1993 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTAGS - a rude, coarse, or lewd girl or woman ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTANG - a rude, coarse, or lewd girl or woman ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GROBIAN - a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow - a rude lout - a boor ...1621
• GRUBBER - a person who is coarse, ignorant, or offensive ...1941 Amer. sl.
• GUSSIE - a coarse, lusty woman ...B1900 Sc.
• HABBLE - a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• HALLION - a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) - a slattern; a dirty, untidy, or coarse person; an uncouth person ...1824 Sc.
• HASSOCK - a large, coarse woman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAUVEN - a lout, a coarse, rude fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• HAVEREL - a rude, coarse boor; a rough, ignorant fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• HAWBAW - a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK - an ungainly or clumsy person; an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a rude, ignorant rustic; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1787
• HAWBY - a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HEAP - a coarse, rough person ...1956 Sc.
• HELLCAT - a thoroughly bad or coarse person ...1603
• HEN-WIFE - a cotquean, a coarse, vulgar, scolding woman; a feckless. irresponsible, or shiftless female ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• HILLBILLY - a person from a remote rural or mountainous area, esp. of the south-eastern US; an uncouth person from such an area; a backward, ignorant, coarse person; a rustic, unsophisticated country person ...1900 chiefly US
• HUGGERMAGRILLIAN - a coarse, slovenly woman ...B1900 Sc.
• KAIL-WIFE - a scold - a coarse, brawling woman ...1959 Sc.
• MACAROON - a coarse, rude, low fellow ...Bk1790
• MANKIND-WOMAN - a coarse, masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIKEY - a Gypsy or member of a travelling people - more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable (now regarded as offensive) ...M19 Eng. dial. & slang
• RAMMOCK - a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• RANDY - a loud-tongued, coarse-mannered woman - a scold - a virago - a termagant ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANGATANG, RANGGATAN - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RANGO - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RAW-GOB - an abrupt, coarse, vulgar speaker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUDAS - a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman - an ill-natured, ugly old woman - a virago ...1725 Sc.
• SAVAGE - a savage, cruel, or fierce person; an unfeeling or brutal person; also, one who is destitute of culture, or who is ignorant or neglectful of the rules of good behaviour; a coarse, uncouth person ...1606
• SCHLOB, SHLOB - a coarse, ill-mannered, uneducated person ...Brit. sl.
• SCHLUB, SHLUB - a coarse, ill-mannered, uneducated person ...Brit. sl.
• SCRANK - a coarse-featured person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARLOCH - a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman ...1825 Sc.
• VUDDICKS - a coarse, fat woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YENTA - a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female ...1923 US
• ZHLOB - a coarse person; a boorish man ...1964 US sl.
• ZHLUB - a coarse person; a boorish man ...1964 US sl.
COARSE-MINDED - adjectives
• RANK depraved, coarse-minded, libidinous ...1892 Eng. dial.
COARSENESS - nouns
• BARNYARD EXPRESSION coarse or vulgar language; slang ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CARLISHNESS surliness; coarseness ...1552
• NECK-BEEF coarseness ...Bk1902 sl.
COAST - adverbs
• A-COAST † at one side, by the side, by the coast ...1599 obs.
coast - nouns
• ORE †* shore, coast ...1652
COAT - see CLOTHES
COAT HANGER - nouns
• BRACE a coat hanger ...1950 Amer. dial.
COAX - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• BAISE to persuade, to coax ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLAFLUM to coax, to cajole; to deceive ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAW to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADDLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADEL, CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANOODLE to coax ...Bk1891 sl.
• CANT to wheedle, to coax ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY, CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• COLLOGUE to wheedle, to coax ...L16
• CRUDLE to coax, fawn, or cringe; to shrink or cower with cold, fear, or pain ...Bk1891 Eng. dial.
• DAUNSEL † to caress, to make much of, to coax ...1362
• DAWL to coax, to fondle, to stroke gently with the hand ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FAGE † to coax, to flatter; to toady; to beguile, to soothe ...c1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAIZLE to coax, to flatter ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• GET ROUND A MAN'S NECK-HOLE to wheedle and coax for a favour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEE-MAW to wheedle, to coax, to caress in a wheedling manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIRD to make amorous advances; to coax, to fawn upon one ...1829 Sc.
• PADDISH to coax ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PEACH AWAY, PEECH AWAY to coax, to entice ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• STROKE THE EARS † to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...a1668
• TEAL to entice, to coax, to inveigle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person ...1866 Sc.
• TEELY to entice, to coax, to wheedle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person ...1866 Sc.
• TICE † to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...c1275 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKLE THE EAR(S) to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...Bk1897
• TIDDLE to entice, to coax ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TILL † to draw, to attract, to persuade; to entice, to allure, to coax; to win over ...a1225
• TISE to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...1860 Sc.
COAXED - adjectives
• ELOZABLE †* readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537
COAXING - adjectives
• CARNEYING in a wheedling, coaxing, or insinuating manner ...1851 colloq.
• MIRDING coaxing, fawning ...1868 Sc.
• TEELIE coaxing, enticing, encouraging, inducing ...1866 Sc.
coaxing - nouns
• FAGE † the act of coaxing or deceiving; a deceit, fiction ...1420
• FAIR WEATHER flattery, coaxing ...1923 Sc.
• MIRD flattery, coaxing ...1865 Sc.
• TICE kind treatment; the act of treating in a coaxing manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
coaxing - person
• FLATTERCAP † a flatterer, a wheedler; a wheedling or coaxing child who tries to gain their own little ends by flattery ...1681 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLL-POOP a pet; a spoiled child; a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLYPOT a coaxing, wheedling child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
COBBLER - see SHOE, PERSON
COBWEB - adjectives
• WOBBY covered with cobwebs ...1963 Sc.
cobweb - nouns
• ARAIN a spider; a cobweb ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ARAIN-WEB, AR(R)AN-WEB a cobweb ...1881 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP a spider's web ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP-WEB a spider's web ...1785 Eng. dial.
• BIMBOMS church bells; hence, applied to anything hanging, as icicles, tags of a bonnet or dress, mucus hanging from the nose, cobwebs, etc. ...1679 Eng. dial.
• COBWOBS cobwebs ...1931 Sc.
• FAIRIES' WASHING small, dew-covered spider webs in fields ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CURTAINS cobwebs ...1935 Aust. sl.
• IRISH DRAPERIES cobwebs ...L19 sl.
• IRISH LACE cobwebs ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NET a spider's web ...c1000
• SPIDER'S-NEST a cobweb ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TWAIL †* a spider's web ...1608
cobweb - verbs
• THRUM to spin a web, as spiders do ...1890 Eng. dial.
COCAINE - see DRUGS
COCKEYED (also see askew, etc.) - adjectives
• KEY WESTERN CROOKED askew, cockeyed, completely out of shape, position, business, etc. ...1908 Amer. dial.
COCK - nouns
• BARBS † the wattles of a cock ...1601
• MIDDEN-MONARCH a cock ...1894 Sc.
COCKFIGHTING - nouns
• BATTLE-COCK a fighting cock ...1605
• BEATEM the conqueror; the one who excels all others; often used in cock-fighting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANCY MEN patrons of the cock-pit and the ring ...1847-8
• GAME, THE cock-fighting ...L17 sl.
• HACK in cockfighting: an independent match arranged between owners ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HACKFIGHT in cockfighting: an independent match arranged between owners ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HAMMIE, HAMMY a cock that will not fight ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cockfighting - person
• GENTLEMAN OF THE MATT AND FEATHER - an aficionado of cock-fighting ...1784 US sl.
• HANDER - * a person who holds and incites a gamecock in a fight or contest ...1746
• HANDLER - a person who holds and incites a dog or gamecock in a fight or contest ...1783
• HEADSTOCK - †* each of the leaders of rival groups of boys participating in a cockfight ...1834 Sc.
• HEELER - a person who fits spurs to the legs of fighting cocks ...1783
COCKROACH - nouns
• BLACK-CLOCK a cockroach; a black beetle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DOY a beetle, a cockroach ...19C Eng. dial.
• KACKERLAKE a cockroach ...1813
• KAKAROCH † a cockroach ...1665
• KAKKERLAK a cockroach ...1813
• PARSON a large black beetle of any kind; a cockroach ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROACH a cockroach ...1848 sl., chiefly US
• WATER BUG a cockroach, esp. a large one, or a similar insect ...1875 Amer. dial.
• WATER ROACH a cockroach, esp. a large one ...1864 Amer. dial.
COCKY - adjectives
• HEAD UP eager, cocky ...1854 Amer. dial.
• TOO BIG FOR ONE'S BRITCHES disturbingly confident; unacceptably cocky ...1835 Amer. dial.
• UP IN THE AIR cocky, self-opinionated ...1910s US sl.
cocky - person
• CRACKERJACK an arrogant, cocky person ...1910s US sl.
COCOA - nouns
• KI, KYE drinking chocolate, cocoa ...1943 nautical sl.
• OKOKAY cocoa ...1930s back-slang
• ORI cocoa ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Orinoco)
• ORINOCO, ORINOKO cocoa ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COCONUT - nouns
• HAIRY MARY a coconut ...1952 Sc.
• MONKEY the coconut ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-MEAT the coconut ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-NUT a coconut ...1909 Amer. dial.
COD - adjectives
• SALT STRUCK of cod: dressed with enough salt to be pickled ...1957 Can. sl.
cod - nouns
• AACHIBOMBO codfish fritters ...1940s W. Indies
• CAPE ANN codfish ...1844 Amer. dial.
• CAPE COD TURKEY a salted cod fish ...1865 Amer. sl.
• GADE a codfish ...1836
• GARNEY the fins, sounds, and tongues of the cod-fish ...1867
• IRISH GOOSE cooked codfish ...M19 US sl.
• MACADAM a codfish fritter ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• MARBLEHEAD TURKEY codfish ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TAMLIN-COD a young cod-fish ...1871 Eng. dial.
• WATER-HORSE newly-washed codfish, which are laid upon each to drain before they are spread to dry ...1792 Newfoundland
CODDLE - person
• CADDLE one who coddles himself; one who is accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
coddle - verbs
• CADDLE, CADEL, CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANT to coddle, to pamper, to make much of ...1840 Eng. dial.
• MARDLE UP to coddle, to nurse; to take pains about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOSSION UP to indulge or coddle a child ...1912 Amer. dial.
CODDLED - adjectives
• POMPEYED pampered, spoiled, coddled ...1942 Amer. dial.
CODE - nouns
• BIGOT highly secret information; a code word ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HAIRPINS homosexual code phrases inserted casually into a conversation, trolling for a response ...1950 US sl.
COERCE - nouns
• WOLF TICKET a threat or other act of intimidation used to coerce ....1974 US sl.
coerce - verbs
• BULLDOSE, BULLDOZE to intimidate, to coerce, to force through violence ...L19 sl.
• SHANGHAI to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something ...1919 sl., orig. US military
COERCED - adjectives
• HIGH-PRESSURE coerced, forced ...1940s sl.
COERCIVE - adjectives
• ON THE MUSCLE threatening, coercive ...1859 US sl.
COFFEE - adjectives
• BARE of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOT of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOTED of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BLACK ENOUGH TO HOLD AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISHWASHY of coffee: weak, dilute ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-OCTANE of coffee: strong, highly caffeinated ...1990s sl.
• IN THE DARK of coffee: black ...1885 US sl.
• IN THE LIGHT of coffee: served with cream ...1900 Amer. sl.
• LACED of coffee: sugared ... c1690 Brit. sl.
• REVEREND of coffee: without milk, sugar, etc. ...1936 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR UP AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO BOUNCE AN IRON WEDGE said of strong coffee ...1946 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN IRON WEDGE said of strong coffee ...1859 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN IRON WEDGE AROUND CAPE HORN said of strong coffee ...1939 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK YOUR HAT OFF of coffee: very strong ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO POP AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO RAISE YOUR HAT of coffee: very strong ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO TIP YOUR HAT of coffee: very strong ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO TOTE DOUBLE said of strong coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ALONE of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1861 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK AND PAY TAXES of coffee: very strong-flavoured ...2008 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK BACK TO COLOMBIA of coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1992 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK BY ITSELF of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OFF of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON ITS HANDS of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1915 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE CUP of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE POT of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK UP A HILL BACKWARDS of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK UP HILL of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOO WEAK TO SET ON THE TABLE said of weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• UNLEADED of coffee and soft drinks: caffeine-free ...1996 US sl.
• WEAK AS BRANCH WATER very weak, as coffee, etc. ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED AND COFFEE BEGRUDGED said of weak coffee ...1840 Amer. dial.
