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PETULANCE - PILL
PETULANCE - nouns
• PROCACITY * forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
PETULANT - adjectives
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY petulant, huffy, easily offended ...1848
• OFF ONE'S FEED sulky, petulant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PROCACIOUS * forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• TIFFY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, pettish, ill-humoured, uncertain in temper ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFTY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, uncertain in temper ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANTON † petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious ...1538
PETULANT - nouns
• MIFF a petulant mood ...colloq.
PETULANT - nouns, person
• ATTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP † an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EDDERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person; a shrewish woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ETHERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1725 Eng. dial.
• ETTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1820 Sc.
• NATTER-CROP a peevish person; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• QUILT a petulant, pedantic, pernickety man ...20C Irish sl.
PETUNIA - nouns
• SPITUNIA the petunia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PEW - nouns
• LAND a pew in a church ...1925 Sc.
PHANTOM - nouns
• EIDOLON an unsubstantial image, spectre, phantom ...828
• FANTOUN a phantom ...1935 Sc.
• IDOLUM an image or unsubstantial appearance; a spectre or phantom; a mental image, an idea ...1619
• UMBRA the shade of a deceased person; a phantom or ghost ...1599
PHARMACY - nouns
• DOCTOR SHOP a pharmacy or herb doctor's shop ...1923 Amer. dial.
PHEASANT - nouns
• CHINAMAN (usually offensive) in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant ...1957 Amer. sl.
• CHINK (usually offensive) in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant ...1940 Amer. sl.
• EPHESIAN a pheasant ...19C Sc.
• RICK the noise made by a polecat or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAIL a pheasant ...1841 poachers' usage
PHEASANT - verbs
• RICK to utter the noise made by a guinea-fowl, polecat, or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
PHENOMENA, PHENOMENON - nouns
• EFFECT † an outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon ...c1450
• EFFEIRS phenomena, properties ...1500-20 arch.
PHILADELPHIA - nouns
• BIG PRETZEL, THE Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• PHIL Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• PHILLY Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• QUAKERTOWN Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• SLEEPY TOWN Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
PHILANDER - verbs
• BUTTERFLY to flirt, to philander, to dally ...1893
• GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with 'around')...1900 US sl.
• HORSE AROUND to play amorously or philander ...1952 sl.
• MASH to make a pass at ...20C US sl.
PHILANDERER - nouns, person
• BIG DAME HUNTER a philanderer; one fond of women ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICK-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHICKEN FANCIER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPIE-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer ...1928 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer ...1891 Amer. sl.
• FEMME FOLLOWER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FREE-LANCE a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FREE-LANCER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMECOCK a womanizer, a philanderer ...19C sl.
• GAR-ME-TRUE a hypocrite, a pretender; a philanderer; one who makes believe ...1871 Sc.
• GASH HOUND a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAY DOG a philanderer; a lecher ...20C US colloq.
• GIRL-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT-AND-RUNNER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOME BLASTER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOME BREAKER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOME WRECKER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHN a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHNNY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNAVE OF HEARTS a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LADY-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM a philanderer; a womanizer ...L19 sl.
• LOVE PIRATE a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAN OF AFFAIRS a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAN ON THE MAKE a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASHER a male flirt; a philanderer ...2C US sl. & colloq.
• OLD ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAYBOY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY-DADDY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAYFUL PAPA a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEXPERT a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHARPSHOOTER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIRT-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEPSON a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUGAR CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOPGALLANT a ladies' man, a philanderer ...1701 nonce word
• TOMCAT a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOMCATTER a man who is out searching for a willing sexual companion; a philanderer ...1947 Amer. dial.
• TOWN JOHNNY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRAVELLING SALESMAN a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURKEY GOBBLER a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO-MAMA PAPA a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VILLAGE RAM a local philanderer and ladies' man ...1930s W. Indies sl.
• WOLF a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PHILANDERING - adjectives
• LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM philandering, womanizing ...L19 sl.
• RANGING of a man: pursuing women, philandering ...M17 sl.
PHILANDERING - nouns
• CHIPPY-CHASING whoring or philandering ...1915 Amer. sl.
• GALAVANTING philandering ...1883 Sc.
PHILOSOPHIZE - verbs
• PHILOSOPHATE † to play the philosopher; to philosophize; to moralize ...1603
PHILIPPINES - nouns, person
• AMIGO a Filipino insurrectionist ...1899 US military sl.
• BAYAO a Filipino ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FILIPINYOCK (derogatory) a Filipino ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FLIP (often derogatory) a Filipino ...1931 US sl.
• GOO-GOO (derogatory) an Asian or dark-skinned foreigner, esp. a Filipino ...L19 sl.
• GU-GU (derogatory) an Asian or dark-skinned foreigner, esp. a Filipino ...L19 US sl.
• MOKE (usually derogatory) a Black person; occasionally a Filipino or Hawaiian ...1856 Amer. dial.
PHILISTINE - nouns, person
• YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine ...1726 UK
PHILOSOPHER - nouns, person
• NATURAL a natural philosopher; a naturally clever person ...1838 Sc.
PHLEGM - nouns
• BLAIDRY phlegm coughed up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUTHRIE phlegm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GOLLY a gob of phlegm or mucus ...1938 Aust. sl.
• GOOBER a gob of phlegm ...1960s sl.
• GOOBY a gob of spit or phlegm ...1985 NZ sl.
• HAUCHAN the mucus or phlegm expelled in clearing the throat ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HOCKER a gob of phlegm or spit ...1960s US teen sl.
• HONKER expectorated sputum ...1981 US sl.
• LIEUY a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LOOEY a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LOOGIE an expectorated bit of phlegm ...1988 Amer. sl.
• LOOIE a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LOUIE a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LUNGER phlegm expelled from the throat ...1960s Amer. sl.
• NAST phlegm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OYSTER a gob of phlegm or spittle ...1785 sl.
• RIDDLE an accumulation of phlegm in the throat ...1882 Eng. dial.
• YELLOW-BACK a gob of phlegm ...20C Aust. sl.
PHLEGM - verbs
• BLOCHER to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAWK to clear the throat of phlegm; to clear the throat noisily; to spit ...1583
• HAWK UP to spit; to cough up and spit phlegm ...20C US colloq.
• RAISE to expectorate; to bring up phlegm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAR to bring up phlegm; to expectorate; to vomit ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNBIND † to clear of phlegm ...1552
PHONE - adjectives
• DARK unreachable by telephone; a condition often resulting from a failure to pay the bill ...2004 US sl.
PHONE - nouns
• AL CAPONE phone ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ALEXANDER a telephone ...1999 UK sl.
• AMECHE a telephone; a telephone number; a telephone call ...1930s Can. & US sl.
• AUTOPHONE an automatic telephone ...1927
• BLAST a telephone call ...1955 Amer. sl.
• BLOWER the telephone ...1922 sl.
• BUZZ a telephone call ...1930 Amer. colloq.
• BUZZ WIRE a telephone or telegraph line ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CHATTERBOX a telephone ...1930s US sl.
• CHATTER LINES telephone wires ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLONE a mobile phone that has been given the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone, so that calls made on the second phone are charged to the owner of the first phone ...colloq.
• C PHONE a mobile telephone ...1997 US sl.
• DARBY AND JOAN a telephone ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DIGITS a telephone number; a telephone ...1995 US sl.
• DOG the telephone ...1960 Brit. rhyming sl. (Dog and Bone)
• DOG AND BONE the telephone ...1960 Brit. rhyming sl.
• DON AMECHE a telephone; a telephone number; a telephone call ...1930s Can. & US sl.
• DOUBLE L a telephone (landline) ...1976 US sl.
• EAU-DE-COLOGNE a telephone ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• ESKIMO NELL a call on the telephone ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bell'
• FAULTIES a mobile telephone that is being used illegally ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• GRAMAPHONE a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIL a telephone call ...1945 Amer. dial.
• HELLOHONE a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HORN the telephone ...1950s Amer. sl.
• MAGGIE MAHONE a telephone ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MAW BELL a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIKE MALONE a telephone ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MOBEY a mobile telephone ...1990s sl.
• MOBI a mobile telephone ...1990s sl.
• MOBY a mobile telephone ...1990s sl.
• MOLLY a telephone ...1971 Brit. rhyming sl. (Molly Malone)
• MOLLY MALONE a telephone ...1971 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ODIE a telephone ...1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
• ODOUR a telephone ...1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
• PHONE SPOT a telephone location used in a bookmaking operation ...1973 US sl.
• RAG AND BONE a telephone ...1984 UK rhyming sl.
• RAG AND BONER a telephone ...1984 UK sl.
• SWEATBOX a telephone booth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELEFOAM telephone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TELEPHOME a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINGLE a call on the telephone ...1940s Aust. sl.
• TINKLE a telephone call ...colloq.
• TRAP an electronic device that records the originating telephone number of all incoming calls (made obsolete with the advent of 'caller ID' in the late 1990s) ...1991 US sl.
• VACAYA a mobile phone ...2002 UK sl.
• WARBLER a telephone whose bell 'warbles' rather then rings ...1970s sl.
PHONE - nouns, person
• DIAL DIDDLER a telephone operator ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELLO GIRL a telephone operator ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTELLIGENCE BUREAU telephone operators ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHONE FREAK a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls ...1972 US sl.
• PHONE PHREAK a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls ...1972 US sl.
• PHREAKER a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls ...1972 US sl.
• SWITCHBOARD JOCKEY a telephone operator ...1957 US sl.
• SWITCHBOARD MUGGER a telephone operator ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PHONE - verbs
• AUTOPHONE to use an automatic telephone ...1928
• BUZZ to telephone ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ OFF to ring off on the telephone ...1914
• CLONE to give a mobile phone the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone (see noun) ...colloq.
• DING-DONG to telephone ...1973 US sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A BELL to telephone ...1982 Brit. sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A BUZZ to telephone ...1930 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A TINKLE to telephone ...1938 sl.
• LOOK AT to speak to someone on a telephone ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PHONE PHREAK to hack into a telecommunication system ...1998 US sl.
• PHREAK to hack into a telecommunication system ...1998 US sl.
• RING ON THE TING-A-LING to call on the telephone ...1960s Amer. sl.
• T AND T to tape record and trace the origin of a phone call ...2001 US sl.
• TRAP to install n electronic trap on a telephone line ...1996 US sl. (see PHONE - nouns)
PHONOGRAPH - see RECORD, RECORD PLAYER
PHONY - adjectives
• BOGUE phony, fake, bogus ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOGUISH phony, fake, bogus ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CHEESY phony ...20C teen & high school sl.
• LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit ...M20 US colloq.
• SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACK second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
PHOSPHORESCENCE - nouns
• BAMS phosphorescence on the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
PHOTOGRAPH - adjectives
• PAGE THREE referring to photographs of women with exposed breasts ...1970s Brit. sl.
PHOTOGRAPH - nouns
• ART 1. newspaper photographs of celebrities ...20C Amer. sl.
2. photographs of wanted criminals ...20C Amer. sl.
• MUG SHOT a photographic portrait ...1978 UK sl.
• SCENERY a picture, usually a photograph ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SMUDGE a photograph ...Brit. sl.
• SNAP a photograph; a snapshot ...1894 Amer. colloq.
PHOTOGRAPH - nouns, person
• PAGE THREE GIRL a girl whose scantily clad, or nude, picture appears as a newspaper pin-up ...1975 UK sl.
PHOTOGRAPH - verbs
• SNAP to take a photograph of ...Amer. sl.
• TAKE OFF to take a likeness; to draw, to photograph ...1895 Eng. dial.
PHOTOGRAPHER - nouns, person
• CAMERA CLICKER a photographer ...1966 Amer. sl.
• MUGSNAPPER in circus and carnival usage: a travelling photographer ...1981 US sl.
• MUGSNATCHER a photographer who operates in the street, at a fairground, or at the seaside ...1979 UK sl.
• PAPARAZZI press photographers who specialize in the sensational and the celebrated, or a single photographer similarly engaged ...1968 UK sl.
• PAPS paparazzi ...1990s sl.
• SHUTTERBUG 1. a photography enthusiast; a photographer ...1940 US sl.
2. a photographer who selects subjects for personal sexual gratification, often without the subject's knowledge or consent ...1999 US sl.
• SMUDGER a photographer ...Brit. sl.
• SNAPPER a photographer ...1910 UK sl.
• SNATCH MAN a press photographer ...2001 UK sl.
PHOTOGRAPHER - verbs
• PAP to work as a press photographer who specializes in the sensational and the celebrated ...2004 UK sl.
PHOTOGRAPHY - nouns
• PHOTOGENY †* photography ...1840
PHRASE - nouns, person
• NEOTERIST one who uses or introduces new words or phrases ...1873
PHYSICAL - adjectives
• NUT AND GUT mental and physical ...2002 Brit. sl.
PHYSICALLY - adverbs
• NATURALLY † physically, materially ...1546
PHYSICIAN - see DOCTOR
PHYSICS - nouns
• PHIZ physics, esp. as a subject of study ...1984 Hong Kong
PHYSIQUE - nouns, person
• MUSCLEMAN a man with an outstanding physique ...1920s sl., orig. US
PIANO - nouns
• AGONY BOX a piano ...1900s US sl.
• BOX a piano ...1908 Amer. sl.
• GOOLA a piano ...1940s US Black sl.
• IVORIES, THE 1. a piano ...M19 sl.
2. the keys of a piano ...sl.
PIANO, PIANIST - nouns, person
• BOX-BEATER a piano player ...1915 Amer. sl.
• FINGERS a jazz pianist ...1930s US Black sl.
• IVORY-HAMMERER a pianist ...c1860 sl.
• IVORY-SPANKER a pianist ...Bk1896 sl.
• IVORY-THUMPER a pianist ...c1860 sl.
• PIANO KID in jazz: any teenage pianist working the rundown joints; teenage piano players were common in the brothels and cabarets in the 1900s-1930s ...1900s US Black sl.
PIANO - verbs
• BANG THE BOX to play dance music on a piano ...20C Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BOX to play dance music on a piano ...1915 Amer. sl.
• BLOW A BOX to eagerly play the piano ...1965 Amer. sl.
• POUND THE BOX to eagerly play the piano ...1920 Amer. sl.
• TICKLE THE IVORIES to play the piano ...1920s sl.
PICK (tool) - nouns
• ANCHOR a pick (tool) ...1926 Amer. sl.
• MAD MICK a pick (pickaxe) ...1919 rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
• PADDY AND MICK a pickaxe...1998 UK rhyming sl.
PICK - verbs
• ELECT † to pick out, to choose ...1513
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
PICKED - adjectives
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• WALE choice, chosen, picked ...c1250 exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
PICKLE - nouns
• ELEPHANT EARS pickles ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SALAD pickles ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
PICKLING - nouns
• SALITURE †* a salting, a pickling ...1657
PICKPOCKET - adjectives
• ON THE BOTTLE engaged as a pickpocket ...2003 UK sl.
• ON THE DIP engaged in pickpocketing ...1949 US sl.
• ON THE DIPE engaged in picking pockets ...1877 criminals’ sl.
• TAILING A WHOLE FRONT said of a pickpocket who 'cleans a victim right out, watch, money, etc.' ...1929 US criminals' sl.
PICKPOCKET - nouns
• BREECH-KICK a picking of pockets ...1904 sl.
• BUZZING ACADEMY a training school for pickpockets ...Bk1921 sl.
• CHARIOT-BUZZING pocket-picking in an omnibus ...c1850 sl.
• DIP pick-pocketing ...1859 sl.
• DIPPING the act of picking pockets ...1882 UK criminals' sl.
• DIPPING GAG, THE picking pockets ...c1905 criminals’ sl.
• DIP SQUAD a police unit that targets pickpockets ...1977 UK sl.
• FAM-RUST a lack of practice at thieving, esp. pickpocketing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAN the preliminary touching of a targeted victim by a pickpocket ...1958 US sl.
• FANNING a pickpocket's preliminary running of their hands over a victim to find a wallet or bankroll ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• FILE LAY, THE pickpocketry ...18C cant
• FILING-LAY pickpocketry ...18C sl.
• GAGGING † theft of money by pickpocketry to which several men working together have cleverly led up by engaging a man in conversation, taking him to a public-house, and skilfully causing him to disclose how much money he has ...1828 UK sl.
• GAMMON † the assistance rendered to a pickpocket by his accomplice(s) ...1720 UK sl.
• MALTOOLING the practice of picking pockets in omnibuses ...1851
• MOLL-BUZZING purse snatching; picking pockets ...1900 Amer. sl.
• PALMISTRY the use of the hands in pocket-picking ...1711
• STRIKING a robbery, swindle, picking a pocket, or imposition ...1591 sl.
• TAIL-BUZZING stealing a wallet from a tailcoat pocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• WHIZ the practice of picking pockets ...1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WHIZZ-MOB a gang of pickpockets ...1929 sl.
PICKPOCKET - nouns, person
• ABSTRACTIONIST a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• ADAM-TILER a pickpocket's ally ...17C Eng.sl.
• ADAM TYLER a pickpocket's assistant ...1696 sl.
• ADEPT a pickpocket ...18C sl.
• ANTHEM DIVER a pickpocket specializing in the robbery of church congregations ...E18 sl.
• ARTIST a skilful pickpocket, sneak thief, confidence man, or other criminal ...1859 Amer. sl.
• BAGGAGE-MAN the member of a pickpocketing team who is handed the booty and then runs off with it ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• BARNACLE a pickpocket ...M19 cant
• BOUNG-NAPPER a cut-purse, a pickpocket ...L17 sl.
• BOUNG-NIPPER a cut-purse ...L17 criminal sl.
• BULK † an assistant to a pickpocket who jostles a person up against the wall, while the other picks his pocket ...1673 sl.
• BULK AND FILE † the one jostles you whilst the other picks your pocket; the pickpocket and his mate ...1665 criminals' sl.
• BUNG-NAPPER a cut-purse, a pickpocket ...L17 sl.
• BUNG-NIPPER a cut-purse ...L17 criminal sl.
• BUZZER a pickpocket ...1862 sl.
• BUZZ NAPPER a young pickpocket ...Bk1890 sl.
• CADGER a shoplifter-cum-beggar; also, the lowest rank of pickpocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CANNON a pickpocket of indefinite order ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
• CLAW in a gang of pickpockets, the expert operator who lifts the money and valuable collateral from the victim's person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLY-FAKER a pickpocket ...1823 criminals' sl.
• DIP a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• DIPPER a pickpocket ...1889 criminals’ sl.
• DIPPING BLOKE a pickpocket ...c1860 criminals’ sl.
• FAG a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• FAKER a pickpocket ...20C criminals' sl
• FANNER a pickpocket ...1950 US sl.
• FILE a pickpocket ...1665 sl.
• FILE-CLOY a pickpocket ...M17 sl.
• FILE-LIFTER a pickpocket ...c1670 cant
• FILER a pickpocket ...c1670 cant
• FINGER a pickpocket ...1925 sl.
• FINGERS a pickpocket ...1930s US sl.
• FISH-FAG a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• FLIMP a pickpocket ...E19 US criminals' sl.
• FORK a pickpocket ...L17 UK criminals’ sl.
• FOYL-CLOY a pickpocket ...M17 sl.
• GALLOWS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLUS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GAMMON † the accomplice of a pickpocket; he who so jostles the prospective victim that the actual thief can possess easily of his booty ...1718 UK sl.
• GAMMONER † the accomplice of a pickpocket ...1821 UK sl.
• GON a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GRAFTER a small-time criminal, such as a pickpocket or thief ...1866 US sl.
• GUN a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GUNSMITH an experienced pickpocket who trains novice pickpockets ...1934 US sl.
• HEEL (derogatory) a sneak thief or pickpocket ...1916 US criminals' sl.
• HOISTER a shoplifter or pickpocket ...1790 sl.
• HOOK a thief or pickpocket; orig., someone who stole from a picket while the victim's attention was distracted by someone else ...1863 sl.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HUNTER a pickpocket ...1949 US sl.
• JANIZARY a pickpocket ...Bk1896 sl.
• JOSTLER the member of a pickpocketing team who jostles and distracts the victim ...1929 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• LEATHER-WORKER a pickpocket or purse-snatcher ...1901 US sl.
• LEGSHAKE ARTIST a pickpocket ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT a thief; a pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LUSH-ROLLER a pickpocket operating on drunkards, half-wits, paralytics, etc. ...19C Brit. sl.
• MAGSMAN an assistant for a street swindler or pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MARKER † the member of a pickpocketing team who takes the stolen item from the person that steals it ...1591 sl.
• MOLL a female pickpocket or thief ...1955 US sl.
• MOLL-BUZZARD a pickpocket who preys upon women ...1899 criminals' & police sl.
• MOLL-BUZZER 1. a pickpocket who preys upon women ...1859 criminals' & police sl.
2. a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief ...1866 Amer. sl.
• MOLLEY a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MOLL-TOOL. a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MOLL-TOOLER a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MOLLWHIZ a female pickpocket ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• MOLL-WIRE 1. a pickpocket who specializes in robbing female victims ...M19 sl.
2. a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MUSTARD CHUCKER a pickpocket who spills mustard on the victim as a diversion and excuse to approach ...1989 US sl.
• NATTY-LAD a young thief or pickpocket ...1785 thieves' sl.
• P.P. † a pickpocket ...1887 UK criminals' sl.
• PRAT-DIGGER a pickpocket ...1908 US sl.
• PROP-GETTER a pickpocket ...1901 sl.
• PROP-MAN a pickpocket ...1901 sl.
• QUEER DIVER a bungling, incompetent pickpocket ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• READER-HUNTER a pickpocket specializing in pocket-books ...1812 thieves' sl.
• READER-MERCHANT (generally in plural) pickpockets, chiefly among Jews, who ply about the bank to steal the pocket-books of persons who have just received their dividends there ...L18 sl.
• REEFER a pickpocket or pickpocket's accomplice ...1935 sl.
• SACK-DIVER a pickpocket ...L17 sl.
• SAFE in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it ...1954 US sl.
• SCARECROW a pickpocket's young assistant, who is disposable and can be turned over to the police ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• STALLER a pickpocket's accomplice ...1812 sl.
• STOOK BUZZER a pickpocket who specialized in stealing handkerchiefs ...M19 sl.
• STOOK HAULER a pickpocket who specialized in stealing handkerchiefs ...M19 sl.
• TAIL-BUZZER a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen's coat pockets ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIVER a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen's coat pockets ...1859 UK criminals' sl.
• WHIZ(Z) a pickpocket ...1931 sl., orig. US
• WHIZZ BOY a pickpocket ...1931 sl., orig. US
• WHIZZER a pickpocket ...1925 sl., orig. US
• WHIZZ MAN a pickpocket ...1932 sl., orig. US
PICKPOCKET - verbs
• ADEPT to pickpocket ...1890 criminals’ sl.
• BOTTLE OF FIZZ to work as a pickpocket; to steal something quickly as an opportunity arises ...1938 UK rhyming sl. for 'The Whizz'
• BUZZ 1. to rob a person, as by pickpocketing or purse-snatching ...1789 criminals' sl.