• WEAK ENOUGH TO FALL OFF THE TABLE said of weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
coffee - nouns
• ACKER FORTIS very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• ACKIE FORTIS very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• AGGIE FORTIS very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• AGUR FORTY very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• AL PACINO a cappuccino coffee ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• ARBUCKLE any coffee ...1944 Amer. dial.
• ARBUCKLE'S any coffee ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BATTERY ACID coffee ...1941 US sl., orig. military
• BERRY a coffee bean ...1712
• BLACK black coffee ...Bk1998 sl.
• BLACKJACK very strong coffee without cream or milk ... World War I sl.
• BLACKOUT general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BLACK-STRAP 1. general issue coffee ...World War I sl.
2. thick black coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLACK WATER coffee, esp. weak coffee ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLANKO WATER coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BLOND AND SWEET coffee with cream and sugar ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOTLEG coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BOSTON COFFEE half coffee and half cream ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BRANCH WATER any weak beverage; esp. coffee ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BROWN WASH weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CADILLAC a cup of coffee with cream and sugar ...1989 US prison sl.
• CAFFÈ coffee; a drink of coffee ...M19
• CAMBRIC COFFEE very weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHASSE 1. a cup of coffee that accompanies a shot of spirits, usually whisky ...M19 sl.
2. a liqueur taken after or with coffee ...M19 sl.
• CHICORY coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CHINCH WATER weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CUPACOFFEE a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUP OF J. a cup of coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CUP OF JAVA a cup of coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CUP OF MISERY a cup of poor coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUP OF MUD a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUP OF MURK a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...Bk1942 Amer. dial.
• DITCHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EVERTON TOFFEE coffee ...M19 rhyming sl.
• HIGH OCTANE strong caffeinated coffee ...1990s US sl.
• HUNDRED-MILE COFFEE strong coffee...1971 US sl.
• INDIAN COFFEE coffee made from reheated grounds ...M19 US sl.
• INK coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• IODINE strong coffee ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JAMOKE coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• JAVA coffee ...World War I Amer. sl.
• JERKWATER very weak coffee ...1941 Amer. dial.
• JOE coffee ...1941 Amer. sl.
• JOE WITH COW AND SAND a cup of coffee with milk and sugar ...E19 sl.
• LIFER JUICE coffee ...1987 Amer. military sl.
• MISERY bad coffee ...1932 US sl.
• MISSISSIPPI MUD thick, strong coffee ...L19 sl., orig. US
• MOKE coffee ...1929 Amer. sl., esp. nautical
• MORMON POISON ...1984 Amer. dial.
• MUD coffee ...1875 US sl.
• MUDDY WATER coffee ...1981 Brit. sl.
• MUG OF MURK a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUG-UP a cup of coffee, and often a snack, or even a meal, usually taken with others; a coffee break ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NINNY-BROTH † coffee ...1696 sl.
• NORSKI COFFEE very strong coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NORTHERN COFFEE very weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NORWEGIAN COFFEE very strong coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OCEAN TEA very weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OD COFFEE Army coffee ...1919 US Army sl.
• OFFEE KAY coffee ...1930s back-slang
• OIL coffee ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE IN THE DARK a cup of black coffee ...1900s US sl.
• ONE IN THE LIGHT a white coffee, a coffee with cream ...1900s US sl.
• PAINT REMOVER strong, bitter coffee ...20C sl., orig. US
• PALE VIENNA coffee made with milk ...20C US tramps' sl.
• PINT OF MAHOGANY coffee ...1888 sl.
• POND WATER very weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POT OF OIL a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POWDER a cup of black coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAINWATER coffee ...1930s US prison sl.
• ROAD TAR truck-stop coffee ...Bk1998 sl.
• SAWMILL COFFEE very strong coffee ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SCARED WATER weak coffee ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTLE OF JAVA a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea of coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY COFFEE strong coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP DIP coffee ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPHERDER'S COFFEE very strong coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOT OF CAFFEINE a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIDEARMS cream and sugar; salt and pepper ...1940s US military sl.
• SIX-SHOOTER strong coffee ...1968 Amer. West usage
• SIX-SHOOTER COFFEE strong coffee ...1968 Amer. West usage
• SKILLY an insipid beverage, esp. coffee or tea ...1927 sl.
• SLOPS AND SLUGS coffee and doughnuts ...1940s US Black sl.
• SOLVENT general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• SOUP weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK O' MOO cream in coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUDS weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SYRUP OF SOOT † a humorous term for coffee ...1875
• TALL 'UN a pint of coffee ...L19 sl.
• TAR black or very strong coffee ...1850 Amer. dial.
• TAR-WATER general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• WARM WET weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
coffee - person
• BARISTA - a bartender in an Italian or Italian-style bar; also, a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar ...1982
coffee - verbs
• BOIL to prepare or make coffee ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAF UP to ingest caffeine, usually in the form of coffee, to promote one's energy ...1980s US campus sl.
• MUG UP to have a cup of coffee between meals, and often a snack ...1897 Amer. dial.
• QUALIFY to put sugar and cream in coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea or coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
coffee - phrases
• I CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH IT said of very weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
COFFEE ESTABLISHMENT - nouns
• BUN JOINT a coffeehouse ...L19 US sl.
• JERRY-WAG-SHOP coffee shop ...Bk1896 sl.
COFFER - nouns
• CAPSE †* a coffer, chest ...1447
COFFIN - nouns
• BEN BOX a casket ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BENTO a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BOIST a box or chest; a coffin ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONE-HOUSE a coffin ...B1900
• BOX a coffin ...1864 sl.
• BURIAL CASE a coffin, esp. one made of metal ...1851 Amer. dial.
• CASE a burial box ...US Civil War usage
• DEAD-KIST a coffin ...1878 Sc.
• DEADWOOD a coffin ...M19 US sl.
• DEAL SUIT a cheap coffin, as supplied by the parish, rather than purchased from an undertaker ...M19 sl.
• ETERNITY BOX a coffin ...L18 sl.
• HEARSE † a bier, a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave ...1601 obs. or arch.
• ICEBOX a coffin ...1970s sl.
• MAN-BOX a coffin ...c1820 Brit. sl.
• PAINTED-BOX n. a coffin ...L19 US sl.
• PALL a cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb ...c1440
• PINE DRAPE a coffin ...1945 US sl.
• PINTO a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one ...1951 Amer. dial.
• PINTO BOX a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PLANTING CRATE a coffin ...1936 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SANDAPILE † a coffin or bier ...1623
• SARCOPHAGUS a stone coffin, esp. one embellished with sculptures or bearing inscriptions, etc. ...1705
• SHARPSHOOTER a coffin with tapering ends ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SHARPSHOOTER CASKET a coffin with tapering ends ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER-BREECHES a coffin ...1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIMBER-BREEKS a coffin ...1902 Sc.
• TOOTHPICK a hexagonal coffin ...1946 Amer. Black usage
• UNION-BOX a pauper's coffin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WOODEN-BREEKS a coffin ...1821 Sc.
• WOODEN-COAT a coffin ...M19 US sl.
• WOODEN HABEAS a coffin made for a prisoner ...L18 cant
• WOODEN-KIMONA a coffin ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• WOODEN KIMONO a coffin ...1926 UK sl.
• WOODEN OVERCOAT a coffin ...1903 UK sl.
• WOODEN SARK a coffin ...1823 Sc.
• WOODEN SUIT a coffin ...1968 UK sl.
coffin - person
• BIER-CARRIER - a coffin-carrier ...1654
COGNIZANT - adjectives
• WARE † cognizant, informed, conscious ...c1000 obs. exc. arch.
• WARING †* aware, cognizant of ...1571
COHABIT, COHABITING - adjectives
• BATCHED UP said of a man and woman who are not married but live together as if they were ...1970 Amer. dial.
• PALLED-IN of a man: living with a woman ...1900s sl.
cohabit, cohabiting - nouns
• LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING the activities of a male and a female living together unmarried ...1971 US sl.
• L.T.R. a Living Together Relationship, marriage in all by the legalities ...1970s sl.
cohabit, cohabiting - person
• BEDMATES - an unmarried couple who live together or who share a bed for sexual purposes at a location other than the home of either partner ...Bk1986 sl.
• BIDE-IN - a person who lives with another without marriage ...1916 Sc. colloq.
• BIDIE-IN - a person who lives with his or her partner in a non-marital relationship; a cohabiting partner ...1916 Sc. colloq.
• L.I.L. - one's unmarried partner for the time being - Live-In Lover ...20C Brit colloq.
• MOLLISHER - a female cohabiting with a man, who jointly get their living by thieving - a thief's mistress - a wife ...1812 sl.
• OUTSIDE WIFE - a woman who lives with a man, but is not married to him ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHACK JOB - the person with whom one lives ...1950s sl.
• TALLY-HUSBAND - a man who cohabits with a woman without marriage ...1837
• TALLYMAN - a man who cohabits with a man without marriage ...1698 sl.
• TALLY-WIFE - a woman living with a man to whom she is not married ...1860 Eng. dial.
• TALLYWOMAN - a woman who cohabits with a man without marriage ...1890
cohabit, cohabiting - verbs
• ACCOMPANY to cohabit ...1500
• BROUSE to cohabit ...1944 Amer. dial.
• DAB IT UP (WITH). of a man and woman: to cohabit ...E19 sl.
• JOIN GIBLETS to cohabit as man and wife without being married ...B1900 sl.
• LAY UP to cohabit ...1928 Amer. dial.
• LIVE IN ADULTERY to live together outside of marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LIVE ON TALLY to live in concubinage; to cohabit without marriage ...1877 sl.
• LIVE TALLY to live together as man and wife without being married ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MAP AND MELL to live with a man at board and bed, as a wife with her husband ...1861 Sc.
• PAL IN (WITH) of a man: to cohabit with a woman ...M19
• SHACK UP to live with a sexual partner ...1950s sl.
• SHACK UP TOGETHER to cohabit, esp. as lovers ...1935 sl.
• SHACK UP WITH to cohabit, esp. as lovers ...1935 sl.
• TAKE AND GIVE to live, esp. as man and wife ...L19 rhyming sl.
• TAKE GRUEL TOGETHER to live together as man and wife ...L19 sl.
• TAKE UP to live together without marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TALLY to live as man and wife without being married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TREAD to cohabit ...1931 Amer. dial.
cohabit, cohabiting - phrases
• MARRIED ON THE CARPET AND THE BANNS UP THE CHIMNEY living together as though man and wife ...19C Brit. sl.
COIL - nouns
• LAP a wrapping round, a fold or coil ...1880 Sc.
coil - verbs
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• FANKLE to entangle, to twist, to knot; to coil, to wind; to disorder ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist ...1866 Eng. dial.
COIN - adjectives
• BRUMMISH of coin: of counterfeit character, doubtfully genuine ...1805 sl.
• ILL of coinage: spurious, counterfeit ...1703 Sc.
coin - nouns
• ABOUT-WRITING † the legend round the head stamped on a coin ...c1449
• ACKERS coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres ...1939 sl., orig. military
• AKKA money, whether change or notes ...1910s sl. orig. military
• BEAN a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money ...1811 sl.
• BINGLE a coin of little value ...1921 Amer. dial.
• BODDLE-PIECES small coins ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOY a coin or banknote ...1780 Amer. sl.
• BROWN a copper coin; a penny ...1812 Brit. sl.
• BUNGTOWN COPPER a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin ...1787 US
• CAP † a false cover to a tossing coin, called a 'cover-down'; the cap showed either head or tail as it was left on or taken off ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CARTWHEEL a large gold or silver coin, esp. a US silver dollar ...1855 US sl.
• CASTING † a coin ...1834 Amer. dial.
• CLINK a coin ...c1870 sl., chiefly military
• CLOD a copper coin; usually used in the plural ...1925 Brit. sl.
• COPPER a coin (originally) made of copper, such as a penny or US cent ...1788 sl.
• DINGBAT a coin ...1861 US sl.
• FAMILY PLATE silver coins ...c1850 jocular colloq.
• FLUTTER the spinning of a coin ...c1870 sl.
• FLY the act of spinning a coin ...c1870 sl.
• GAMMY LOUR counterfeit coin ...1839 UK criminals' sl.
• HARD MONEY coin ...c1848
• IRON MAN a coin, coin, cash, money; loot in the form of cash; usually plural ...1924 US criminals' sl.
• JACK a small coin ...Bk1896 American thieves' sl.
• JINGLE n. money in small coins ...1906 Aust. sl.
• JINK coin; money ...Bk1896 sl.
• MAN the head of a coin ...E19 sl.
• MARIGOLD † a gold coin; a sovereign ...1663 sl.
• MICK the reverse side of tail of a coin ...1918 Aust. sl.
• MOPUS † a piece of money; a coin of little worth ...1698 sl.
• NIGGING clipping coins ...L17 sl.
• OBVERSE that side of a coin, medal, seal, etc., on which the head or principal design is struck; the opposite of 'reverse' ...1658
• PICAYUNE any coin of little value, esp. a five-cent piece ...US colloq.
• PUKKA † a copper coin ...E19 now rare or obs.
• QUINE coin; money ...1872 Eng. dial.
• QUINIE coin, money, cash ...1832 Sc.
• QUINZIE coin, money, cash ...1832 Sc.
• RAP a counterfeit coin, worth about half a farthing, which passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the 18th century, owing to the scarcity of genuine money ...1724
• REENER a coin ...1893 tramps' sl.
• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person; the smallest coin ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCRITTICK the smallest possible coin ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHINERS money in coin, esp. sovereigns or guineas ...1760 sl.
• SHRAP copper coins; any small change ...c1915 NZ sl.
• SHRAPNEL copper coins; any small change ...c1915 NZ sl.
• SILVERS any coins ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• SKILLICK * a coin of the smallest value ...1835
• SKIRDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SKRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SMACKER a coin or note of money; a dollar; a pound ...E20 sl., orig. N. Amer.
• SMACKEROO a coin or note of money; a dollar; a pound ...E20 sl., orig. N. Amer.
• SMASH loose change ...1821 sl.
• SNOW money; applied esp. to money in silver coins ...1925 sl.
• TAIL LIGHTS copper coins ...1937 US tramps' sl.
• TIDDLER a small coin, such as a silver threepenny piece or a 1/2p coin ...1966 Brit. sl.
• TONSURE †* the clipping of coins...1621
• WOODEN MONEY a counterfeit or worthless coin or money ...1915 US sl.
• WOODEN NICKEL a counterfeit or worthless coin or money ...1915 US sl.
• WRAP a wrapped roll of coins ...1977 US sl.
• YELLOW-BOY a gold coin; a guinea or sovereign ...1662 sl.
• YELLOW-HAMMER † a gold coin ...1626 sl.
coin - person
• GINGLEBOY - one who possesses gold coins ...1632 UK sl.
• GINGLE-CASH - one who possesses gold coins ...1751 UK sl.
• MONEYER - a person who makes coins; an official responsible for the making of coins ...a1425
• NIG(G)LER - a clipper of coins ...L17 UK criminals' sl. .
• TONSOR - † a clipper of coin, one who mutilates coins ...1697
coin - verbs
• FLUTTER to spin a coin ...c1870 sl.
• GAMBLE to toss or spin a coin in gambling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMMLE to toss or spin a coin in gambling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO A FAIRY to toss coins to see who buys a round of halfpennyworths of gin ...L19 sl.
• SIFT to steal small coins, i.e. such as might be conceived of as passing through a sieve ...19C sl.
• TAKE VENT * of coin: to pass into circulation ...1641
• VENT † to put coins, etc. in circulation or currency; to give in payment; to pay out ...1629 exc. Soc.
COINCIDE - verbs
• COINCIDATE †* to coincide ...1657
• QUEEM to fit snugly, to fall into place, to coincide with ...1880 Sc.
COINCIDENCE - nouns
• HAPPEN-CHANCE a chance or accidental occurrence; a coincidence ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAPPEN-SO a chance or accidental occurrence; a coincidence ...1908 Amer. dial.
• NECK-AND-NECK an exact coincidence ...1858
• QUINKYDINK a coincidence ...1990s US teen sl.
COIN TOSS - nouns
• GAFFING coin-tossing, pitch and toss ...M19 sl.
• MAN the obverse of a coin used in tossing (heads) ...1828
coin toss - verbs
• CALL THE COIN to call 'heads or tails' when a coin is tossed ...1950s US sl.
• SKY to throw or toss up a coin ...1802 sl.
• TIT UP to toss up coins in order to reach a decision ...1880s sl..
COLD (low temperature) - adjectives
• ACALE † cold, frozen ...c1320
• ACOLD cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314 arch.
• AKALE † cold, frozen ...c1320
• ALL IN A PIECE stiff with cold or rheumatism ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARCTIC of weather or conditions: extremely cold, freezing ...1876 colloq.
• BLAE bleak, cold ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEE raw and cold ...1821 Eng. dial.
• CALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• C. H. AND D. cold, hungry, and dry ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOTCHY liable to colds ...19C Eng. dial.
• COLD AS A BAY STREET BANKER'S HEART very ungenerous, or very cold ...1987 Can. sl.
• COLD AS A NUN'S CUNT extremely cold ...1955 Aust. sl.
• COLD AS A NUN'S NASTY extremely cold ...1971 Aust. sl.
• COLD AS A PADDOCK very cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• COLD AS BELIX very cold ...1955 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BILLY BEDAM very cold ...1938 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLAZES very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLITZEN very cold ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLIXEN extremely cold ...1911 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLIXES. very cold ...1908 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLIXUM extremely cold ...1906 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLUGEONS very cold ...1969 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS TUNKET very cold ...1847 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS WHIZZ very cold ...1874 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN A NUN'S ASS very cold ...1972 Amer. sl.
• COLDER THAN A POLAR BEAR'S ASS very cold ...c1944 Amer. sl.
• COLDER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BILLY HELL very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BILLY THUNDER very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BLAZES very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BLIXENS very cold ...1927 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN WHALEY very cold ...1935 Amer. dial.
• COLO cold ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• CRIMPY of the weather: cold ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DEAD-STARVED cold as death, so cold as to have lost the use of one's limbs ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERN of weather: raw, cold ...1879 Eng. dial.
• EASTICK cold, showery ...1908 Sc.
• FREEZY cold ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FRIGIDIOUS †* intensely cold, frigid ...1630
• FRORE † intensely cold, frosty, frozen ...c1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GEE-WHIZZING COLD extremely cold ...1879 Amer. dial.
• GELID extremely cold, cold as ice, icy, frosty ...1606
• HALF-NETHERED nearly perished with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARRISHING cold and stormy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASK of the weather: dry, parching, piercingly cold ...1790 Eng. dial.
• KALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• MARBLIE resembling marble; hence, rigid, cold, or calm like marble ...1439
• MARBLY resembling marble; hence, rigid, cold, or calm like marble ...1439
• MARMOREAL resembling marble or a marble statue; cold, smooth, white, etc. like marble ...1798 poetic
• MICKLED WITH COLD benumbed with cold ...1746 Eng. dial.
• OFCALEN † affected with cold, chilled, frozen ...c1000
• OORIE cold, chilly, shivering ...1802 Sc.
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• OORLICH cold, chilly ...1826 Sc.
• OURIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected ...1785 Sc.
• PARKY of the weather: chilly, cold, very cold ...1895 UK sl.
• PINCHY of the weather: cold, chilly ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RAW-COLD exceedingly cold ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RAWKY misty, foggy, damp, raw and cold ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REAR of the weather: chilly, cold, raw ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RHEUMY running with cold ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCORCHING very cold ...1876 Amer. dial.
• SNITHE cold, sharp ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• SNIZY cold ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• TATERS cold ...20C rhyming sl. (Taters in the Mould)
• TATERS IN THE MOULD cold ...20C rhyming sl.
• THIEVELESS cold, bleak ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THIN of the wind or weather: cold, keen, piercing ...1881 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THIRLING of the weather: piercingly cold ...1801 Sc.
• URLED pinched or starved with the cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAALEN numb with cold; benumbed ...1838 Sc.
• WHIZZING COLD. extremely cold ...1887 Amer. dial.
• YAULD of weather: sharp, keen, cold, frosty ...1808 Sc.
• YAWL of weather: sharp, keen, cold, frosty ...1808 Sc.
cold (low temperature) - nouns
• BAFF exposure to cold; the effects of exposure to cold ...1866 Sc.
• GELIDITY extreme cold, frostiness, frigidity ...1656
• GELIDNESS coldness, frozenness ...1727
• GWENDERS a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes ...1816 Eng. dial. [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced 'wonders']
• HOG KILLIN' TIME a cold snap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ICE-BOLT a 'bolt' or dart of ice; hence, fig. a cold, piercing sensation; a sudden deadly chill ...1789
• INDIAN WINTER a period of unseasonably cold weather ...1931 Amer. dial.
• QUEEL a coldness, a cooling down, a chill ...1922 Sc.
cold (low temperature) - verbs
• ACOLD † 1. to become cold ...c880
† 2. to make cold, to cool ...c1230
• ACOOL † to wax cold, to cool ...a1000
• ARCTICIZE * to accustom to arctic or very cold conditions ...1891
• BEVER of cold: to shrivel up, to pinch ..Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIVER of cold: to shrivel up, to pinch ..Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHELDE †* to become cold ...a1300
• DAVER to be stiffened with cold; to be benumbed ...1742 Sc.
• HACKER to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGER of the teeth: to chatter with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KEEL to become cool or cold ...c1420
• KELD †* to become cold ...a1300
• NEARP to pinch with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIRL, NURL to cringe with cold ...1847 Sc.
• NURP to pinch with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCORCH to shrivel or nip with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• URLE † to be pinched or starved with cold; to draw oneself together as when cold; to look sickly or to go back in health ...1684 Eng. dial.
COLD (unemotional) - adjectives
• ICY cold, unemotional; reserved; aloof; without feeling or warmth ...1910s sl.
• THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding ...1787 Sc.
• V-EIGHT pert. to a cold or unresponsive female ...20C US sl.
cold (unemotional) - nouns
• ICEBERGSHIP coldness, indifference ...1842
cold (unemotional) - person
• APRON WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a cold or unresponsive woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DRY HOLE a cold and unresponsive woman ...E20 US sl.
• ICEBERG 1. a cold, unemotional, and reserved person ...1840 sl.
2. a cold and unresponsive woman; a frigid woman ...1949 US sl.
cold (unemotional) - verbs
• PUT ON THE CHILL to act coldly toward a person; to snub ...20C Amer. sl.
COLD (illness) (also see INFLUENZA) - nouns
• BAFF a cold; the effects of exposure to cold ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLINGER a bad cold ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BUG, THE. a cold or illness, esp. the flu ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CATARRH † the profuse discharge from nose and eyes with generally accompanies a cold, and which was formerly supposed to run down from the brain; a 'running at the nose' ...1533
• MORTH OF COLD, A intensity of cold, severe cold; a very heavy cold ...1824 Sc. & Ireland
• NAUGHTON AND GOLD a cold ...1961 Brit. rhyming sl.
• RHEUM a cold in the head ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SALT RHEUM † an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold ...1590
• SILVER AND GOLD a cold ...1990s rhyming sl.
• SNEKE, SNYKE †* a cold in the head ...c1440
• SNICK * a cold in the head ...Bk1895
• SNIFFLES a slight cold characterized by nasal congestion and discharge ...1825 sl.
• SNIFTERS a bad cold in the head ...1808
• SNIVELDOM a slight cold causing one to snivel ...1737
• SNUFFLES a slight cold characterized by nasal congestion and discharge ...1770 sl.
• STREAMER a severe head-cold ...1920s colloq.
• TISSICK a cold; an infection of the throat or lungs ...1954 Amer. dial.
• UNFAA a severe cold; a shivering fit; complete prostration from cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFF a slight attack or 'touch; of illness, esp. of cold ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
cold (illness) - verbs
• CATCH ONE'S DEATH to catch a bad cold ...1712 sl.
cold (illness) - verbs
• HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP GLASS refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism ...20C Brit.
• HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP MUG refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism ...20C Brit.
• HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP POT refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism ...20C Brit.
COLD-HEARTED - adjectives
• CHILLY cool, calculating; also, cold-hearted ...1971 US Black sl.
• SHISTY cold-hearted, mean ...2004 US sl.
COLDNESS - nouns
• CHILLY MITT, THE cold treatment or rejection ...1900 Amer. sl.
COLD SORE - nouns
• PET a cold sore ...c1980 Amer. dial.
COLLABORATION - nouns
• CALLABO a collaboration ...2002 US sl.
• DAISY CHAIN a group of individuals engaged in unfair collaboration; used derisively ...1969 US sl.
COLLAGEN - verbs
• PACK THE CRACKS to endure injections of collagen ...1997 US sl.
COLLAPSE - adjectives
• CRONK liable to collapse, unsound, unfit ...1900 Aust.
• RACKETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1824 Amer. dial.
• RACKILY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RACKLETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
collapse - nouns
• BREAK a breakaway or break-down; a collapse or failure ...1827 US
• BUST-OUT a collapse or failure; hence, a smash-up; a person who is a failure ...1963 US sl.
collapse - verbs
• BELLYFLOP to throw oneself down; to collapse; to fall badly ...1920s sl.
• BLOW UP to be out of order; to fail, to collapse ...1923 Amer. dial.
• COME APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings ...1930s sl.
• FAIL to collapse from exhaustion ...1873 Sc.
• FAIRRIE to collapse in an exhausted condition or from sudden illness ...19C Sc.
• FALL APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings; to lose one's usual poise and confidence ...1930s sl.
• FALL OUT to faint; to collapse; to fall asleep, often when overcome by drug consumption or excessive drinking ...1884 US sl.
• FALL OUT OF ONE'S STANDING to collapse from exhaustion ...1990s Irish sl.
• FALL TOGETHER to collapse, to contract, to shrink up ...1654 obs.
• FLUMP to collapse or fall heavily ...M19 sl.
• GO TO QUAT to collapse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUILL-WHEEL to yield, to give up; to collapse physically ...1851 Amer. dial.
• QUILWHEEL to collapse physically ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCAT to fail; to become bankrupt, to collapse ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A NOSE-DIVE to collapse; to fail utterly ...1920s sl.
• TO-FALL † to fall asunder or to pieces; to fall down, to collapse; also, to fall to decay ...c893
• WHAP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1843 Amer. dial.
• WHOP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1841 Amer. dial.
COLLAPSED - adajectives
• QUAT collapsed, quiet, dead ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YAVAL prostrate, laid low, flat on one's back and unable to rise; collapsed from insensibility, drink, etc. ...1754 Sc.
COLLAR - nouns
• ALL-ROUNDER a collar that meets at the front, a style that was fashionable at the time ...M19 colloq.
• ARTY-ROLLA a collar ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• ARTY-ROLLER a collar ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• CARCAN † an ornamental collar or necklace ...1539
• CARCANET an ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels ...c1530 arch.
• CARKET † an ornamental collar or necklace ...a1500
• HALF-A-DOLLAR a collar ...L19 rhyming sl.
• HOLLER BOYS (HOLLER) a collar ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• HORSE-COLLAR a clerical or man's high collar ...1920s Amer. sl.
• JACOBITE a shirt collar ...1690 sl.
• JAMPOT a very high, highly starched stand-up collar affected by dandies ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• MAINSAIL COLLAR a man's high wing collar ...1866 Amer. sl.
• NECK-ABOUT a woman's neckerchief; a collar ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NECKINGER a collar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OXFORD SCHOLAR a collar ...1930s rhyming sl.
• RABATINE * a low collar ...1821
• SARPE † a collar, neck-ring of gold or silver ...1429
• SIDEBOARDS a stand-up collar ...1857 sl.
• THRAPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• THROPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• TOP-SAWYER a collar ...c1870 tailors' sl.
• VIRL a small narrow collar; a gorget ...1823 Sc.
COLLAR-BONE - nouns
• CANNEL-BONE † the collar-bone or clavicle ...c1420
• SALT-CELLAR the cavity above a woman's collar-bone ...L19 sl.
COLLEAGUE - nouns
• OLD GANG a group or clique of friends or colleagues ...L19 sl.
colleague - person
• HELPFELLOW † a companion who renders help; a helper; a colleague; a partner or associate ...1549
• MAUGH a companion; a partner, a colleague ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONEY - a friend or trusted colleague; usually used as a form of address, esp. to a male friend ...1982 US colloq.
• RAGGIE a close friend or colleague on board ship ...1912 naval sl.
COLLECT - verbs
• ACCOIL † to gather together, to collect ...1596
• ACCRUE † to gather up, to collect ...1594
• FANG † to get, to obtain, to procure; also, to get together; to collect ...1340-70
• NOB 1. to collect money ...M19 sl.
2. to make a collection after a sporting contest, a performance, etc. ...M19 sl.
• QUEST to collect money or provisions as alms ...1843 Ireland
• RAKE AND SCRAPE to collect everything one can lay one's hands on for one's own advantage; to be over-grasping and avaricious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAM(M) to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with 'together' or 'up' ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to scrape up, to collect ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMBLE to collect; to pull or rake together with the hands ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMP to scrape together; to collect with difficulty ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN to gather together; to collect in any way; to get hold of; to gain, to catch ...1873 Sc.
• TAKE TOGETHER † to collect ...c1489
• TAKE UP to collect, to gather up ...1884 Eng. dial.
COLLECTED - adjectives
• ANTI-FRANTIC calm, collected ...1983 US sl.
COLLECTING, COLLECTION (money) - nouns
• CAP the proceeds of an improvised collection ...1851 sl.
• NOBBING collecting money, 'passing the hat round' ...M19 sl.
• NOBBINGS a collection of money, esp. money tossed into a boxing ring after an amateur or boys' fight ...M19 sl.
COLLECTION - nouns
• BOUNDARY a collection, a group, as of people ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAGGOT a bundle or bunch, as of herbs, rushes, etc.; a collection of things ...1489
• FAGOT a bundle or bunch, as of herbs, rushes, etc.; a collection of things ...1489
• GATHER-UP a motley collection of things or people ...1922 Sc.
• HANK a cluster, collection of things; a gang, assembly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ׇ• HARL(E) a haul; a collection; that which is gathered together; money or property obtained by dishonourable means ...1815 Sc.
• HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc.
• KADABBLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KADOODLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEST an accumulation or collection of similar objects ...1642
• OLIO a collection of various artistic or literary pieces, as engravings, verses, etc; a miscellany; a musical medley ...1655
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• QUELET †* a gathering, collection; congregation ...1382
• QUEST a collection for a charitable purpose ...1843 Ireland
• RACEMATION † a collection or cluster of things or persons ...a1641
• RAG BAG an odd assortment; a miscellaneous collection of anything ...M19 sl.
• SANK a quantity; a collection of things, as of potatoes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YATTER a collection of small objects; a confused mess or heap ...1808 Sc.
COLLECTOR - person
• MAGPIE a collector of specimens, curiosities, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOBBER a collector of money ...L19 sl.
COLLEGE (also see university, school, student) - nouns
• GYP-ROOM a room where the 'gyps' (college servants) keep table furniture, etc. ...c1870 Cambridge usage
• LETTER a letter worn on one's clothing that indicates success in college sports ...1910s US sl.
• SIWASH a small, second-rate college ...1932 Amer. dial.
• VALENTINE in college: a notification of academic deficiency ...1968 US sl.
college - person
• BULL OF THE WOODS (derogatory) the president or dean of a college ...1940s US Black sl.
• B.W.O.C. a socially prominent college woman; a 'big woman on campus' ...1934 Amer. student sl.
• SALUTATORIAN - in American schools and colleges, the student who delivers the 'salutatory' oration at the annual commencement day exercises ...1847 US
COLLIDE - verbs
• BAIRGE to collide violently; to threaten with violence; to move clumsily and noisily ...1847 Sc.
• CANNON to strike with rebounding collision; to come into violent collision with ...1864
• DERRY to move noisily, to collide, to bump ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DERRYBOUNDER to move noisily; to bump, to collide ... 19C Eng. dial.
COLLISION - nouns
• ACCIBOUNCE a minor collision or accident ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• DERRY the noise made by any object in collision ...1876 Eng. dial.
• DERRYBOUNDER the noise made by any object in collision ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GUTSER a heavy fall; a collision ...c1905 sl.
• GUTZER a heavy fall; a collision ...c1905 sl.
• OCCURSATION †* an act of running against something; attack; encounter; meeting; collision ...1615
• OCCURSION † an act of running against something; attack, encounter; meeting; collision ...1533
• PASH a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PILE-UP a multiple collision of vehicles ...colloq.
• RACK † a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
• SAUSAGE AND MASH a crash; a collision ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• SHUNT a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front ...Brit. colloq.
COLLOQUIAL, COLLOQUIALISM - nouns
• COLLOCALISM a colloquial localism ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLLOQUIALANGUAGE colloquial speech ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE colloquial speech ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAMILIARISM a mode of expression usual only in familiar language; a colloquialism ...1765
COLLUSIVE - adjectives
• COVINOUS † fraudulent, deceitful, collusive, dishonest ...1570
• VECTARIOUS * belonging to a coach, wagon, or any carriage ...1656
coach - nouns
• BANGY a buggy without any top ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BASKET BUGGY a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BASKET CARRIAGE a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BASKET PHAETON a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BASKET WAGON a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER FLAP a trap or light carriage ...M19 rhyming sl.
• CAB a cabriolet; a public carriage ...1820s colloq.
• HACK a vehicle plying for hire; a hackney coach or carriage ...1704
• HITCH a horse and carriage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IMPUDENT STEALING 'cutting out the backs of coaches and robbing the seats' ...Bk1796 sl.
• JARVEY † a hackney-coach ...1819
• JARVIE † a hackney-coach ...1819
• JARVY † a hackney-coach ...1819
• JINGLE a hackney carriage ...1860 Irish sl.
• MONKEY-BOARD the conductor's or the footman's place on an old-style omnibus or on a carriage ...1842 colloq.
• QUEER ROTAN a run-down coach ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• QUITCH † a coach ...a1693
• UNICORN a coach drawn by three horses, two abreast and one in the lead ...1785 UK criminals' sl.
• WAGONING coach-driving ...M19 sl.
coach - person
• CAB - a cabman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• CABBIE, CABBY a cab-driver - now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859 colloq.
• CABMAN - the driver of a public hired cab ...1850
• CAD 1. † an unbooked passenger whom the driver of a coach took up for his own profit on the way ...1790
2. † a coachman's assistant - the person who takes the fare or attends to the passengers of a coach ...1833 obs. or hist.
• CAD-BOY - a coachman's assistant ...L18 sl
• CADCATCHER - an unbooked passenger in a coach, whose fare was pocketed by the driver ...Bk1955
• CADGER - anyone in a service industry, as a waiter, cab-driver, who solicits for tips ...L19 sl.
• ESSEDARTUS - a coachman ...E18 sl.
• GARDENER - an insulting term for a second-rate, incompetent coachman ...1859 sl.
• GURRAWAUN - † a coachman ...1864 Anglo-Indian
• HACKNEY-COACHMAN - the driver of a hackney-coach (a four-wheeled coach, drawn by two hoses, and seated for six persons) ...c1610
• HELL-DRIVER - † a coachman ...1699 sl.
• IMPUDENT STEALER - one who cuts out the back of a coach and takes things out of it ...c1700 UK criminals' sl.
• JACK-BOY - a postilion - one who rides one of a carriage's leading horses rather than riding on the box ...c1810 sl.
• JARVEY, JARVIE, JARVY - a hackney-coachman ...1812 colloq.
• JARVIS - a hackney coachman ..1811 sl.
• JEHU - a coachman - a driver ...1694 humorous
• MAFOO - a groom - hence, a coachman ...Bk1910 Anglo-Chinese
• OUTSIDE - a passenger who rides on top of a coach ...L18 sl.
• RAG-TACKER - a coach-trimmer ...c1820 sl.
• SHORT-ONE - in coaching: a passenger not on the waybill ...c1830
• WAP-JOHN - † a gentleman's coachman ...1826 sl.
coach - verbs
• BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE to be thrown or fall from a coach ...c1800 sl.
• CAB to travel by cab ...E19 sl.
• CAB IT to travel by cab ...E19 sl.
• FALL ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE to be thrown or fall from a coach ...L19 sl.
• JARVEY to act the 'jarvey'; to drive a carriage ...1826
• JEHU to drive a horse-drawn vehicle ...1822
COACH (one who teaches or trains) - person
• BENCH BOSS - in sports: a coach, esp. one who also plays on the team ...1909
• SKIP a coach ...1970 US sl.
COAGULATE - verbs
• CAGGLE to stick together; to coagulate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRUD(D)LE † to curdle; to coagulate ...1579
• LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle ...1768 Sc.
• LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1889 Amer. dial.
• QUAIL † to curdle, to coagulate ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAR † to curdle, to coagulate ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAM to cause to coagulate; to make to curdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• YEARN to coagulate, to curdle ...1371-3 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
COAGULATED - adjectives
• QUARRY †* clotted, coagulated ...1587
COAL - adjectives
• QUICK † of coals: live, burning ...c1000
coal - nouns
• AIZLE, IZLE a hot cinder, an ember; a live coal that flies out of the fire ...a1000 Sc.