2. to engage in theft, esp. pickpocketing ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
• DIP to pick the pocket of ...E20 sl.
• DIP ON to pick-pocket a person ...1946 S. Afr. sl.
• DIVE INTO A SACK to pick a pocket ...L17 cant
• FAKE A CLY † to pick a pocket ...c1810 sl.
• FAKE A POKE to pick a pocket ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAN to pick pockets ...1920s sl.
• FILE to pick pockets; to pick the pockets of ...L17 sl.
• FORK to pick pockets, using the fore and middle fingers, extended like the tines of a fork, which are thrust into the pocket, then closed tight on any object within; this is then withdrawn between the ‘fork’ ...L17 sl.
• GAMMON. to render the assistance of an accomplice to a pickpocket ...1753 UK sl.
• GIVE GAMMON. to stand close to a person while another picks their pocket ...1720 thieves' sl.
• GIVE THE FAN to pick pockets ...1920s sl.
• GO ON THE DIPE to pick pockets ...1877 criminals’ sl.
• GUT A FOB to pick a pocket ...c1815 criminals' sl.
• JOSTLE to pick pockets ...1969 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• KISS THE DOG of a pickpocket: to face his victim ...1972 US criminals' sl.
• LIFT to pick the pocket of someone; to rob ...1915 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A RAISE to pick a pocket; to rob ...19C US criminals' sl.
• MANTICULATE †* to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal ...1656
• PUT THE HIGH GAME ON to rob; to pick someone's pocket ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• PUT UP THE DOOKS to thieve, esp. to pickpocket (dook = hand) ...M19 sl.
• STALL to surround, decoy, jostle or distract someone whose pocket is being picked ...1592 sl.
• TAKE THE WHOLE FRONT of a pickpocket: to steal everything the victim owns ...,1929 US criminals' sl.
• THROW THE MITT to pick pockets ...1902 Amer. criminals' sl.
• WORK THE TUBS to pick pockets on buses or at bus-stops ...1929 sl.
• WRING to pick someone's pocket ...L19 US sl.
PICKPOCKET - phrases
• ON THE DIP picking pockets ...1859 sl.
• ON THE WHIZ(Z) engaged in picking pockets ...1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
PICK UP - verbs
• MANEUVRA to pick up a girl ...2000s US Black sl.
• SAM to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with 'together' or 'up' ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCRAP † to gather together; to pick up ...1810 Sc.
PICNIC - nouns
• TUCKERNUCK a picnic ...1887 Amer. dial.
PICNIC - nouns, person
• PICKERNICKS picnickers ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
PICTURE - adjectives
• PAINTY of a picture: overcharged with paint; having the paint too obtrusive ...1870
• SIGNED ALL OVER of a picture: clearly characteristic of its creator ...1909 artists' usage
PICTURE - nouns
• BAB a child's name for a picture of any kind ...1856 Eng. dial.
• BABBY a child's name for a picture ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABIES † pictures in books ...1598
• CAD-CATCHER pictures painted to attract the undiscriminating ...1882 artists' usage
• CATAGRAPH † the first draught or delineation of a picture ...1656
• FIGURE MAN the principal figure in a picture ...c1830 sl.
• FLANDERS PIECES pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at hand ...1690 sl.
• GAY † a picture in a book ...1646 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ICONOCLASM the breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration ...1797
• ICONOPHILISM a taste for pictures, engravings, etc. ...1888
• ICONOPHILY a taste for pictures, engravings, etc. ...1894
• NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene ...1605
• PAINT †* a painting, a picture ...c1710
• PAINTURE † that which is painted; painting, pictorial work; a painting, a picture ...a1225
• SCENERY a picture, usually a photograph ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SMUTS obscene pictures ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• TABLATURE † a painting; a picture ...1711
PICTURE - nouns, person
• ICONOPHILE a connoisseur of pictures, engravings, book illustrations, and the like ...1881
• ICONOPHILIST a connoisseur of pictures, engravings, book illustrations, and the like ...1884
PICTURE - verbs
• ADUMBRATE † to shade a picture, to represent with due light and shade so as to complete what has been sketched or delineated ...1599
• EFFIGIES † to portray, to picture ...1652 nonce word
PICTURESQUE - adjectives
• ANCIENT of scenery: picturesque ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• PICTURE-ASKEW picturesque ...c1870 colloq.
• PICTURES-QUEUE picturesque ...20C colloq.
PIE - nouns
• AMMUNITION pies and pastry, as doled out by the Salvation Army ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BAKE-MEAT † pastry; a pie ...c1386
• BARK any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust ...1925 Amer. logging usage
• BOGGY TOP a pie with no top crust ...1968 Amer. West. sl.
• CALF-SLOBBER meringue, as on pies; a meringue topping ...L19 US sl.
• DOZZLE an ornamental piece of pastry on the top of a pie crust ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAKE-PIE a pie containing leftovers ...1880 UK society sl.
• FALL-DOWNS fragments from a pie that fall from the larger piece or slice when it is being cut up; plates of such fragments were sold at a halfpenny a plate in cook-shops ...L19 sl.
• FARMER'S ALLIANCE pumpkin pie ...L19 US sl.
• IRON-BOUND a hard-baked pie ...Bk1896 sl.
• LENTEN PIE a pie containing no meat ...1592
• MAGGOT BAG a meat pie ...2003 Aust. sl.
• NEDDY-RACK egg and bacon pie ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NELLIE a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl. (Nellie Bligh)
• NELLIE BLIGH a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• NELLY a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl. (Nelly Bligh)
• NELLY BLIGH a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• NELLY BLY a meat pie ...1910s Aust. sl. rhyming
• SATURDAY PIE a pie made of odds and ends ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBY EYE a pie ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• TANTARROW a pie made of meat, apples, etc.; something similar to a 'squab-pie' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PIECE - adjectives
• ALL-A-BITS in pieces or rags, broken ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL PULLED TO SHUCKS pulled to pieces ...1901 Amer. dial.
PIECE - nouns
• BAT † a lump, a piece, a bit ...c1340
• BLAUD a large piece or fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BROLL † a part, a piece ...18C
• CANTON † a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part ...1601
• DADGE a large piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGEN a large piece of anything, as wood, meat, etc.; a lump; a thick slice ...c1836 Sc.
• DAP † a small piece of anything ...c1850 Sc.
• DARG a big piece; a large portion of anything; used ironically to denote something of little value, or when one has received less than was expected ...1908 Sc.
• DEWGS † scraps, rags, shreds, small pieces ...1693 Sc.
• DICE a lump or piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EACHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• ECHNIE a small quantity; a small piece ...1911 Sc.
• EYCHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• FALLOCH a lump, heap, large piece of anything; generally used of edibles ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk ...1742 Sc.
• FARDEL a large slice or piece, a lump, esp. of eatables ...1866 Sc.
• FARTHING † a very small piece of anything ...c1386
• GABBER a fragment, a broken piece ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GABER a fragment, a broken piece ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GANSH a piece cut or riven roughly out of anything ...1900 Sc.
• GOBBET a piece, portion, a fragment ...ME
• GOBBON † a piece, a slice; a gob of slimy material ...LME
• HALFPENNY † a small fragment, bit, or piece ...1599
• HAME a small piece ...1883 Eng. dial.
• INCH-MUCKLE a piece as small as in inch ...1866 Sc.
• KERF a piece or quantity cut off; a cutting of anything ...1678
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.& Ireland
• LABIE a large irregular piece ...1815 Eng. dial.
• LOUNDER a thick slice; a large piece ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MALHAVELINS small matters, bits and pieces; odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; typically used of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANABLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAROLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVILINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MEISLE a small piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MEISLEN a very small piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIDGET a very small piece of anything; a scrap, a fragment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINCH a small piece of anything; a crumb ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCHICK a very small piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINCHICKIE a very small piece indeed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE a small piece of anything; a morsel ...1908 Sc.
• OFFE †* a small piece, a morsel, a crumb ...c1420
• PALLION a small piece or pellet ...1727
• PANEL † a small piece of anything ...1628
• PARCEL † a piece; a portion of a whole; a part; an instalment ...1631-54 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PIGS AND WHISTLES fragments; odds and ends; pieces; knickknacks; trivial things ...1681
• QUIPS a tiny piece or amount ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• REEF a broad piece ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHINCH a small piece ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHNIBBLE a scrap; a small piece ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIPFEL a scrap; a small piece ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIPPLE a scrap; a small piece ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIVVLE a scrap; a small piece ...1995 Amer. dial.
• SCHNUFFEL a scrap; a small piece ...1998 Amer. dial.
• SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SCLIMPET a small thin piece of anything, as of rock ...1825 Sc.
• SCOW a piece, a fragment, a bit ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRID a piece, a scrap, a bit ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMMOCK a very small piece ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP a very small piece of anything; very small measure; a tiny object ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece; a miserable pittance ...1867 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SHNIBBEL n. a scrap; a small piece ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SIPPET a small piece of something; a mere fragment ...1613
• SKILFER †* a small piece; a splinter ...1597
• SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKRID a small piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SLENCH a big piece or lump of anything ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SNIBBLE a scrap; a small piece ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SNICKET a very small piece of anything; anything small and insignificant ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SNIPPLE a scrap; a small piece ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SNIPSLE a scrap; a small piece ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUID a piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1914 Amer. dial.
• TAILYE † a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat ...c1470 Sc.
• TAILZIE † a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat ...c1470 Sc.
• TAM a piece; a bite, a morsel of food ...1913 Sc.
• TAURD a large piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THWANG a large piece of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMMIT a large piece ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WADDIOCK a large piece ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHANG a large piece, a portion, share ...1910s sl.
• WIBBET a little piece, a wee bit ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
PIECEMEAL - adjectives/adverbs
• BY HABS AND NABS at odd moments, or in intervals of leisure; piecemeal ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• BY ODDS AND BOBS piecemeal, at odd times ...1805 Eng. dial.
• CANTLE-MEAL † piecemeal ...c1479
• PARCELMEAL † in small portions at a time, bit by bit, piecemeal ...1362
• PARCEL-WISE bit by bit, piecemeal ...1647
• RANDING piecemeal; in small parts ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PIECES - adverbs
• A-PIECES in pieces, to pieces ...1796 Eng. dial.
• SUNDRY † in or into pieces ...1533 obs. exc. Sc.
PIED - adjectives
• PIEDID pied, spotted, mottled ...1757 Amer. dial.
• PIEDIDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1963 Amer. dial.
• PIEDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1895 Amer. dial.
PIERCE - verbs
• ACCLOY * to pierce, to stab ...1470
• BEAR † to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. ...a1300
• BEGOUGE to stab, to pierce ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DAB to pierce slightly, to stab ...1806 Sc.
• DIRL to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FEATHER † to decorate a person with the projecting feather of an arrow; hence, to pierce, to wound ...1415
• JAG † to pierce with a sharp instrument; to stab ...a1400
• LANCINATE * to pierce, to tear ...1603
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death ...c893
• PICK to prick; to pierce ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RIDDLE to pierce, to penetrate; to mangle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TANG † to pierce, to prick ...a1400
• THIRL to pierce, to drill, to perforate; to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRING † to make way through something by pressure; to pierce, to penetrate; to burst out ...a1300
• TO-PIERCE † to pierce entirely ...c1470.
PIERCING - nouns
• LABRET in body piercing: a stud through the bottom lip ...1990s sl.
• MADISON any form of neck piercing ...1990s sl.
• MADONNA in body piercing: a beauty spot stud in the upper lip ...1990s sl.