• BLACK DIAMONDS coal ...Bk1890 sl.
• EASLE † hot ashes or cinders; a live coal or ember ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLEDE, GLEED a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires ...1847 Amer. dial.
• INGLE fuel for a fire, a burning coal, peat, etc. ...1814 Sc.
• ISELL, ISIL a live coal, a cinder ...1825 Sc.
• LAMPBLACK coal ...1897 US railroad sl.
• NEEST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire ...1886 Sc.
• NIST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire ...1886 Sc.
• PITTSBURGH FEATHERS coal ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUILE a live coal, a glowing ember of coal, peat, wood, etc.; a red-hot cinder ...1866 Sc.
• SEED a burning coal covered with ashes to preserve a fire overnight ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SKITTLE a coal scuttle ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TAND a spark of fire; a piece of burning coal or peat; a firebrand ...1866 Sc.
coal - person
• FANTAIL GENTLEMAN a coal-heaver ...19C sl.
• JAGGER a carter or carrier, esp. a man who makes his living by carting for other people; one who sells coals in small loads ...1870 Eng. dial.
• LEGER, LEGIER, LIEGER † 'a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier' ...1592
coal - verbs
• CARBUNCULATE † to burn like a coal ...1623
• FLY THE PIGEONS to steal coal as one carts it ...B1923 cant
COARSE - adjectives
• BAUSY large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• BROAD of speech: vulgar, coarse ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BROAD-SPOKEN outspoken; using coarse language ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• COARSE AS NECK-BEEF very coarse; of the poorest quality ...Bk1902 sl.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HARD-FAVOURED having a hard or unpleasing appearance or look; stern-faced; coarse-featured; ill-favoured, ugly ...1513 arch.
• HASKY 1. coarse, dirty, slovenly ...1808 Sc.
2. harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTHED coarse, vulgar, or profane in speech; blustering, bullying ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FAURED of behaviour or speech: ill-mannered, impudent, ill-tempered, coarse ...1816 Sc.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• ORDINARY † pert. to or characteristic of the common people; common, vulgar; unrefined, low, coarse ...1659
• RACKLE † hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGLETIE coarse in appearance, haggard and tawdry ...a1838 Sc.
• RAGGLISH coarse, worthless; of a worthless character ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGLISH coarse, worthless; of a worthless character ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth ...1811 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RANDIE, RANDY having a rude, aggressive manner; loud-tongued and coarse-spoken ...1698 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANK 1. gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
† 2. lustful, licentious; depraved, coarse-minded, libidinous ...c1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANKRINGING † wild, coarse, lawless ...1822 Sc. obs.
• RAPLOCH coarse, rough, homely ...1724 Sc.
• RAW-GOBBED rude and coarse of speech ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROINOUS † coarse, mean, paltry, base, nasty, contemptible ...c1366
• RORTY coarse; earthy ...L19 sl.
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600 obs.
• ROUGH SIDE DOWNWARDS coarse-mannered, angry ...Eng. dial.
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
• TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
• UNDELICIOUS † not dainty or delicate; coarse, rough ...a1618
• UNFEEL unpleasant, disagreeable, dirty, filthy; rough, coarse, not smooth; uncomfortable ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
coarse - person
• APPLE-KNOCKER - a coarse or dull-witted person ...N. Amer. colloq.
• BAGGAGE SMASHER - † a coarse, rough, brutal person ...1851 Amer. sl.
• BEAR - a brutal, coarse, or morose person ...1751
• BEAST - a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature ...c1400
• BEASTESS - a coarse or degraded woman; a disliked girl or woman ...1934 US sl.
• BIG INJUN - a nickname for a coarse, boastful man ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BLADDER-HEAD - a coarse, brutal bully...Bk1886 Eng dial.
• BLADGE - a low, coarse, vulgar woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BLUITER - a coarse, clumsy, inconsiderate, blundering fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABER - a big, coarse, clumsy man ...1925 Sc.
• CHARRO - an ill-bred, coarse person - a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FUSSOCK - a coarse, fat, unwieldy, idle woman - a term of contempt ...a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
• GADGE - a man regarded as coarse, uncouth, or rough ...1993 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTAGS - a rude, coarse, or lewd girl or woman ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTANG - a rude, coarse, or lewd girl or woman ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GROBIAN - a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow - a rude lout - a boor ...1621
• GRUBBER - a person who is coarse, ignorant, or offensive ...1941 Amer. sl.
• GUSSIE - a coarse, lusty woman ...B1900 Sc.
• HABBLE - a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• HALLION - a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) - a slattern; a dirty, untidy, or coarse person; an uncouth person ...1824 Sc.
• HASSOCK - a large, coarse woman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAUVEN - a lout, a coarse, rude fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• HAVEREL - a rude, coarse boor; a rough, ignorant fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• HAWBAW - a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK - an ungainly or clumsy person; an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a rude, ignorant rustic; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1787
• HAWBY - a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HEAP - a coarse, rough person ...1956 Sc.
• HELLCAT - a thoroughly bad or coarse person ...1603
• HEN-WIFE - a cotquean, a coarse, vulgar, scolding woman; a feckless. irresponsible, or shiftless female ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• HILLBILLY - a person from a remote rural or mountainous area, esp. of the south-eastern US; an uncouth person from such an area; a backward, ignorant, coarse person; a rustic, unsophisticated country person ...1900 chiefly US
• HUGGERMAGRILLIAN - a coarse, slovenly woman ...B1900 Sc.
• KAIL-WIFE - a scold - a coarse, brawling woman ...1959 Sc.
• MACAROON - a coarse, rude, low fellow ...Bk1790
• MANKIND-WOMAN - a coarse, masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIKEY - a Gypsy or member of a travelling people - more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable (now regarded as offensive) ...M19 Eng. dial. & slang
• RAMMOCK - a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• RANDY - a loud-tongued, coarse-mannered woman - a scold - a virago - a termagant ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANGATANG, RANGGATAN - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RANGO - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RAW-GOB - an abrupt, coarse, vulgar speaker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUDAS - a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman - an ill-natured, ugly old woman - a virago ...1725 Sc.
• SAVAGE - a savage, cruel, or fierce person; an unfeeling or brutal person; also, one who is destitute of culture, or who is ignorant or neglectful of the rules of good behaviour; a coarse, uncouth person ...1606
• SCHLOB, SHLOB - a coarse, ill-mannered, uneducated person ...Brit. sl.
• SCHLUB, SHLUB - a coarse, ill-mannered, uneducated person ...Brit. sl.
• SCRANK - a coarse-featured person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARLOCH - a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman ...1825 Sc.
• VUDDICKS - a coarse, fat woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YENTA - a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female ...1923 US
• ZHLOB - a coarse person; a boorish man ...1964 US sl.
• ZHLUB - a coarse person; a boorish man ...1964 US sl.
COARSE-MINDED - adjectives
• RANK depraved, coarse-minded, libidinous ...1892 Eng. dial.
COARSENESS - nouns
• BARNYARD EXPRESSION coarse or vulgar language; slang ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CARLISHNESS surliness; coarseness ...1552
• NECK-BEEF coarseness ...Bk1902 sl.
COAST - adverbs
• A-COAST † at one side, by the side, by the coast ...1599 obs.
coast - nouns
• ORE †* shore, coast ...1652
COAT - see CLOTHES
COAT HANGER - nouns
• BRACE a coat hanger ...1950 Amer. dial.
COAX - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• BAISE to persuade, to coax ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLAFLUM to coax, to cajole; to deceive ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAW to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADDLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADEL, CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANOODLE to coax ...Bk1891 sl.
• CANT to wheedle, to coax ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY, CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• COLLOGUE to wheedle, to coax ...L16
• CRUDLE to coax, fawn, or cringe; to shrink or cower with cold, fear, or pain ...Bk1891 Eng. dial.
• DAUNSEL † to caress, to make much of, to coax ...1362
• DAWL to coax, to fondle, to stroke gently with the hand ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FAGE † to coax, to flatter; to toady; to beguile, to soothe ...c1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAIZLE to coax, to flatter ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• GET ROUND A MAN'S NECK-HOLE to wheedle and coax for a favour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEE-MAW to wheedle, to coax, to caress in a wheedling manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIRD to make amorous advances; to coax, to fawn upon one ...1829 Sc.
• PADDISH to coax ...1891 Eng. dial.
• PEACH AWAY, PEECH AWAY to coax, to entice ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• STROKE THE EARS † to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...a1668
• TEAL to entice, to coax, to inveigle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person ...1866 Sc.
• TEELY to entice, to coax, to wheedle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person ...1866 Sc.
• TICE † to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...c1275 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKLE THE EAR(S) to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...Bk1897
• TIDDLE to entice, to coax ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TILL † to draw, to attract, to persuade; to entice, to allure, to coax; to win over ...a1225
• TISE to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...1860 Sc.
COAXED - adjectives
• ELOZABLE †* readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537
COAXING - adjectives
• CARNEYING in a wheedling, coaxing, or insinuating manner ...1851 colloq.
• MIRDING coaxing, fawning ...1868 Sc.
• TEELIE coaxing, enticing, encouraging, inducing ...1866 Sc.
coaxing - nouns
• FAGE † the act of coaxing or deceiving; a deceit, fiction ...1420
• FAIR WEATHER flattery, coaxing ...1923 Sc.
• MIRD flattery, coaxing ...1865 Sc.
• TICE kind treatment; the act of treating in a coaxing manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
coaxing - person
• FLATTERCAP † a flatterer, a wheedler; a wheedling or coaxing child who tries to gain their own little ends by flattery ...1681 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLL-POOP a pet; a spoiled child; a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLYPOT a coaxing, wheedling child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
COBBLER - see SHOE, PERSON
COBWEB - adjectives
• WOBBY covered with cobwebs ...1963 Sc.
cobweb - nouns
• ARAIN a spider; a cobweb ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ARAIN-WEB, AR(R)AN-WEB a cobweb ...1881 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP a spider's web ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP-WEB a spider's web ...1785 Eng. dial.
• BIMBOMS church bells; hence, applied to anything hanging, as icicles, tags of a bonnet or dress, mucus hanging from the nose, cobwebs, etc. ...1679 Eng. dial.
• COBWOBS cobwebs ...1931 Sc.
• FAIRIES' WASHING small, dew-covered spider webs in fields ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CURTAINS cobwebs ...1935 Aust. sl.
• IRISH DRAPERIES cobwebs ...L19 sl.
• IRISH LACE cobwebs ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NET a spider's web ...c1000
• SPIDER'S-NEST a cobweb ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TWAIL †* a spider's web ...1608
cobweb - verbs
• THRUM to spin a web, as spiders do ...1890 Eng. dial.
COCAINE - see DRUGS
COCKEYED (also see askew, etc.) - adjectives
• KEY WESTERN CROOKED askew, cockeyed, completely out of shape, position, business, etc. ...1908 Amer. dial.
COCK - nouns
• BARBS † the wattles of a cock ...1601
• MIDDEN-MONARCH a cock ...1894 Sc.
COCKFIGHTING - nouns
• BATTLE-COCK a fighting cock ...1605
• BEATEM the conqueror; the one who excels all others; often used in cock-fighting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANCY MEN patrons of the cock-pit and the ring ...1847-8
• GAME, THE cock-fighting ...L17 sl.
• HACK in cockfighting: an independent match arranged between owners ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HACKFIGHT in cockfighting: an independent match arranged between owners ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HAMMIE, HAMMY a cock that will not fight ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cockfighting - person
• GENTLEMAN OF THE MATT AND FEATHER - an aficionado of cock-fighting ...1784 US sl.
• HANDER - * a person who holds and incites a gamecock in a fight or contest ...1746
• HANDLER - a person who holds and incites a dog or gamecock in a fight or contest ...1783
• HEADSTOCK - †* each of the leaders of rival groups of boys participating in a cockfight ...1834 Sc.
• HEELER - a person who fits spurs to the legs of fighting cocks ...1783
COCKROACH - nouns
• BLACK-CLOCK a cockroach; a black beetle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DOY a beetle, a cockroach ...19C Eng. dial.
• KACKERLAKE a cockroach ...1813
• KAKAROCH † a cockroach ...1665
• KAKKERLAK a cockroach ...1813
• PARSON a large black beetle of any kind; a cockroach ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROACH a cockroach ...1848 sl., chiefly US
• WATER BUG a cockroach, esp. a large one, or a similar insect ...1875 Amer. dial.
• WATER ROACH a cockroach, esp. a large one ...1864 Amer. dial.
COCKY - adjectives
• HEAD UP eager, cocky ...1854 Amer. dial.
• TOO BIG FOR ONE'S BRITCHES disturbingly confident; unacceptably cocky ...1835 Amer. dial.
• UP IN THE AIR cocky, self-opinionated ...1910s US sl.
cocky - person
• CRACKERJACK an arrogant, cocky person ...1910s US sl.
COCOA - nouns
• KI, KYE drinking chocolate, cocoa ...1943 nautical sl.
• OKOKAY cocoa ...1930s back-slang
• ORI cocoa ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Orinoco)
• ORINOCO, ORINOKO cocoa ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COCONUT - nouns
• HAIRY MARY a coconut ...1952 Sc.
• MONKEY the coconut ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-MEAT the coconut ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-NUT a coconut ...1909 Amer. dial.
COD - adjectives
• SALT STRUCK of cod: dressed with enough salt to be pickled ...1957 Can. sl.
cod - nouns
• AACHIBOMBO codfish fritters ...1940s W. Indies
• CAPE ANN codfish ...1844 Amer. dial.
• CAPE COD TURKEY a salted cod fish ...1865 Amer. sl.
• GADE a codfish ...1836
• GARNEY the fins, sounds, and tongues of the cod-fish ...1867
• IRISH GOOSE cooked codfish ...M19 US sl.
• MACADAM a codfish fritter ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• MARBLEHEAD TURKEY codfish ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TAMLIN-COD a young cod-fish ...1871 Eng. dial.
• WATER-HORSE newly-washed codfish, which are laid upon each to drain before they are spread to dry ...1792 Newfoundland
CODDLE - person
• CADDLE one who coddles himself; one who is accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
coddle - verbs
• CADDLE, CADEL, CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANT to coddle, to pamper, to make much of ...1840 Eng. dial.
• MARDLE UP to coddle, to nurse; to take pains about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOSSION UP to indulge or coddle a child ...1912 Amer. dial.
CODDLED - adjectives
• POMPEYED pampered, spoiled, coddled ...1942 Amer. dial.
CODE - nouns
• BIGOT highly secret information; a code word ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HAIRPINS homosexual code phrases inserted casually into a conversation, trolling for a response ...1950 US sl.
COERCE - nouns
• WOLF TICKET a threat or other act of intimidation used to coerce ....1974 US sl.
coerce - verbs
• BULLDOSE, BULLDOZE to intimidate, to coerce, to force through violence ...L19 sl.
• SHANGHAI to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something ...1919 sl., orig. US military
COERCED - adjectives
• HIGH-PRESSURE coerced, forced ...1940s sl.
COERCIVE - adjectives
• ON THE MUSCLE threatening, coercive ...1859 US sl.
COFFEE - adjectives
• BARE of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOT of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOTED of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BLACK ENOUGH TO HOLD AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISHWASHY of coffee: weak, dilute ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-OCTANE of coffee: strong, highly caffeinated ...1990s sl.
• IN THE DARK of coffee: black ...1885 US sl.
• IN THE LIGHT of coffee: served with cream ...1900 Amer. sl.
• LACED of coffee: sugared ... c1690 Brit. sl.
• REVEREND of coffee: without milk, sugar, etc. ...1936 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR UP AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO BOUNCE AN IRON WEDGE said of strong coffee ...1946 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN IRON WEDGE said of strong coffee ...1859 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN IRON WEDGE AROUND CAPE HORN said of strong coffee ...1939 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK YOUR HAT OFF of coffee: very strong ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO POP AN EGG said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO RAISE YOUR HAT of coffee: very strong ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO TIP YOUR HAT of coffee: very strong ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO TOTE DOUBLE said of strong coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ALONE of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1861 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK AND PAY TAXES of coffee: very strong-flavoured ...2008 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK BACK TO COLOMBIA of coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1992 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK BY ITSELF of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OFF of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON ITS HANDS of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1915 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE CUP of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE POT of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK UP A HILL BACKWARDS of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK UP HILL of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOO WEAK TO SET ON THE TABLE said of weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• UNLEADED of coffee and soft drinks: caffeine-free ...1996 US sl.
• WEAK AS BRANCH WATER very weak, as coffee, etc. ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED AND COFFEE BEGRUDGED said of weak coffee ...1840 Amer. dial.
• WEAK ENOUGH TO FALL OFF THE TABLE said of weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
coffee - nouns
• ACKER FORTIS very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• ACKIE FORTIS very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• AGGIE FORTIS very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• AGUR FORTY very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
• AL PACINO a cappuccino coffee ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• ARBUCKLE any coffee ...1944 Amer. dial.
• ARBUCKLE'S any coffee ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BATTERY ACID coffee ...1941 US sl., orig. military
• BERRY a coffee bean ...1712
• BLACK black coffee ...Bk1998 sl.
• BLACKJACK very strong coffee without cream or milk ... World War I sl.
• BLACKOUT general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BLACK-STRAP 1. general issue coffee ...World War I sl.
2. thick black coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLACK WATER coffee, esp. weak coffee ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLANKO WATER coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BLOND AND SWEET coffee with cream and sugar ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOTLEG coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BOSTON COFFEE half coffee and half cream ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BRANCH WATER any weak beverage; esp. coffee ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BROWN WASH weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CADILLAC a cup of coffee with cream and sugar ...1989 US prison sl.
• CAFFÈ coffee; a drink of coffee ...M19
• CAMBRIC COFFEE very weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHASSE 1. a cup of coffee that accompanies a shot of spirits, usually whisky ...M19 sl.
2. a liqueur taken after or with coffee ...M19 sl.
• CHICORY coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CHINCH WATER weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CUPACOFFEE a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUP OF J. a cup of coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CUP OF JAVA a cup of coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CUP OF MISERY a cup of poor coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUP OF MUD a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUP OF MURK a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...Bk1942 Amer. dial.
• DITCHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EVERTON TOFFEE coffee ...M19 rhyming sl.
• HIGH OCTANE strong caffeinated coffee ...1990s US sl.
• HUNDRED-MILE COFFEE strong coffee...1971 US sl.
• INDIAN COFFEE coffee made from reheated grounds ...M19 US sl.
• INK coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• IODINE strong coffee ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JAMOKE coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• JAVA coffee ...World War I Amer. sl.
• JERKWATER very weak coffee ...1941 Amer. dial.
• JOE coffee ...1941 Amer. sl.
• JOE WITH COW AND SAND a cup of coffee with milk and sugar ...E19 sl.
• LIFER JUICE coffee ...1987 Amer. military sl.
• MISERY bad coffee ...1932 US sl.
• MISSISSIPPI MUD thick, strong coffee ...L19 sl., orig. US
• MOKE coffee ...1929 Amer. sl., esp. nautical
• MORMON POISON ...1984 Amer. dial.
• MUD coffee ...1875 US sl.
• MUDDY WATER coffee ...1981 Brit. sl.
• MUG OF MURK a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUG-UP a cup of coffee, and often a snack, or even a meal, usually taken with others; a coffee break ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NINNY-BROTH † coffee ...1696 sl.
• NORSKI COFFEE very strong coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NORTHERN COFFEE very weak coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NORWEGIAN COFFEE very strong coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OCEAN TEA very weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OD COFFEE Army coffee ...1919 US Army sl.
• OFFEE KAY coffee ...1930s back-slang
• OIL coffee ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE IN THE DARK a cup of black coffee ...1900s US sl.
• ONE IN THE LIGHT a white coffee, a coffee with cream ...1900s US sl.
• PAINT REMOVER strong, bitter coffee ...20C sl., orig. US
• PALE VIENNA coffee made with milk ...20C US tramps' sl.
• PINT OF MAHOGANY coffee ...1888 sl.
• POND WATER very weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POT OF OIL a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POWDER a cup of black coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAINWATER coffee ...1930s US prison sl.
• ROAD TAR truck-stop coffee ...Bk1998 sl.
• SAWMILL COFFEE very strong coffee ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SCARED WATER weak coffee ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTLE OF JAVA a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea of coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY COFFEE strong coffee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP DIP coffee ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPHERDER'S COFFEE very strong coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOT OF CAFFEINE a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIDEARMS cream and sugar; salt and pepper ...1940s US military sl.
• SIX-SHOOTER strong coffee ...1968 Amer. West usage
• SIX-SHOOTER COFFEE strong coffee ...1968 Amer. West usage
• SKILLY an insipid beverage, esp. coffee or tea ...1927 sl.
• SLOPS AND SLUGS coffee and doughnuts ...1940s US Black sl.
• SOLVENT general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• SOUP weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK O' MOO cream in coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUDS weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SYRUP OF SOOT † a humorous term for coffee ...1875
• TALL 'UN a pint of coffee ...L19 sl.
• TAR black or very strong coffee ...1850 Amer. dial.
• TAR-WATER general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
• WARM WET weak coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
coffee - person
• BARISTA - a bartender in an Italian or Italian-style bar; also, a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar ...1982
coffee - verbs
• BOIL to prepare or make coffee ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAF UP to ingest caffeine, usually in the form of coffee, to promote one's energy ...1980s US campus sl.
• MUG UP to have a cup of coffee between meals, and often a snack ...1897 Amer. dial.
• QUALIFY to put sugar and cream in coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea or coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
coffee - phrases
• I CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH IT said of very weak coffee ...1966 Amer. dial.
COFFEE ESTABLISHMENT - nouns
• BUN JOINT a coffeehouse ...L19 US sl.
• JERRY-WAG-SHOP coffee shop ...Bk1896 sl.
COFFER - nouns
• CAPSE †* a coffer, chest ...1447
COFFIN - nouns
• BEN BOX a casket ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BENTO a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BOIST a box or chest; a coffin ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONE-HOUSE a coffin ...B1900
• BOX a coffin ...1864 sl.
• BURIAL CASE a coffin, esp. one made of metal ...1851 Amer. dial.
• CASE a burial box ...US Civil War usage
• DEAD-KIST a coffin ...1878 Sc.
• DEADWOOD a coffin ...M19 US sl.
• DEAL SUIT a cheap coffin, as supplied by the parish, rather than purchased from an undertaker ...M19 sl.
• ETERNITY BOX a coffin ...L18 sl.
• HEARSE † a bier, a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave ...1601 obs. or arch.
• ICEBOX a coffin ...1970s sl.
• MAN-BOX a coffin ...c1820 Brit. sl.
• PAINTED-BOX n. a coffin ...L19 US sl.
• PALL a cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb ...c1440
• PINE DRAPE a coffin ...1945 US sl.
• PINTO a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one ...1951 Amer. dial.
• PINTO BOX a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PLANTING CRATE a coffin ...1936 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SANDAPILE † a coffin or bier ...1623
• SARCOPHAGUS a stone coffin, esp. one embellished with sculptures or bearing inscriptions, etc. ...1705
• SHARPSHOOTER a coffin with tapering ends ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SHARPSHOOTER CASKET a coffin with tapering ends ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER-BREECHES a coffin ...1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIMBER-BREEKS a coffin ...1902 Sc.
• TOOTHPICK a hexagonal coffin ...1946 Amer. Black usage
• UNION-BOX a pauper's coffin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WOODEN-BREEKS a coffin ...1821 Sc.
• WOODEN-COAT a coffin ...M19 US sl.
• WOODEN HABEAS a coffin made for a prisoner ...L18 cant
• WOODEN-KIMONA a coffin ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• WOODEN KIMONO a coffin ...1926 UK sl.
• WOODEN OVERCOAT a coffin ...1903 UK sl.
• WOODEN SARK a coffin ...1823 Sc.
• WOODEN SUIT a coffin ...1968 UK sl.
coffin - person
• BIER-CARRIER - a coffin-carrier ...1654
COGNIZANT - adjectives
• WARE † cognizant, informed, conscious ...c1000 obs. exc. arch.
• WARING †* aware, cognizant of ...1571
COHABIT, COHABITING - adjectives
• BATCHED UP said of a man and woman who are not married but live together as if they were ...1970 Amer. dial.
• PALLED-IN of a man: living with a woman ...1900s sl.
cohabit, cohabiting - nouns
• LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING the activities of a male and a female living together unmarried ...1971 US sl.
• L.T.R. a Living Together Relationship, marriage in all by the legalities ...1970s sl.
cohabit, cohabiting - person
• BEDMATES - an unmarried couple who live together or who share a bed for sexual purposes at a location other than the home of either partner ...Bk1986 sl.
• BIDE-IN - a person who lives with another without marriage ...1916 Sc. colloq.
• BIDIE-IN - a person who lives with his or her partner in a non-marital relationship; a cohabiting partner ...1916 Sc. colloq.