PIG - adjectives
• PIGGY of a sow: pregnant ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SUILLARY †* of swine ...1762
PIG - nouns
• ALLIGATOR a lean hog ...1852 US
• ANTHONY PIG the smallest pig of a litter; the favourite one supposed to be dedicated to and under the special protection of St. Anthony, the patron saint of swineherds ...1728 Eng. dial.
• BACK-TOOTH HOG a pig that doesn't grow well and is not worth keeping ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BACON † the carcass of a pig; rarely, a live pig ...c1380
• BACONER a pig kept for bacon ...1750 Eng. dial.
• BACON SPROUT a young pig ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACON-TREE n. a humorous term for a pig, 'growing bacon' ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BALLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAR a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BARGE a great fat hog ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAR HOG a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BAR PIG a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BARREY HOG a castrated hog ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BARROW † a castrated boar, a swine ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARROW-GUTTLINGS pig's chitterlings; intestines, bowels ...1575
• BARROW-PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARRUH a castrated hog ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BASH the front of the head of a bull or a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATH a sow ...1804 Eng. dial.
• BEKAY the jowl or lower jaw of a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIG SHOAT a boar ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BOAR HOG a male pig ...1858 Amer. dial.
• BOAR PIG a male pig ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BO-HOG a boar ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BONEEN a young pig ...1841 Irish
• BONHAM a young pig ...L19 Irish
• BOOSE a pig's nose ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BORROW a castrated hog ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BRANN a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAUN a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAUNER a gelt pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWN a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWNER a gelt boar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCH a litter of pigs ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CAD the youngest and smallest of a family of any kind, esp. pigs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADMA the smallest pig of a litter ...1691 Eng. dial.
• CADPIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAROLINA RACEHORSE a razor-back hog ...1862 Amer. dial. jocular
• DADDY a stallion; a bull; a male pig; a male animal kept for breeding purposes ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DANIEL the smallest pig of the litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARLING the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARROL the smallest of the brood of pigs, fowl, etc. ...Irish sl.
• DAWLIN the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL a litter of pigs ...1848 Eng. dial.
• DERDEL the extreme end of the spine of a hog ...B1900 Sc.
• DEVIL'S RIGHT BOWER an inferior hog ...1942 Amer. dial.
• DIDDLES ducklings; sucking-pigs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DIDDLINGS ducklings; sucking-pigs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DILL the pap or teat of a sow ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DILLING the weakest pig of a litter ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DILLING-PIG the smallest or weakest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLY-PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EERVAR the last pig of a litter ...1890 Ireland
• ELM PEELER a razorback hog, a swine of a lean, long-legged variety; any inferior swine ...1872 Amer. dial.
• ELT a young pig or spayed sow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ELT-PIG a young pig or spayed sow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARE † 1. a litter of pigs ...1557 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. a young or suckling pig ...1842 Eng. dial.
• FARROW † 1. a young pig ...a700.
2. a litter of pigs ...1577
• FARTH a farrow of pigs ...1863 Eng. dial.
• FERRY a litter of pigs, a 'farrow' ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GALE a boar castrated after reaching maturity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALT † 1. a boar or hog ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. a sow; esp. a spayed female pig ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALTI a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GAMBON † the ham or haunch of a swine ...1486
• GAMMON † the ham or haunch of a swine ...1486
• GAMMOND † the ham or haunch of a swine ...1486
• GAMMONS the feet of an animal, often those of pigs ...1825 Sc.
• GAMMONTS the feet of an animal, often those of pigs ...1825 Sc.
• GANNERS a pig's snout ...1907 Sc.
• GAULT † a boar or hog ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAUT a boar pig, a hog; esp. a castrated male pig ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GOLT a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GOLTIE a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GORREL a young pig ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRUMPHIE a familiar name for a pig ...1775 chiefly Sc.
• GRUNT a hog ...1728 cant
• GRUNTER a sucking pig ...17C cant
• GRUNTING CHEAT a pig ...c1560 cant
• GRUNTING-CHETE a pig ...M16 cant
• GRUNTING PECK pork, bacon, or any pig-meat ...M17 sl.
• GRUNTLING a pig ...1686 jocular
• GULTIE a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GUSSIE a pig, swine ...16C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HACKLE the mane of a hog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARKIE a pig; a boar-pig ...1897 Sc.
• HARRY the youngest and smallest pig in a litter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HARRY PIG the youngest and smallest pig in a litter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAZEL SPLITTER wild, lean range hog ...1865 Amer. dial.
• INWARDS the inner parts of the body, the inside; the entrails, intestines, etc. of animals, esp. of pigs ...1658 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACKY-PIG a young pig ...Bk1881 Eng. dial.
• JERRY LYNCH a pickled pig's-head ...Bk1896 sl.
• KERNELS hog testicles ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LAND PIKE a free-running or half-wild hog, or a more inferior breed of hog ...1841 US jocular
• LAND SHARK a free-running or half-wild hog ...1840 US jocular
• LARD † the fat of a swine; (fat) bacon or pork ...c1420
• LISTENER a pig's ear ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE JOE the smallest pig in a litter ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LORD WIGG a pig ...1960s rhyming sl.
• MALE a bull, a boar, a stallion ...20C US euphemism
• MALLOCK a pig ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MASTER-PIG the largest and strongest pig in a sty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK PIG a very young pig ...1969 Amer. dial.
• MINISTER'S FACE a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MINISTER'S HEAD a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MINISTER'S SNOUT a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MUDLARK a pig ...1785 sl.
• MUOGH a pig ...18C Irish cant
• MURPHY'S COUNTENANCE a pig's face ...E19 sl.
• MURPHY'S FACE a pig's face ...E19 sl.
• NACK a child's name for a pig; a call-word to a pig ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NACKY a young pig; a sucking-pig ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NACKY-PIG a young pig; a sucking-pig ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAUP the head; the top part of a pig's head ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NEP the pudendum of a sow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE the youngest pig in a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLING the smallest pig of the litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDMENTS the smaller edible portions of a pig ...1843 Eng. dial.
• ODD ONE the extra pig of a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OINKER a pig ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OLD NED a boar ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PAATIE a young pig ...1898 Sc.
• PAATIE GRICE a young pig ...1898 Sc.
• PADDY a pig, esp. a young one ...1845 Sc.
• PAPA HOG a boar ...1965 Amer. euphemism
• PAPA PIG a boar ...c1960 Amer. euphemism
• PARSON'S FACE a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PATTY a pig, esp. a young one ...1845 Sc.
• PIGGIE an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1799
• PIGGY an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1799
• PIGGY-WIG an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1862
• PIGGY-WIGGY an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1862
• PIGLING a piglet ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PIG OYSTER a pig's testicle, esp. as an article of food ...1991 Amer. dial.
• PIG'S KNOCKERS pig's testicles ...20C Amer. dial.
• PINE-ROOT SKINNER a wild or semi-wild swine; any inferior swine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINE-WOODS HOG a wild or semi-wild swine; any inferior swine ...1872 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS ROOTER a wild or semi-wild swine; any inferior swine ...1872 Amer. dial.
• PORKNELL †* a little pig ...B1900
• RAG the poorest pig in a litter ...1967 Sc.
• RAGBILD a year-old pig ...1908 Sc.
• RATLING the smallest pig of a litter ...1879 Eng. dial.
• REEN the sound made by a pig ...1892 Sc.
• REEZLE a pig's nose ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE ROOTER a razorback hog ...1982 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a razorback hog ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE-RUNNER HOG a wild hog in the mountains ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SANDIE a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SANDIE CAMPBELL a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SANDY CAMPBELL a pig ...1899 Sc.
• SANDY FRY a pig ...1865 Sc.
• SANGLIER † a full-grown wild boar ...a1400
• SANNERS a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SAWNERS CAMPBELL a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SCRUNT the smallest pig in a litter; a runt ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOTE a young hog
• SKIN a thin hog ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SLOW BEAR a pig ...US Civil War usage
• SOUSE a hog's ear ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAILAG the poorest or weakest of a brood, litter, flock, etc., esp. of sheep or pigs ...1972 Sc.
• TAILENDER the smallest pig in a litter ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TANTHONY-PIG the smallest pig of a litter; the favourite one supposed to be dedicated to and under the special protection of St. Anthony, the patron saint of swineherds ...1728 Eng. dial.
• TANTONY the smallest pig of a litter ...1659
• TANTONY PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...1659
• TEAM a litter or a number of animals of any kind, esp. pigs ...1858 Eng. dial.
• TEEWIGGIN a small pig ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TICKY-PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLING the smallest pig in a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG a little pig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG RIGS pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITLING the smallest pig in a litter ...1959 Amer. dial.
• TIT-MAN the smallest pig, etc. of a litter; hence, a man who is stunted physically or mentally; a dwarf ...1849 Amer. dial.
• TOM THUMBS the intestines of a hog ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TUSH HOG a wild or feral hog with prominent tusks ...1934 Amer. dial.
• TUSKER a wild or feral hog with prominent tusks ...1891 Amer. dial.
• UNDERLING † a small or weakly child, animal, or plant; the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter; a small or inferior fruit or vegetable ...1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VALLY a litter of pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAWTH a 'farrow' or litter of pigs ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VEAR a young pig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WIND-SPLITTER a razorback hog ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HOG a razorback hog ...1805 Amer. dial.
• WOODS HOG a razorback hog ...1805 Amer. dial.
• YELT a young sow ...c1000 Eng. dial.
PIG - nouns, person
• GREASY DOOR FAMILY one that's just killed hogs ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PARAMARROW † a sow-gelder ...1790 Eng. dial.
PIG - verbs
• EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out ...1898 Sc.
• GANCH † of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk ...1621
• GAUNCH † of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk ...1621
• HOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOEE! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-IE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOO-PIG! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIGGOOEY! a call to pigs ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIGOO! a call to pigs ...1937 Amer. dial.
• PIG WOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REACH of pigs: to be restless, to make a noise of complaint ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEN to squeak as a pig ...1892 Sc.
• RETCH of pigs: to be restless, to make a noise of complaint ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PIG - interjections
• GOOIE! come!; used to call pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOOP! come!; used to call pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• JACK! a call to pigs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OOEY! a cry used to drive away pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIGGOOP! come!; used to call pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• PIGGY POO! used as a call to pigs ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PO! used as a call to pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POKE! used as a call to pigs ...1914 Amer. dial.
• POOEY! used as a call to pigs ...1902 Amer. dial.
• POO-GEE! used as a call to pigs ...1912 Amer. dial.
• POO-GOO-GEE! used as a call to pigs when they are a long distance away ...1912 Amer. dial.
• POO POO POO! used as a call to pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOWEE! used as a call to pigs ...1902 Amer. dial.
• RIC a call to pigs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIC-SIC a call to pigs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANTASSA, TANTASSA PIG, TOW A ROW, A ROW! a call to pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG! a call to pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEE-HOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHEE! used as a call to animals, esp. for driving away pigs ...1889 Amer. dial.
• WHEE-WHOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHO-EE! a call to pigs ...1886 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEE! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOK! a call to pigs ...1897 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP! a call to pigs ...1897 Amer. dial.
• WHOO-PIG! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! a call or cows or pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOEE! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1948 Amer. dial.
• WOO-HOO-HOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOO-IE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOK! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOKIE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOP! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOPIE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOO-PIG! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
PIGEON - nouns
• SQUEEKER a young courier pigeon ...Amer. World War I sl.
PIGEON-TOED - adjectives
• DING-TOED pigeon-toed; given to stumbling ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PARATOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• PARROT-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1824 Amer. dial.
• PARRY-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1845 Amer. dial.
• PEAR-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIN-TOED having toes that point or turn in, pigeon-toed ...1946 Amer. dial.