• L.I.L. - one's unmarried partner for the time being - Live-In Lover ...20C Brit colloq.
• MOLLISHER - a female cohabiting with a man, who jointly get their living by thieving - a thief's mistress - a wife ...1812 sl.
• OUTSIDE WIFE - a woman who lives with a man, but is not married to him ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHACK JOB - the person with whom one lives ...1950s sl.
• TALLY-HUSBAND - a man who cohabits with a woman without marriage ...1837
• TALLYMAN - a man who cohabits with a man without marriage ...1698 sl.
• TALLY-WIFE - a woman living with a man to whom she is not married ...1860 Eng. dial.
• TALLYWOMAN - a woman who cohabits with a man without marriage ...1890
cohabit, cohabiting - verbs
• ACCOMPANY to cohabit ...1500
• BROUSE to cohabit ...1944 Amer. dial.
• DAB IT UP (WITH). of a man and woman: to cohabit ...E19 sl.
• JOIN GIBLETS to cohabit as man and wife without being married ...B1900 sl.
• LAY UP to cohabit ...1928 Amer. dial.
• LIVE IN ADULTERY to live together outside of marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LIVE ON TALLY to live in concubinage; to cohabit without marriage ...1877 sl.
• LIVE TALLY to live together as man and wife without being married ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MAP AND MELL to live with a man at board and bed, as a wife with her husband ...1861 Sc.
• PAL IN (WITH) of a man: to cohabit with a woman ...M19
• SHACK UP to live with a sexual partner ...1950s sl.
• SHACK UP TOGETHER to cohabit, esp. as lovers ...1935 sl.
• SHACK UP WITH to cohabit, esp. as lovers ...1935 sl.
• TAKE AND GIVE to live, esp. as man and wife ...L19 rhyming sl.
• TAKE GRUEL TOGETHER to live together as man and wife ...L19 sl.
• TAKE UP to live together without marriage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TALLY to live as man and wife without being married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TREAD to cohabit ...1931 Amer. dial.
cohabit, cohabiting - phrases
• MARRIED ON THE CARPET AND THE BANNS UP THE CHIMNEY living together as though man and wife ...19C Brit. sl.
COIL - nouns
• LAP a wrapping round, a fold or coil ...1880 Sc.
coil - verbs
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• FANKLE to entangle, to twist, to knot; to coil, to wind; to disorder ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist ...1866 Eng. dial.
COIN - adjectives
• BRUMMISH of coin: of counterfeit character, doubtfully genuine ...1805 sl.
• ILL of coinage: spurious, counterfeit ...1703 Sc.
coin - nouns
• ABOUT-WRITING † the legend round the head stamped on a coin ...c1449
• ACKERS coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres ...1939 sl., orig. military
• AKKA money, whether change or notes ...1910s sl. orig. military
• BEAN a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money ...1811 sl.
• BINGLE a coin of little value ...1921 Amer. dial.
• BODDLE-PIECES small coins ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOY a coin or banknote ...1780 Amer. sl.
• BROWN a copper coin; a penny ...1812 Brit. sl.
• BUNGTOWN COPPER a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin ...1787 US
• CAP † a false cover to a tossing coin, called a 'cover-down'; the cap showed either head or tail as it was left on or taken off ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CARTWHEEL a large gold or silver coin, esp. a US silver dollar ...1855 US sl.
• CASTING † a coin ...1834 Amer. dial.
• CLINK a coin ...c1870 sl., chiefly military
• CLOD a copper coin; usually used in the plural ...1925 Brit. sl.
• COPPER a coin (originally) made of copper, such as a penny or US cent ...1788 sl.
• DINGBAT a coin ...1861 US sl.
• FAMILY PLATE silver coins ...c1850 jocular colloq.
• FLUTTER the spinning of a coin ...c1870 sl.
• FLY the act of spinning a coin ...c1870 sl.
• GAMMY LOUR counterfeit coin ...1839 UK criminals' sl.
• HARD MONEY coin ...c1848
• IRON MAN a coin, coin, cash, money; loot in the form of cash; usually plural ...1924 US criminals' sl.
• JACK a small coin ...Bk1896 American thieves' sl.
• JINGLE n. money in small coins ...1906 Aust. sl.
• JINK coin; money ...Bk1896 sl.
• MAN the head of a coin ...E19 sl.
• MARIGOLD † a gold coin; a sovereign ...1663 sl.
• MICK the reverse side of tail of a coin ...1918 Aust. sl.
• MOPUS † a piece of money; a coin of little worth ...1698 sl.
• NIGGING clipping coins ...L17 sl.
• OBVERSE that side of a coin, medal, seal, etc., on which the head or principal design is struck; the opposite of 'reverse' ...1658
• PICAYUNE any coin of little value, esp. a five-cent piece ...US colloq.
• PUKKA † a copper coin ...E19 now rare or obs.
• QUINE coin; money ...1872 Eng. dial.
• QUINIE coin, money, cash ...1832 Sc.
• QUINZIE coin, money, cash ...1832 Sc.
• RAP a counterfeit coin, worth about half a farthing, which passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the 18th century, owing to the scarcity of genuine money ...1724
• REENER a coin ...1893 tramps' sl.
• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person; the smallest coin ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCRITTICK the smallest possible coin ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHINERS money in coin, esp. sovereigns or guineas ...1760 sl.
• SHRAP copper coins; any small change ...c1915 NZ sl.
• SHRAPNEL copper coins; any small change ...c1915 NZ sl.
• SILVERS any coins ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• SKILLICK * a coin of the smallest value ...1835
• SKIRDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SKRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SMACKER a coin or note of money; a dollar; a pound ...E20 sl., orig. N. Amer.
• SMACKEROO a coin or note of money; a dollar; a pound ...E20 sl., orig. N. Amer.
• SMASH loose change ...1821 sl.
• SNOW money; applied esp. to money in silver coins ...1925 sl.
• TAIL LIGHTS copper coins ...1937 US tramps' sl.
• TIDDLER a small coin, such as a silver threepenny piece or a 1/2p coin ...1966 Brit. sl.
• TONSURE †* the clipping of coins...1621
• WOODEN MONEY a counterfeit or worthless coin or money ...1915 US sl.
• WOODEN NICKEL a counterfeit or worthless coin or money ...1915 US sl.
• WRAP a wrapped roll of coins ...1977 US sl.
• YELLOW-BOY a gold coin; a guinea or sovereign ...1662 sl.
• YELLOW-HAMMER † a gold coin ...1626 sl.
coin - person
• GINGLEBOY - one who possesses gold coins ...1632 UK sl.
• GINGLE-CASH - one who possesses gold coins ...1751 UK sl.
• MONEYER - a person who makes coins; an official responsible for the making of coins ...a1425
• NIG(G)LER - a clipper of coins ...L17 UK criminals' sl. .
• TONSOR - † a clipper of coin, one who mutilates coins ...1697
coin - verbs
• FLUTTER to spin a coin ...c1870 sl.
• GAMBLE to toss or spin a coin in gambling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMMLE to toss or spin a coin in gambling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO A FAIRY to toss coins to see who buys a round of halfpennyworths of gin ...L19 sl.
• SIFT to steal small coins, i.e. such as might be conceived of as passing through a sieve ...19C sl.
• TAKE VENT * of coin: to pass into circulation ...1641
• VENT † to put coins, etc. in circulation or currency; to give in payment; to pay out ...1629 exc. Soc.
COINCIDE - verbs
• COINCIDATE †* to coincide ...1657
• QUEEM to fit snugly, to fall into place, to coincide with ...1880 Sc.
COINCIDENCE - nouns
• HAPPEN-CHANCE a chance or accidental occurrence; a coincidence ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAPPEN-SO a chance or accidental occurrence; a coincidence ...1908 Amer. dial.
• NECK-AND-NECK an exact coincidence ...1858
• QUINKYDINK a coincidence ...1990s US teen sl.
COIN TOSS - nouns
• GAFFING coin-tossing, pitch and toss ...M19 sl.
• MAN the obverse of a coin used in tossing (heads) ...1828
coin toss - verbs
• CALL THE COIN to call 'heads or tails' when a coin is tossed ...1950s US sl.
• SKY to throw or toss up a coin ...1802 sl.
• TIT UP to toss up coins in order to reach a decision ...1880s sl..
COLD (low temperature) - adjectives
• ACALE † cold, frozen ...c1320
• ACOLD cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314 arch.
• AKALE † cold, frozen ...c1320
• ALL IN A PIECE stiff with cold or rheumatism ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARCTIC of weather or conditions: extremely cold, freezing ...1876 colloq.
• BLAE bleak, cold ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEE raw and cold ...1821 Eng. dial.
• CALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• C. H. AND D. cold, hungry, and dry ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOTCHY liable to colds ...19C Eng. dial.
• COLD AS A BAY STREET BANKER'S HEART very ungenerous, or very cold ...1987 Can. sl.
• COLD AS A NUN'S CUNT extremely cold ...1955 Aust. sl.
• COLD AS A NUN'S NASTY extremely cold ...1971 Aust. sl.
• COLD AS A PADDOCK very cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• COLD AS BELIX very cold ...1955 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BILLY BEDAM very cold ...1938 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLAZES very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLITZEN very cold ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLIXEN extremely cold ...1911 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLIXES. very cold ...1908 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLIXUM extremely cold ...1906 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS BLUGEONS very cold ...1969 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS TUNKET very cold ...1847 Amer. dial.
• COLD AS WHIZZ very cold ...1874 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN A NUN'S ASS very cold ...1972 Amer. sl.
• COLDER THAN A POLAR BEAR'S ASS very cold ...c1944 Amer. sl.
• COLDER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BILLY HELL very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BILLY THUNDER very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BLAZES very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN BLIXENS very cold ...1927 Amer. dial.
• COLDER THAN WHALEY very cold ...1935 Amer. dial.
• COLO cold ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• CRIMPY of the weather: cold ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DEAD-STARVED cold as death, so cold as to have lost the use of one's limbs ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERN of weather: raw, cold ...1879 Eng. dial.
• EASTICK cold, showery ...1908 Sc.
• FREEZY cold ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FRIGIDIOUS †* intensely cold, frigid ...1630
• FRORE † intensely cold, frosty, frozen ...c1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GEE-WHIZZING COLD extremely cold ...1879 Amer. dial.
• GELID extremely cold, cold as ice, icy, frosty ...1606
• HALF-NETHERED nearly perished with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARRISHING cold and stormy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASK of the weather: dry, parching, piercingly cold ...1790 Eng. dial.
• KALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• MARBLIE resembling marble; hence, rigid, cold, or calm like marble ...1439
• MARBLY resembling marble; hence, rigid, cold, or calm like marble ...1439
• MARMOREAL resembling marble or a marble statue; cold, smooth, white, etc. like marble ...1798 poetic
• MICKLED WITH COLD benumbed with cold ...1746 Eng. dial.
• OFCALEN † affected with cold, chilled, frozen ...c1000
• OORIE cold, chilly, shivering ...1802 Sc.
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• OORLICH cold, chilly ...1826 Sc.
• OURIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected ...1785 Sc.
• PARKY of the weather: chilly, cold, very cold ...1895 UK sl.
• PINCHY of the weather: cold, chilly ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RAW-COLD exceedingly cold ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RAWKY misty, foggy, damp, raw and cold ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REAR of the weather: chilly, cold, raw ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RHEUMY running with cold ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCORCHING very cold ...1876 Amer. dial.
• SNITHE cold, sharp ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• SNIZY cold ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• TATERS cold ...20C rhyming sl. (Taters in the Mould)
• TATERS IN THE MOULD cold ...20C rhyming sl.
• THIEVELESS cold, bleak ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THIN of the wind or weather: cold, keen, piercing ...1881 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THIRLING of the weather: piercingly cold ...1801 Sc.
• URLED pinched or starved with the cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAALEN numb with cold; benumbed ...1838 Sc.
• WHIZZING COLD. extremely cold ...1887 Amer. dial.
• YAULD of weather: sharp, keen, cold, frosty ...1808 Sc.
• YAWL of weather: sharp, keen, cold, frosty ...1808 Sc.
cold (low temperature) - nouns
• BAFF exposure to cold; the effects of exposure to cold ...1866 Sc.
• GELIDITY extreme cold, frostiness, frigidity ...1656
• GELIDNESS coldness, frozenness ...1727
• GWENDERS a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes ...1816 Eng. dial. [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced 'wonders']
• HOG KILLIN' TIME a cold snap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ICE-BOLT a 'bolt' or dart of ice; hence, fig. a cold, piercing sensation; a sudden deadly chill ...1789
• INDIAN WINTER a period of unseasonably cold weather ...1931 Amer. dial.
• QUEEL a coldness, a cooling down, a chill ...1922 Sc.
cold (low temperature) - verbs
• ACOLD † 1. to become cold ...c880
† 2. to make cold, to cool ...c1230
• ACOOL † to wax cold, to cool ...a1000
• ARCTICIZE * to accustom to arctic or very cold conditions ...1891
• BEVER of cold: to shrivel up, to pinch ..Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIVER of cold: to shrivel up, to pinch ..Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHELDE †* to become cold ...a1300
• DAVER to be stiffened with cold; to be benumbed ...1742 Sc.
• HACKER to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGER of the teeth: to chatter with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KEEL to become cool or cold ...c1420
• KELD †* to become cold ...a1300
• NEARP to pinch with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIRL, NURL to cringe with cold ...1847 Sc.
• NURP to pinch with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCORCH to shrivel or nip with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• URLE † to be pinched or starved with cold; to draw oneself together as when cold; to look sickly or to go back in health ...1684 Eng. dial.
COLD (unemotional) - adjectives
• ICY cold, unemotional; reserved; aloof; without feeling or warmth ...1910s sl.
• THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding ...1787 Sc.
• V-EIGHT pert. to a cold or unresponsive female ...20C US sl.
cold (unemotional) - nouns
• ICEBERGSHIP coldness, indifference ...1842
cold (unemotional) - person
• APRON WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a cold or unresponsive woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DRY HOLE a cold and unresponsive woman ...E20 US sl.
• ICEBERG 1. a cold, unemotional, and reserved person ...1840 sl.
2. a cold and unresponsive woman; a frigid woman ...1949 US sl.
cold (unemotional) - verbs
• PUT ON THE CHILL to act coldly toward a person; to snub ...20C Amer. sl.
COLD (illness) (also see INFLUENZA) - nouns
• BAFF a cold; the effects of exposure to cold ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLINGER a bad cold ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BUG, THE. a cold or illness, esp. the flu ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CATARRH † the profuse discharge from nose and eyes with generally accompanies a cold, and which was formerly supposed to run down from the brain; a 'running at the nose' ...1533
• MORTH OF COLD, A intensity of cold, severe cold; a very heavy cold ...1824 Sc. & Ireland
• NAUGHTON AND GOLD a cold ...1961 Brit. rhyming sl.
• RHEUM a cold in the head ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SALT RHEUM † an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold ...1590
• SILVER AND GOLD a cold ...1990s rhyming sl.
• SNEKE, SNYKE †* a cold in the head ...c1440
• SNICK * a cold in the head ...Bk1895
• SNIFFLES a slight cold characterized by nasal congestion and discharge ...1825 sl.
• SNIFTERS a bad cold in the head ...1808
• SNIVELDOM a slight cold causing one to snivel ...1737
• SNUFFLES a slight cold characterized by nasal congestion and discharge ...1770 sl.
• STREAMER a severe head-cold ...1920s colloq.
• TISSICK a cold; an infection of the throat or lungs ...1954 Amer. dial.
• UNFAA a severe cold; a shivering fit; complete prostration from cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFF a slight attack or 'touch; of illness, esp. of cold ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
cold (illness) - verbs
• CATCH ONE'S DEATH to catch a bad cold ...1712 sl.
cold (illness) - verbs
• HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP GLASS refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism ...20C Brit.
• HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP MUG refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism ...20C Brit.
• HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP POT refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism ...20C Brit.
COLD-HEARTED - adjectives
• CHILLY cool, calculating; also, cold-hearted ...1971 US Black sl.
• SHISTY cold-hearted, mean ...2004 US sl.
COLDNESS - nouns
• CHILLY MITT, THE cold treatment or rejection ...1900 Amer. sl.
COLD SORE - nouns
• PET a cold sore ...c1980 Amer. dial.
COLLABORATION - nouns
• CALLABO a collaboration ...2002 US sl.
• DAISY CHAIN a group of individuals engaged in unfair collaboration; used derisively ...1969 US sl.
COLLAGEN - verbs
• PACK THE CRACKS to endure injections of collagen ...1997 US sl.
COLLAPSE - adjectives
• CRONK liable to collapse, unsound, unfit ...1900 Aust.
• RACKETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1824 Amer. dial.
• RACKILY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RACKLETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
collapse - nouns
• BREAK a breakaway or break-down; a collapse or failure ...1827 US
• BUST-OUT a collapse or failure; hence, a smash-up; a person who is a failure ...1963 US sl.
collapse - verbs
• BELLYFLOP to throw oneself down; to collapse; to fall badly ...1920s sl.
• BLOW UP to be out of order; to fail, to collapse ...1923 Amer. dial.
• COME APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings ...1930s sl.
• FAIL to collapse from exhaustion ...1873 Sc.
• FAIRRIE to collapse in an exhausted condition or from sudden illness ...19C Sc.
• FALL APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings; to lose one's usual poise and confidence ...1930s sl.
• FALL OUT to faint; to collapse; to fall asleep, often when overcome by drug consumption or excessive drinking ...1884 US sl.
• FALL OUT OF ONE'S STANDING to collapse from exhaustion ...1990s Irish sl.
• FALL TOGETHER to collapse, to contract, to shrink up ...1654 obs.
• FLUMP to collapse or fall heavily ...M19 sl.
• GO TO QUAT to collapse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUILL-WHEEL to yield, to give up; to collapse physically ...1851 Amer. dial.
• QUILWHEEL to collapse physically ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCAT to fail; to become bankrupt, to collapse ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A NOSE-DIVE to collapse; to fail utterly ...1920s sl.
• TO-FALL † to fall asunder or to pieces; to fall down, to collapse; also, to fall to decay ...c893
• WHAP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1843 Amer. dial.
• WHOP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1841 Amer. dial.
COLLAPSED - adajectives
• QUAT collapsed, quiet, dead ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YAVAL prostrate, laid low, flat on one's back and unable to rise; collapsed from insensibility, drink, etc. ...1754 Sc.
COLLAR - nouns
• ALL-ROUNDER a collar that meets at the front, a style that was fashionable at the time ...M19 colloq.
• ARTY-ROLLA a collar ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• ARTY-ROLLER a collar ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• CARCAN † an ornamental collar or necklace ...1539
• CARCANET an ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels ...c1530 arch.
• CARKET † an ornamental collar or necklace ...a1500
• HALF-A-DOLLAR a collar ...L19 rhyming sl.
• HOLLER BOYS (HOLLER) a collar ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• HORSE-COLLAR a clerical or man's high collar ...1920s Amer. sl.
• JACOBITE a shirt collar ...1690 sl.
• JAMPOT a very high, highly starched stand-up collar affected by dandies ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• MAINSAIL COLLAR a man's high wing collar ...1866 Amer. sl.
• NECK-ABOUT a woman's neckerchief; a collar ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NECKINGER a collar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OXFORD SCHOLAR a collar ...1930s rhyming sl.
• RABATINE * a low collar ...1821
• SARPE † a collar, neck-ring of gold or silver ...1429
• SIDEBOARDS a stand-up collar ...1857 sl.
• THRAPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• THROPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• TOP-SAWYER a collar ...c1870 tailors' sl.
• VIRL a small narrow collar; a gorget ...1823 Sc.
COLLAR-BONE - nouns
• CANNEL-BONE † the collar-bone or clavicle ...c1420
• SALT-CELLAR the cavity above a woman's collar-bone ...L19 sl.
COLLEAGUE - nouns
• OLD GANG a group or clique of friends or colleagues ...L19 sl.
colleague - person
• HELPFELLOW † a companion who renders help; a helper; a colleague; a partner or associate ...1549
• MAUGH a companion; a partner, a colleague ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONEY - a friend or trusted colleague; usually used as a form of address, esp. to a male friend ...1982 US colloq.
• RAGGIE a close friend or colleague on board ship ...1912 naval sl.
COLLECT - verbs
• ACCOIL † to gather together, to collect ...1596
• ACCRUE † to gather up, to collect ...1594
• FANG † to get, to obtain, to procure; also, to get together; to collect ...1340-70
• NOB 1. to collect money ...M19 sl.
2. to make a collection after a sporting contest, a performance, etc. ...M19 sl.
• QUEST to collect money or provisions as alms ...1843 Ireland
• RAKE AND SCRAPE to collect everything one can lay one's hands on for one's own advantage; to be over-grasping and avaricious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAM(M) to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with 'together' or 'up' ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to scrape up, to collect ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMBLE to collect; to pull or rake together with the hands ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMP to scrape together; to collect with difficulty ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN to gather together; to collect in any way; to get hold of; to gain, to catch ...1873 Sc.
• TAKE TOGETHER † to collect ...c1489
• TAKE UP to collect, to gather up ...1884 Eng. dial.
COLLECTED - adjectives
• ANTI-FRANTIC calm, collected ...1983 US sl.
COLLECTING, COLLECTION (money) - nouns
• CAP the proceeds of an improvised collection ...1851 sl.
• NOBBING collecting money, 'passing the hat round' ...M19 sl.
• NOBBINGS a collection of money, esp. money tossed into a boxing ring after an amateur or boys' fight ...M19 sl.
COLLECTION - nouns
• BOUNDARY a collection, a group, as of people ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAGGOT a bundle or bunch, as of herbs, rushes, etc.; a collection of things ...1489
• FAGOT a bundle or bunch, as of herbs, rushes, etc.; a collection of things ...1489
• GATHER-UP a motley collection of things or people ...1922 Sc.
• HANK a cluster, collection of things; a gang, assembly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ׇ• HARL(E) a haul; a collection; that which is gathered together; money or property obtained by dishonourable means ...1815 Sc.
• HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc.
• KADABBLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KADOODLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEST an accumulation or collection of similar objects ...1642
• OLIO a collection of various artistic or literary pieces, as engravings, verses, etc; a miscellany; a musical medley ...1655
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• QUELET †* a gathering, collection; congregation ...1382
• QUEST a collection for a charitable purpose ...1843 Ireland
• RACEMATION † a collection or cluster of things or persons ...a1641
• RAG BAG an odd assortment; a miscellaneous collection of anything ...M19 sl.
• SANK a quantity; a collection of things, as of potatoes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YATTER a collection of small objects; a confused mess or heap ...1808 Sc.
COLLECTOR - person
• MAGPIE a collector of specimens, curiosities, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOBBER a collector of money ...L19 sl.
COLLEGE (also see university, school, student) - nouns
• GYP-ROOM a room where the 'gyps' (college servants) keep table furniture, etc. ...c1870 Cambridge usage
• LETTER a letter worn on one's clothing that indicates success in college sports ...1910s US sl.
• SIWASH a small, second-rate college ...1932 Amer. dial.
• VALENTINE in college: a notification of academic deficiency ...1968 US sl.
college - person
• BULL OF THE WOODS (derogatory) the president or dean of a college ...1940s US Black sl.
• B.W.O.C. a socially prominent college woman; a 'big woman on campus' ...1934 Amer. student sl.
• SALUTATORIAN - in American schools and colleges, the student who delivers the 'salutatory' oration at the annual commencement day exercises ...1847 US
COLLIDE - verbs
• BAIRGE to collide violently; to threaten with violence; to move clumsily and noisily ...1847 Sc.
• CANNON to strike with rebounding collision; to come into violent collision with ...1864
• DERRY to move noisily, to collide, to bump ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DERRYBOUNDER to move noisily; to bump, to collide ... 19C Eng. dial.
COLLISION - nouns
• ACCIBOUNCE a minor collision or accident ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• DERRY the noise made by any object in collision ...1876 Eng. dial.
• DERRYBOUNDER the noise made by any object in collision ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GUTSER a heavy fall; a collision ...c1905 sl.
• GUTZER a heavy fall; a collision ...c1905 sl.
• OCCURSATION †* an act of running against something; attack; encounter; meeting; collision ...1615
• OCCURSION † an act of running against something; attack, encounter; meeting; collision ...1533
• PASH a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PILE-UP a multiple collision of vehicles ...colloq.
• RACK † a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
• SAUSAGE AND MASH a crash; a collision ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• SHUNT a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front ...Brit. colloq.
COLLOQUIAL, COLLOQUIALISM - nouns
• COLLOCALISM a colloquial localism ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLLOQUIALANGUAGE colloquial speech ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE colloquial speech ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAMILIARISM a mode of expression usual only in familiar language; a colloquialism ...1765
COLLUSIVE - adjectives
• COVINOUS † fraudulent, deceitful, collusive, dishonest ...1570