PIGGYBACK - adverbs
• A-PISTY-POLL of a child: carried on the back, or with his legs on one's shoulders, and arms round the neck and forehead ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BUCKLEBACK piggyback ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HOCKERTY-COCKERTY † riding on a person's shoulders, with a leg over each ...1742 Sc.
• PAPPOOSE piggyback ...1912 Amer. dial.
PIGGYBACK - nouns
• BACKIE-HORSE a ride on an adult's back; a piggyback ride ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BACKIE-RIDE a ride on an adult's back; a piggyback ride ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PACKBACK a piggyback ride ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PACKHORSE RIDE a piggyback ride ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PACKSADDLE RIDE a piggyback ride ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PECK-A-BACK a piggyback ride ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PONYBACK RIDE a piggyback ride ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PONY RIDE a piggyback ride ...1957 Amer. dial.
• TOTE a piggyback ride ...1967 Amer. dial.
PIGGYBACK - verbs
• PAG to carry a heavy, cumbersome burden; to carry a person pick-a-back ...1889 Eng. dial.
• RIG to ride piggy-back ...Bk1903 sl.
PIG-HEADED - adjectives
• HOG-HEADED stupidly obstinate, pig-headed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PIG-HEADED - nouns, person
• PIG-SCONCE a pig-headed fellow, a blockhead, a fool, a dullard ...1631
PIKE - nouns
• JACK a young or small pike ...1587
• JACK-FISH the pike ...1847
PILCHARD - nouns
• PILLIE a pilchard ...Aust. colloq.
PILE - nouns
• BING a heap, a pile; also, a crowd ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DECK † a pile of things laid flat upon each other ...1625
• PIG PILE a pile of people one on top of another ...1955 Amer. dial.
• REEK a pile, a heap, esp. of snow; a drift ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICK a pile ...1616 Eng. dial.
• RICKLE a loose heap or pile; a stack...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAPPIETOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
• TAPPY-TOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
PILE - verbs
• BED to stack; to put in a pile ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BING to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BINKER to pile up in a heap ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAIRNEY to pile (up) ...1844 Sc.
• DESS to pile up in orderly fashion layer after layer; to arrange neatly; to lay things close together ...1641 Eng. dial.
• PANG to pile up, to make into a heap ...1929 Sc.
• REEK to heap or pile up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICKLE to gather into a loose heap; to pile up loose matter ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PILES - nouns
• NUREMBERG TRIALS piles ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• VALENTINE DYALLS piles ...1990s rhyming sl. (UK film actor Valentine Dyall 1908-1985)
• X FILES piles ...1990s rhyming sl.
PILFER - see STEAL
PILGRIM - nouns, person
• PALMER a pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land, in sign of which he carried a palm branch or palm leaf; also, an itinerant monk who travelled from shrine to shrine, under a perpetual vow of poverty; often used simply as an equivalent of 'pilgrim' ...a1300
PILGRIMAGE - verbs
• WALL † to go on pilgrimage ...a1000
PILL - nouns
• FANNY HILL a pill, esp. the contraceptive pill ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• JACK AND JILL a pill, esp. of heroin; usually in the plural ...1970s rhyming sl.
• PROCACITY * forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
PETULANT - adjectives
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY petulant, huffy, easily offended ...1848
• OFF ONE'S FEED sulky, petulant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PROCACIOUS * forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• TIFFY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, pettish, ill-humoured, uncertain in temper ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFTY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, uncertain in temper ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANTON † petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious ...1538
PETULANT - nouns
• MIFF a petulant mood ...colloq.
PETULANT - nouns, person
• ATTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP † an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EDDERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person; a shrewish woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ETHERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1725 Eng. dial.
• ETTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1820 Sc.
• NATTER-CROP a peevish person; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• QUILT a petulant, pedantic, pernickety man ...20C Irish sl.
PETUNIA - nouns
• SPITUNIA the petunia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PEW - nouns
• LAND a pew in a church ...1925 Sc.
PHANTOM - nouns
• EIDOLON an unsubstantial image, spectre, phantom ...828
• FANTOUN a phantom ...1935 Sc.
• IDOLUM an image or unsubstantial appearance; a spectre or phantom; a mental image, an idea ...1619
• UMBRA the shade of a deceased person; a phantom or ghost ...1599
PHARMACY - nouns
• DOCTOR SHOP a pharmacy or herb doctor's shop ...1923 Amer. dial.
PHEASANT - nouns
• CHINAMAN (usually offensive) in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant ...1957 Amer. sl.
• CHINK (usually offensive) in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant ...1940 Amer. sl.
• EPHESIAN a pheasant ...19C Sc.
• RICK the noise made by a polecat or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAIL a pheasant ...1841 poachers' usage
PHEASANT - verbs
• RICK to utter the noise made by a guinea-fowl, polecat, or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
PHENOMENA, PHENOMENON - nouns
• EFFECT † an outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon ...c1450
• EFFEIRS phenomena, properties ...1500-20 arch.
PHILADELPHIA - nouns
• BIG PRETZEL, THE Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• PHIL Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• PHILLY Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• QUAKERTOWN Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• SLEEPY TOWN Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
PHILANDER - verbs
• BUTTERFLY to flirt, to philander, to dally ...1893
• GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with 'around')...1900 US sl.
• HORSE AROUND to play amorously or philander ...1952 sl.
• MASH to make a pass at ...20C US sl.
PHILANDERER - nouns, person
• BIG DAME HUNTER a philanderer; one fond of women ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICK-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHICKEN FANCIER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPIE-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer ...1928 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer ...1891 Amer. sl.
• FEMME FOLLOWER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FREE-LANCE a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FREE-LANCER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMECOCK a womanizer, a philanderer ...19C sl.
• GAR-ME-TRUE a hypocrite, a pretender; a philanderer; one who makes believe ...1871 Sc.
• GASH HOUND a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAY DOG a philanderer; a lecher ...20C US colloq.
• GIRL-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT-AND-RUNNER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOME BLASTER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOME BREAKER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOME WRECKER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHN a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHNNY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNAVE OF HEARTS a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LADY-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM a philanderer; a womanizer ...L19 sl.
• LOVE PIRATE a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAN OF AFFAIRS a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAN ON THE MAKE a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASHER a male flirt; a philanderer ...2C US sl. & colloq.
• OLD ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAYBOY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY-DADDY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAYFUL PAPA a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEXPERT a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHARPSHOOTER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIRT-CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEPSON a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUGAR CHASER a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOPGALLANT a ladies' man, a philanderer ...1701 nonce word
• TOMCAT a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOMCATTER a man who is out searching for a willing sexual companion; a philanderer ...1947 Amer. dial.
• TOWN JOHNNY a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRAVELLING SALESMAN a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURKEY GOBBLER a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO-MAMA PAPA a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VILLAGE RAM a local philanderer and ladies' man ...1930s W. Indies sl.
• WOLF a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PHILANDERING - adjectives
• LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM philandering, womanizing ...L19 sl.
• RANGING of a man: pursuing women, philandering ...M17 sl.
PHILANDERING - nouns
• CHIPPY-CHASING whoring or philandering ...1915 Amer. sl.
• GALAVANTING philandering ...1883 Sc.
PHILOSOPHIZE - verbs
• PHILOSOPHATE † to play the philosopher; to philosophize; to moralize ...1603
PHILIPPINES - nouns, person
• AMIGO a Filipino insurrectionist ...1899 US military sl.
• BAYAO a Filipino ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FILIPINYOCK (derogatory) a Filipino ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FLIP (often derogatory) a Filipino ...1931 US sl.
• GOO-GOO (derogatory) an Asian or dark-skinned foreigner, esp. a Filipino ...L19 sl.
• GU-GU (derogatory) an Asian or dark-skinned foreigner, esp. a Filipino ...L19 US sl.
• MOKE (usually derogatory) a Black person; occasionally a Filipino or Hawaiian ...1856 Amer. dial.
PHILISTINE - nouns, person
• YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine ...1726 UK
PHILOSOPHER - nouns, person
• NATURAL a natural philosopher; a naturally clever person ...1838 Sc.
PHLEGM - nouns
• BLAIDRY phlegm coughed up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUTHRIE phlegm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GOLLY a gob of phlegm or mucus ...1938 Aust. sl.
• GOOBER a gob of phlegm ...1960s sl.
• GOOBY a gob of spit or phlegm ...1985 NZ sl.
• HAUCHAN the mucus or phlegm expelled in clearing the throat ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HOCKER a gob of phlegm or spit ...1960s US teen sl.
• HONKER expectorated sputum ...1981 US sl.
• LIEUY a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LOOEY a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LOOGIE an expectorated bit of phlegm ...1988 Amer. sl.
• LOOIE a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LOUIE a lump of expectorated phlegm ...1970s US sl.
• LUNGER phlegm expelled from the throat ...1960s Amer. sl.
• NAST phlegm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OYSTER a gob of phlegm or spittle ...1785 sl.
• RIDDLE an accumulation of phlegm in the throat ...1882 Eng. dial.
• YELLOW-BACK a gob of phlegm ...20C Aust. sl.
PHLEGM - verbs
• BLOCHER to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAWK to clear the throat of phlegm; to clear the throat noisily; to spit ...1583
• HAWK UP to spit; to cough up and spit phlegm ...20C US colloq.
• RAISE to expectorate; to bring up phlegm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAR to bring up phlegm; to expectorate; to vomit ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNBIND † to clear of phlegm ...1552
PHONE - adjectives
• DARK unreachable by telephone; a condition often resulting from a failure to pay the bill ...2004 US sl.
PHONE - nouns
• AL CAPONE phone ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ALEXANDER a telephone ...1999 UK sl.
• AMECHE a telephone; a telephone number; a telephone call ...1930s Can. & US sl.
• AUTOPHONE an automatic telephone ...1927
• BLAST a telephone call ...1955 Amer. sl.
• BLOWER the telephone ...1922 sl.
• BUZZ a telephone call ...1930 Amer. colloq.
• BUZZ WIRE a telephone or telegraph line ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CHATTERBOX a telephone ...1930s US sl.
• CHATTER LINES telephone wires ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLONE a mobile phone that has been given the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone, so that calls made on the second phone are charged to the owner of the first phone ...colloq.
• C PHONE a mobile telephone ...1997 US sl.
• DARBY AND JOAN a telephone ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DIGITS a telephone number; a telephone ...1995 US sl.
• DOG the telephone ...1960 Brit. rhyming sl. (Dog and Bone)
• DOG AND BONE the telephone ...1960 Brit. rhyming sl.
• DON AMECHE a telephone; a telephone number; a telephone call ...1930s Can. & US sl.
• DOUBLE L a telephone (landline) ...1976 US sl.
• EAU-DE-COLOGNE a telephone ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• ESKIMO NELL a call on the telephone ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bell'
• FAULTIES a mobile telephone that is being used illegally ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• GRAMAPHONE a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIL a telephone call ...1945 Amer. dial.
• HELLOHONE a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HORN the telephone ...1950s Amer. sl.
• MAGGIE MAHONE a telephone ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MAW BELL a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIKE MALONE a telephone ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MOBEY a mobile telephone ...1990s sl.
• MOBI a mobile telephone ...1990s sl.
• MOBY a mobile telephone ...1990s sl.
• MOLLY a telephone ...1971 Brit. rhyming sl. (Molly Malone)
• MOLLY MALONE a telephone ...1971 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ODIE a telephone ...1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
• ODOUR a telephone ...1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
• PHONE SPOT a telephone location used in a bookmaking operation ...1973 US sl.
• RAG AND BONE a telephone ...1984 UK rhyming sl.
• RAG AND BONER a telephone ...1984 UK sl.
• SWEATBOX a telephone booth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELEFOAM telephone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TELEPHOME a telephone ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINGLE a call on the telephone ...1940s Aust. sl.
• TINKLE a telephone call ...colloq.
• TRAP an electronic device that records the originating telephone number of all incoming calls (made obsolete with the advent of 'caller ID' in the late 1990s) ...1991 US sl.
• VACAYA a mobile phone ...2002 UK sl.
• WARBLER a telephone whose bell 'warbles' rather then rings ...1970s sl.
PHONE - nouns, person
• DIAL DIDDLER a telephone operator ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELLO GIRL a telephone operator ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTELLIGENCE BUREAU telephone operators ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHONE FREAK a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls ...1972 US sl.
• PHONE PHREAK a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls ...1972 US sl.
• PHREAKER a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls ...1972 US sl.
• SWITCHBOARD JOCKEY a telephone operator ...1957 US sl.
• SWITCHBOARD MUGGER a telephone operator ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PHONE - verbs
• AUTOPHONE to use an automatic telephone ...1928
• BUZZ to telephone ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ OFF to ring off on the telephone ...1914
• CLONE to give a mobile phone the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone (see noun) ...colloq.
• DING-DONG to telephone ...1973 US sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A BELL to telephone ...1982 Brit. sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A BUZZ to telephone ...1930 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A TINKLE to telephone ...1938 sl.
• LOOK AT to speak to someone on a telephone ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PHONE PHREAK to hack into a telecommunication system ...1998 US sl.
• PHREAK to hack into a telecommunication system ...1998 US sl.
• RING ON THE TING-A-LING to call on the telephone ...1960s Amer. sl.
• T AND T to tape record and trace the origin of a phone call ...2001 US sl.
• TRAP to install n electronic trap on a telephone line ...1996 US sl. (see PHONE - nouns)
PHONOGRAPH - see RECORD, RECORD PLAYER
PHONY - adjectives
• BOGUE phony, fake, bogus ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOGUISH phony, fake, bogus ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CHEESY phony ...20C teen & high school sl.
• LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit ...M20 US colloq.
• SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACK second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
PHOSPHORESCENCE - nouns
• BAMS phosphorescence on the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
PHOTOGRAPH - adjectives
• PAGE THREE referring to photographs of women with exposed breasts ...1970s Brit. sl.
PHOTOGRAPH - nouns
• ART 1. newspaper photographs of celebrities ...20C Amer. sl.
2. photographs of wanted criminals ...20C Amer. sl.
• MUG SHOT a photographic portrait ...1978 UK sl.
• SCENERY a picture, usually a photograph ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SMUDGE a photograph ...Brit. sl.
• SNAP a photograph; a snapshot ...1894 Amer. colloq.
PHOTOGRAPH - nouns, person
• PAGE THREE GIRL a girl whose scantily clad, or nude, picture appears as a newspaper pin-up ...1975 UK sl.
PHOTOGRAPH - verbs
• SNAP to take a photograph of ...Amer. sl.
• TAKE OFF to take a likeness; to draw, to photograph ...1895 Eng. dial.
PHOTOGRAPHER - nouns, person
• CAMERA CLICKER a photographer ...1966 Amer. sl.
• MUGSNAPPER in circus and carnival usage: a travelling photographer ...1981 US sl.
• MUGSNATCHER a photographer who operates in the street, at a fairground, or at the seaside ...1979 UK sl.
• PAPARAZZI press photographers who specialize in the sensational and the celebrated, or a single photographer similarly engaged ...1968 UK sl.
• PAPS paparazzi ...1990s sl.
• SHUTTERBUG 1. a photography enthusiast; a photographer ...1940 US sl.
2. a photographer who selects subjects for personal sexual gratification, often without the subject's knowledge or consent ...1999 US sl.
• SMUDGER a photographer ...Brit. sl.
• SNAPPER a photographer ...1910 UK sl.
• SNATCH MAN a press photographer ...2001 UK sl.
PHOTOGRAPHER - verbs
• PAP to work as a press photographer who specializes in the sensational and the celebrated ...2004 UK sl.
PHOTOGRAPHY - nouns
• PHOTOGENY †* photography ...1840
PHRASE - nouns, person
• NEOTERIST one who uses or introduces new words or phrases ...1873
PHYSICAL - adjectives
• NUT AND GUT mental and physical ...2002 Brit. sl.
PHYSICALLY - adverbs
• NATURALLY † physically, materially ...1546
PHYSICIAN - see DOCTOR
PHYSICS - nouns
• PHIZ physics, esp. as a subject of study ...1984 Hong Kong
PHYSIQUE - nouns, person
• MUSCLEMAN a man with an outstanding physique ...1920s sl., orig. US
PIANO - nouns
• AGONY BOX a piano ...1900s US sl.
• BOX a piano ...1908 Amer. sl.
• GOOLA a piano ...1940s US Black sl.
• IVORIES, THE 1. a piano ...M19 sl.
2. the keys of a piano ...sl.
PIANO, PIANIST - nouns, person
• BOX-BEATER a piano player ...1915 Amer. sl.
• FINGERS a jazz pianist ...1930s US Black sl.
• IVORY-HAMMERER a pianist ...c1860 sl.
• IVORY-SPANKER a pianist ...Bk1896 sl.
• IVORY-THUMPER a pianist ...c1860 sl.
• PIANO KID in jazz: any teenage pianist working the rundown joints; teenage piano players were common in the brothels and cabarets in the 1900s-1930s ...1900s US Black sl.
PIANO - verbs
• BANG THE BOX to play dance music on a piano ...20C Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BOX to play dance music on a piano ...1915 Amer. sl.
• BLOW A BOX to eagerly play the piano ...1965 Amer. sl.
• POUND THE BOX to eagerly play the piano ...1920 Amer. sl.
• TICKLE THE IVORIES to play the piano ...1920s sl.
PICK (tool) - nouns
• ANCHOR a pick (tool) ...1926 Amer. sl.
• MAD MICK a pick (pickaxe) ...1919 rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
• PADDY AND MICK a pickaxe...1998 UK rhyming sl.
PICK - verbs
• ELECT † to pick out, to choose ...1513
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
PICKED - adjectives
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• WALE choice, chosen, picked ...c1250 exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
PICKLE - nouns
• ELEPHANT EARS pickles ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SALAD pickles ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
PICKLING - nouns
• SALITURE †* a salting, a pickling ...1657
PICKPOCKET - adjectives
• ON THE BOTTLE engaged as a pickpocket ...2003 UK sl.
• ON THE DIP engaged in pickpocketing ...1949 US sl.
• ON THE DIPE engaged in picking pockets ...1877 criminals’ sl.
• TAILING A WHOLE FRONT said of a pickpocket who 'cleans a victim right out, watch, money, etc.' ...1929 US criminals' sl.
PICKPOCKET - nouns
• BREECH-KICK a picking of pockets ...1904 sl.
• BUZZING ACADEMY a training school for pickpockets ...Bk1921 sl.
• CHARIOT-BUZZING pocket-picking in an omnibus ...c1850 sl.
• DIP pick-pocketing ...1859 sl.
• DIPPING the act of picking pockets ...1882 UK criminals' sl.
• DIPPING GAG, THE picking pockets ...c1905 criminals’ sl.
• DIP SQUAD a police unit that targets pickpockets ...1977 UK sl.
• FAM-RUST a lack of practice at thieving, esp. pickpocketing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAN the preliminary touching of a targeted victim by a pickpocket ...1958 US sl.
• FANNING a pickpocket's preliminary running of their hands over a victim to find a wallet or bankroll ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• FILE LAY, THE pickpocketry ...18C cant
• FILING-LAY pickpocketry ...18C sl.
• GAGGING † theft of money by pickpocketry to which several men working together have cleverly led up by engaging a man in conversation, taking him to a public-house, and skilfully causing him to disclose how much money he has ...1828 UK sl.
• GAMMON † the assistance rendered to a pickpocket by his accomplice(s) ...1720 UK sl.
• MALTOOLING the practice of picking pockets in omnibuses ...1851
• MOLL-BUZZING purse snatching; picking pockets ...1900 Amer. sl.
• PALMISTRY the use of the hands in pocket-picking ...1711
• STRIKING a robbery, swindle, picking a pocket, or imposition ...1591 sl.
• TAIL-BUZZING stealing a wallet from a tailcoat pocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• WHIZ the practice of picking pockets ...1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WHIZZ-MOB a gang of pickpockets ...1929 sl.
PICKPOCKET - nouns, person
• ABSTRACTIONIST a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• ADAM-TILER a pickpocket's ally ...17C Eng.sl.
• ADAM TYLER a pickpocket's assistant ...1696 sl.
• ADEPT a pickpocket ...18C sl.
• ANTHEM DIVER a pickpocket specializing in the robbery of church congregations ...E18 sl.
• ARTIST a skilful pickpocket, sneak thief, confidence man, or other criminal ...1859 Amer. sl.
• BAGGAGE-MAN the member of a pickpocketing team who is handed the booty and then runs off with it ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• BARNACLE a pickpocket ...M19 cant
• BOUNG-NAPPER a cut-purse, a pickpocket ...L17 sl.
• BOUNG-NIPPER a cut-purse ...L17 criminal sl.
• BULK † an assistant to a pickpocket who jostles a person up against the wall, while the other picks his pocket ...1673 sl.
• BULK AND FILE † the one jostles you whilst the other picks your pocket; the pickpocket and his mate ...1665 criminals' sl.
• BUNG-NAPPER a cut-purse, a pickpocket ...L17 sl.
• BUNG-NIPPER a cut-purse ...L17 criminal sl.
• BUZZER a pickpocket ...1862 sl.
• BUZZ NAPPER a young pickpocket ...Bk1890 sl.
• CADGER a shoplifter-cum-beggar; also, the lowest rank of pickpocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CANNON a pickpocket of indefinite order ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
• CLAW in a gang of pickpockets, the expert operator who lifts the money and valuable collateral from the victim's person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLY-FAKER a pickpocket ...1823 criminals' sl.
• DIP a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• DIPPER a pickpocket ...1889 criminals’ sl.
• DIPPING BLOKE a pickpocket ...c1860 criminals’ sl.
• FAG a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• FAKER a pickpocket ...20C criminals' sl
• FANNER a pickpocket ...1950 US sl.
• FILE a pickpocket ...1665 sl.
• FILE-CLOY a pickpocket ...M17 sl.
• FILE-LIFTER a pickpocket ...c1670 cant
• FILER a pickpocket ...c1670 cant
• FINGER a pickpocket ...1925 sl.
• FINGERS a pickpocket ...1930s US sl.
• FISH-FAG a pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• FLIMP a pickpocket ...E19 US criminals' sl.
• FORK a pickpocket ...L17 UK criminals’ sl.
• FOYL-CLOY a pickpocket ...M17 sl.
• GALLOWS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLUS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GAMMON † the accomplice of a pickpocket; he who so jostles the prospective victim that the actual thief can possess easily of his booty ...1718 UK sl.
• GAMMONER † the accomplice of a pickpocket ...1821 UK sl.
• GON a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GRAFTER a small-time criminal, such as a pickpocket or thief ...1866 US sl.
• GUN a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GUNSMITH an experienced pickpocket who trains novice pickpockets ...1934 US sl.
• HEEL (derogatory) a sneak thief or pickpocket ...1916 US criminals' sl.
• HOISTER a shoplifter or pickpocket ...1790 sl.
• HOOK a thief or pickpocket; orig., someone who stole from a picket while the victim's attention was distracted by someone else ...1863 sl.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HUNTER a pickpocket ...1949 US sl.
• JANIZARY a pickpocket ...Bk1896 sl.
• JOSTLER the member of a pickpocketing team who jostles and distracts the victim ...1929 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• LEATHER-WORKER a pickpocket or purse-snatcher ...1901 US sl.
• LEGSHAKE ARTIST a pickpocket ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT a thief; a pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LUSH-ROLLER a pickpocket operating on drunkards, half-wits, paralytics, etc. ...19C Brit. sl.
• MAGSMAN an assistant for a street swindler or pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MARKER † the member of a pickpocketing team who takes the stolen item from the person that steals it ...1591 sl.
• MOLL a female pickpocket or thief ...1955 US sl.
• MOLL-BUZZARD a pickpocket who preys upon women ...1899 criminals' & police sl.
• MOLL-BUZZER 1. a pickpocket who preys upon women ...1859 criminals' & police sl.
2. a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief ...1866 Amer. sl.
• MOLLEY a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MOLL-TOOL. a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MOLL-TOOLER a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MOLLWHIZ a female pickpocket ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• MOLL-WIRE 1. a pickpocket who specializes in robbing female victims ...M19 sl.
2. a female pickpocket ...M19 sl.
• MUSTARD CHUCKER a pickpocket who spills mustard on the victim as a diversion and excuse to approach ...1989 US sl.
• NATTY-LAD a young thief or pickpocket ...1785 thieves' sl.
• P.P. † a pickpocket ...1887 UK criminals' sl.
• PRAT-DIGGER a pickpocket ...1908 US sl.
• PROP-GETTER a pickpocket ...1901 sl.
• PROP-MAN a pickpocket ...1901 sl.
• QUEER DIVER a bungling, incompetent pickpocket ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• READER-HUNTER a pickpocket specializing in pocket-books ...1812 thieves' sl.
• READER-MERCHANT (generally in plural) pickpockets, chiefly among Jews, who ply about the bank to steal the pocket-books of persons who have just received their dividends there ...L18 sl.
• REEFER a pickpocket or pickpocket's accomplice ...1935 sl.
• SACK-DIVER a pickpocket ...L17 sl.
• SAFE in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it ...1954 US sl.
• SCARECROW a pickpocket's young assistant, who is disposable and can be turned over to the police ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• STALLER a pickpocket's accomplice ...1812 sl.
• STOOK BUZZER a pickpocket who specialized in stealing handkerchiefs ...M19 sl.
• STOOK HAULER a pickpocket who specialized in stealing handkerchiefs ...M19 sl.
• TAIL-BUZZER a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen's coat pockets ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIVER a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen's coat pockets ...1859 UK criminals' sl.
• WHIZ(Z) a pickpocket ...1931 sl., orig. US
• WHIZZ BOY a pickpocket ...1931 sl., orig. US
• WHIZZER a pickpocket ...1925 sl., orig. US
• WHIZZ MAN a pickpocket ...1932 sl., orig. US
PICKPOCKET - verbs
• ADEPT to pickpocket ...1890 criminals’ sl.
• BOTTLE OF FIZZ to work as a pickpocket; to steal something quickly as an opportunity arises ...1938 UK rhyming sl. for 'The Whizz'
• BUZZ 1. to rob a person, as by pickpocketing or purse-snatching ...1789 criminals' sl.
2. to engage in theft, esp. pickpocketing ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
• DIP to pick the pocket of ...E20 sl.
• DIP ON to pick-pocket a person ...1946 S. Afr. sl.
• DIVE INTO A SACK to pick a pocket ...L17 cant
• FAKE A CLY † to pick a pocket ...c1810 sl.
• FAKE A POKE to pick a pocket ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAN to pick pockets ...1920s sl.
• FILE to pick pockets; to pick the pockets of ...L17 sl.
• FORK to pick pockets, using the fore and middle fingers, extended like the tines of a fork, which are thrust into the pocket, then closed tight on any object within; this is then withdrawn between the ‘fork’ ...L17 sl.
• GAMMON. to render the assistance of an accomplice to a pickpocket ...1753 UK sl.
• GIVE GAMMON. to stand close to a person while another picks their pocket ...1720 thieves' sl.
• GIVE THE FAN to pick pockets ...1920s sl.
• GO ON THE DIPE to pick pockets ...1877 criminals’ sl.
• GUT A FOB to pick a pocket ...c1815 criminals' sl.
• JOSTLE to pick pockets ...1969 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• KISS THE DOG of a pickpocket: to face his victim ...1972 US criminals' sl.
• LIFT to pick the pocket of someone; to rob ...1915 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A RAISE to pick a pocket; to rob ...19C US criminals' sl.
• MANTICULATE †* to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal ...1656
• PUT THE HIGH GAME ON to rob; to pick someone's pocket ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• PUT UP THE DOOKS to thieve, esp. to pickpocket (dook = hand) ...M19 sl.
• STALL to surround, decoy, jostle or distract someone whose pocket is being picked ...1592 sl.
• TAKE THE WHOLE FRONT of a pickpocket: to steal everything the victim owns ...,1929 US criminals' sl.
• THROW THE MITT to pick pockets ...1902 Amer. criminals' sl.
• WORK THE TUBS to pick pockets on buses or at bus-stops ...1929 sl.
• WRING to pick someone's pocket ...L19 US sl.
PICKPOCKET - phrases
• ON THE DIP picking pockets ...1859 sl.
• ON THE WHIZ(Z) engaged in picking pockets ...1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
PICK UP - verbs
• MANEUVRA to pick up a girl ...2000s US Black sl.
• SAM to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with 'together' or 'up' ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCRAP † to gather together; to pick up ...1810 Sc.
PICNIC - nouns
• TUCKERNUCK a picnic ...1887 Amer. dial.
PICNIC - nouns, person
• PICKERNICKS picnickers ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
PICTURE - adjectives
• PAINTY of a picture: overcharged with paint; having the paint too obtrusive ...1870
• SIGNED ALL OVER of a picture: clearly characteristic of its creator ...1909 artists' usage
PICTURE - nouns
• BAB a child's name for a picture of any kind ...1856 Eng. dial.
• BABBY a child's name for a picture ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABIES † pictures in books ...1598
• CAD-CATCHER pictures painted to attract the undiscriminating ...1882 artists' usage
• CATAGRAPH † the first draught or delineation of a picture ...1656
• FIGURE MAN the principal figure in a picture ...c1830 sl.
• FLANDERS PIECES pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at hand ...1690 sl.
• GAY † a picture in a book ...1646 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ICONOCLASM the breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration ...1797
• ICONOPHILISM a taste for pictures, engravings, etc. ...1888
• ICONOPHILY a taste for pictures, engravings, etc. ...1894
• NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene ...1605
• PAINT †* a painting, a picture ...c1710
• PAINTURE † that which is painted; painting, pictorial work; a painting, a picture ...a1225
• SCENERY a picture, usually a photograph ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SMUTS obscene pictures ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• TABLATURE † a painting; a picture ...1711
PICTURE - nouns, person
• ICONOPHILE a connoisseur of pictures, engravings, book illustrations, and the like ...1881
• ICONOPHILIST a connoisseur of pictures, engravings, book illustrations, and the like ...1884
PICTURE - verbs
• ADUMBRATE † to shade a picture, to represent with due light and shade so as to complete what has been sketched or delineated ...1599
• EFFIGIES † to portray, to picture ...1652 nonce word
PICTURESQUE - adjectives
• ANCIENT of scenery: picturesque ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• PICTURE-ASKEW picturesque ...c1870 colloq.
• PICTURES-QUEUE picturesque ...20C colloq.
PIE - nouns
• AMMUNITION pies and pastry, as doled out by the Salvation Army ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BAKE-MEAT † pastry; a pie ...c1386
• BARK any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust ...1925 Amer. logging usage
• BOGGY TOP a pie with no top crust ...1968 Amer. West. sl.
• CALF-SLOBBER meringue, as on pies; a meringue topping ...L19 US sl.
• DOZZLE an ornamental piece of pastry on the top of a pie crust ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAKE-PIE a pie containing leftovers ...1880 UK society sl.
• FALL-DOWNS fragments from a pie that fall from the larger piece or slice when it is being cut up; plates of such fragments were sold at a halfpenny a plate in cook-shops ...L19 sl.
• FARMER'S ALLIANCE pumpkin pie ...L19 US sl.
• IRON-BOUND a hard-baked pie ...Bk1896 sl.
• LENTEN PIE a pie containing no meat ...1592
• MAGGOT BAG a meat pie ...2003 Aust. sl.
• NEDDY-RACK egg and bacon pie ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NELLIE a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl. (Nellie Bligh)
• NELLIE BLIGH a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• NELLY a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl. (Nelly Bligh)
• NELLY BLIGH a meat pie ...1910s Aust. rhyming sl.
• NELLY BLY a meat pie ...1910s Aust. sl. rhyming
• SATURDAY PIE a pie made of odds and ends ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBY EYE a pie ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• TANTARROW a pie made of meat, apples, etc.; something similar to a 'squab-pie' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PIECE - adjectives
• ALL-A-BITS in pieces or rags, broken ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL PULLED TO SHUCKS pulled to pieces ...1901 Amer. dial.
PIECE - nouns
• BAT † a lump, a piece, a bit ...c1340
• BLAUD a large piece or fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BROLL † a part, a piece ...18C
• CANTON † a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part ...1601
• DADGE a large piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGEN a large piece of anything, as wood, meat, etc.; a lump; a thick slice ...c1836 Sc.
• DAP † a small piece of anything ...c1850 Sc.
• DARG a big piece; a large portion of anything; used ironically to denote something of little value, or when one has received less than was expected ...1908 Sc.
• DEWGS † scraps, rags, shreds, small pieces ...1693 Sc.
• DICE a lump or piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EACHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• ECHNIE a small quantity; a small piece ...1911 Sc.
• EYCHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• FALLOCH a lump, heap, large piece of anything; generally used of edibles ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk ...1742 Sc.
• FARDEL a large slice or piece, a lump, esp. of eatables ...1866 Sc.
• FARTHING † a very small piece of anything ...c1386
• GABBER a fragment, a broken piece ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GABER a fragment, a broken piece ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GANSH a piece cut or riven roughly out of anything ...1900 Sc.
• GOBBET a piece, portion, a fragment ...ME
• GOBBON † a piece, a slice; a gob of slimy material ...LME
• HALFPENNY † a small fragment, bit, or piece ...1599
• HAME a small piece ...1883 Eng. dial.
• INCH-MUCKLE a piece as small as in inch ...1866 Sc.
• KERF a piece or quantity cut off; a cutting of anything ...1678
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.& Ireland
• LABIE a large irregular piece ...1815 Eng. dial.
• LOUNDER a thick slice; a large piece ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MALHAVELINS small matters, bits and pieces; odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; typically used of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANABLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAROLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVILINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MEISLE a small piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MEISLEN a very small piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIDGET a very small piece of anything; a scrap, a fragment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINCH a small piece of anything; a crumb ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCHICK a very small piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINCHICKIE a very small piece indeed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE a small piece of anything; a morsel ...1908 Sc.
• OFFE †* a small piece, a morsel, a crumb ...c1420
• PALLION a small piece or pellet ...1727
• PANEL † a small piece of anything ...1628
• PARCEL † a piece; a portion of a whole; a part; an instalment ...1631-54 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PIGS AND WHISTLES fragments; odds and ends; pieces; knickknacks; trivial things ...1681
• QUIPS a tiny piece or amount ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• REEF a broad piece ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHINCH a small piece ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHNIBBLE a scrap; a small piece ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIPFEL a scrap; a small piece ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIPPLE a scrap; a small piece ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIVVLE a scrap; a small piece ...1995 Amer. dial.
• SCHNUFFEL a scrap; a small piece ...1998 Amer. dial.
• SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SCLIMPET a small thin piece of anything, as of rock ...1825 Sc.
• SCOW a piece, a fragment, a bit ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRID a piece, a scrap, a bit ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMMOCK a very small piece ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP a very small piece of anything; very small measure; a tiny object ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece; a miserable pittance ...1867 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SHNIBBEL n. a scrap; a small piece ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SIPPET a small piece of something; a mere fragment ...1613
• SKILFER †* a small piece; a splinter ...1597
• SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKRID a small piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SLENCH a big piece or lump of anything ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SNIBBLE a scrap; a small piece ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SNICKET a very small piece of anything; anything small and insignificant ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SNIPPLE a scrap; a small piece ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SNIPSLE a scrap; a small piece ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUID a piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1914 Amer. dial.
• TAILYE † a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat ...c1470 Sc.
• TAILZIE † a cut piece, a cut or slice of meat ...c1470 Sc.
• TAM a piece; a bite, a morsel of food ...1913 Sc.
• TAURD a large piece ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THWANG a large piece of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMMIT a large piece ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WADDIOCK a large piece ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHANG a large piece, a portion, share ...1910s sl.
• WIBBET a little piece, a wee bit ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
PIECEMEAL - adjectives/adverbs
• BY HABS AND NABS at odd moments, or in intervals of leisure; piecemeal ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• BY ODDS AND BOBS piecemeal, at odd times ...1805 Eng. dial.
• CANTLE-MEAL † piecemeal ...c1479
• PARCELMEAL † in small portions at a time, bit by bit, piecemeal ...1362
• PARCEL-WISE bit by bit, piecemeal ...1647
• RANDING piecemeal; in small parts ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PIECES - adverbs
• A-PIECES in pieces, to pieces ...1796 Eng. dial.
• SUNDRY † in or into pieces ...1533 obs. exc. Sc.
PIED - adjectives
• PIEDID pied, spotted, mottled ...1757 Amer. dial.
• PIEDIDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1963 Amer. dial.
• PIEDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1895 Amer. dial.
PIERCE - verbs
• ACCLOY * to pierce, to stab ...1470
• BEAR † to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. ...a1300
• BEGOUGE to stab, to pierce ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DAB to pierce slightly, to stab ...1806 Sc.
• DIRL to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FEATHER † to decorate a person with the projecting feather of an arrow; hence, to pierce, to wound ...1415
• JAG † to pierce with a sharp instrument; to stab ...a1400
• LANCINATE * to pierce, to tear ...1603
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death ...c893
• PICK to prick; to pierce ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RIDDLE to pierce, to penetrate; to mangle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TANG † to pierce, to prick ...a1400
• THIRL to pierce, to drill, to perforate; to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRING † to make way through something by pressure; to pierce, to penetrate; to burst out ...a1300
• TO-PIERCE † to pierce entirely ...c1470.
PIERCING - nouns
• LABRET in body piercing: a stud through the bottom lip ...1990s sl.
• MADISON any form of neck piercing ...1990s sl.
• MADONNA in body piercing: a beauty spot stud in the upper lip ...1990s sl.
PIG - adjectives
• PIGGY of a sow: pregnant ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SUILLARY †* of swine ...1762
PIG - nouns
• ALLIGATOR a lean hog ...1852 US
• ANTHONY PIG the smallest pig of a litter; the favourite one supposed to be dedicated to and under the special protection of St. Anthony, the patron saint of swineherds ...1728 Eng. dial.
• BACK-TOOTH HOG a pig that doesn't grow well and is not worth keeping ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BACON † the carcass of a pig; rarely, a live pig ...c1380
• BACONER a pig kept for bacon ...1750 Eng. dial.
• BACON SPROUT a young pig ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACON-TREE n. a humorous term for a pig, 'growing bacon' ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BALLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAR a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BARGE a great fat hog ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAR HOG a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BAR PIG a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BARREY HOG a castrated hog ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BARROW † a castrated boar, a swine ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARROW-GUTTLINGS pig's chitterlings; intestines, bowels ...1575
• BARROW-PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARRUH a castrated hog ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BASH the front of the head of a bull or a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATH a sow ...1804 Eng. dial.
• BEKAY the jowl or lower jaw of a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIG SHOAT a boar ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BOAR HOG a male pig ...1858 Amer. dial.
• BOAR PIG a male pig ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BO-HOG a boar ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BONEEN a young pig ...1841 Irish
• BONHAM a young pig ...L19 Irish
• BOOSE a pig's nose ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BORROW a castrated hog ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BRANN a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAUN a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAUNER a gelt pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWN a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWNER a gelt boar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCH a litter of pigs ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CAD the youngest and smallest of a family of any kind, esp. pigs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADMA the smallest pig of a litter ...1691 Eng. dial.
• CADPIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAROLINA RACEHORSE a razor-back hog ...1862 Amer. dial. jocular
• DADDY a stallion; a bull; a male pig; a male animal kept for breeding purposes ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DANIEL the smallest pig of the litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARLING the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARROL the smallest of the brood of pigs, fowl, etc. ...Irish sl.
• DAWLIN the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL a litter of pigs ...1848 Eng. dial.
• DERDEL the extreme end of the spine of a hog ...B1900 Sc.
• DEVIL'S RIGHT BOWER an inferior hog ...1942 Amer. dial.
• DIDDLES ducklings; sucking-pigs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DIDDLINGS ducklings; sucking-pigs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DILL the pap or teat of a sow ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DILLING the weakest pig of a litter ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DILLING-PIG the smallest or weakest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLY-PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EERVAR the last pig of a litter ...1890 Ireland
• ELM PEELER a razorback hog, a swine of a lean, long-legged variety; any inferior swine ...1872 Amer. dial.
• ELT a young pig or spayed sow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ELT-PIG a young pig or spayed sow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARE † 1. a litter of pigs ...1557 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. a young or suckling pig ...1842 Eng. dial.
• FARROW † 1. a young pig ...a700.
2. a litter of pigs ...1577
• FARTH a farrow of pigs ...1863 Eng. dial.
• FERRY a litter of pigs, a 'farrow' ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GALE a boar castrated after reaching maturity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALT † 1. a boar or hog ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. a sow; esp. a spayed female pig ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALTI a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GAMBON † the ham or haunch of a swine ...1486
• GAMMON † the ham or haunch of a swine ...1486
• GAMMOND † the ham or haunch of a swine ...1486
• GAMMONS the feet of an animal, often those of pigs ...1825 Sc.
• GAMMONTS the feet of an animal, often those of pigs ...1825 Sc.
• GANNERS a pig's snout ...1907 Sc.
• GAULT † a boar or hog ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAUT a boar pig, a hog; esp. a castrated male pig ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GOLT a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GOLTIE a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GORREL a young pig ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRUMPHIE a familiar name for a pig ...1775 chiefly Sc.
• GRUNT a hog ...1728 cant
• GRUNTER a sucking pig ...17C cant
• GRUNTING CHEAT a pig ...c1560 cant
• GRUNTING-CHETE a pig ...M16 cant
• GRUNTING PECK pork, bacon, or any pig-meat ...M17 sl.
• GRUNTLING a pig ...1686 jocular
• GULTIE a pig, esp. a castrated boar; a nickname or a pet-name for a pig ...1795 Sc.
• GUSSIE a pig, swine ...16C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HACKLE the mane of a hog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARKIE a pig; a boar-pig ...1897 Sc.
• HARRY the youngest and smallest pig in a litter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HARRY PIG the youngest and smallest pig in a litter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAZEL SPLITTER wild, lean range hog ...1865 Amer. dial.
• INWARDS the inner parts of the body, the inside; the entrails, intestines, etc. of animals, esp. of pigs ...1658 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACKY-PIG a young pig ...Bk1881 Eng. dial.
• JERRY LYNCH a pickled pig's-head ...Bk1896 sl.
• KERNELS hog testicles ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LAND PIKE a free-running or half-wild hog, or a more inferior breed of hog ...1841 US jocular
• LAND SHARK a free-running or half-wild hog ...1840 US jocular
• LARD † the fat of a swine; (fat) bacon or pork ...c1420
• LISTENER a pig's ear ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE JOE the smallest pig in a litter ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LORD WIGG a pig ...1960s rhyming sl.
• MALE a bull, a boar, a stallion ...20C US euphemism
• MALLOCK a pig ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MASTER-PIG the largest and strongest pig in a sty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK PIG a very young pig ...1969 Amer. dial.
• MINISTER'S FACE a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MINISTER'S HEAD a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MINISTER'S SNOUT a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MUDLARK a pig ...1785 sl.
• MUOGH a pig ...18C Irish cant
• MURPHY'S COUNTENANCE a pig's face ...E19 sl.
• MURPHY'S FACE a pig's face ...E19 sl.
• NACK a child's name for a pig; a call-word to a pig ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NACKY a young pig; a sucking-pig ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NACKY-PIG a young pig; a sucking-pig ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAUP the head; the top part of a pig's head ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NEP the pudendum of a sow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE the youngest pig in a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLING the smallest pig of the litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDMENTS the smaller edible portions of a pig ...1843 Eng. dial.
• ODD ONE the extra pig of a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OINKER a pig ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OLD NED a boar ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PAATIE a young pig ...1898 Sc.
• PAATIE GRICE a young pig ...1898 Sc.
• PADDY a pig, esp. a young one ...1845 Sc.
• PAPA HOG a boar ...1965 Amer. euphemism
• PAPA PIG a boar ...c1960 Amer. euphemism
• PARSON'S FACE a boiled or roasted hog's head with eyes and jowls removed ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PATTY a pig, esp. a young one ...1845 Sc.
• PIGGIE an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1799
• PIGGY an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1799
• PIGGY-WIG an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1862
• PIGGY-WIGGY an affectionate or child's term for a pig ...1862
• PIGLING a piglet ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PIG OYSTER a pig's testicle, esp. as an article of food ...1991 Amer. dial.
• PIG'S KNOCKERS pig's testicles ...20C Amer. dial.
• PINE-ROOT SKINNER a wild or semi-wild swine; any inferior swine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINE-WOODS HOG a wild or semi-wild swine; any inferior swine ...1872 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS ROOTER a wild or semi-wild swine; any inferior swine ...1872 Amer. dial.
• PORKNELL †* a little pig ...B1900
• RAG the poorest pig in a litter ...1967 Sc.
• RAGBILD a year-old pig ...1908 Sc.
• RATLING the smallest pig of a litter ...1879 Eng. dial.
• REEN the sound made by a pig ...1892 Sc.
• REEZLE a pig's nose ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE ROOTER a razorback hog ...1982 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a razorback hog ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE-RUNNER HOG a wild hog in the mountains ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SANDIE a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SANDIE CAMPBELL a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SANDY CAMPBELL a pig ...1899 Sc.
• SANDY FRY a pig ...1865 Sc.
• SANGLIER † a full-grown wild boar ...a1400
• SANNERS a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SAWNERS CAMPBELL a pig ...1818 Sc.
• SCRUNT the smallest pig in a litter; a runt ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHOTE a young hog
• SKIN a thin hog ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SLOW BEAR a pig ...US Civil War usage
• SOUSE a hog's ear ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAILAG the poorest or weakest of a brood, litter, flock, etc., esp. of sheep or pigs ...1972 Sc.
• TAILENDER the smallest pig in a litter ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TANTHONY-PIG the smallest pig of a litter; the favourite one supposed to be dedicated to and under the special protection of St. Anthony, the patron saint of swineherds ...1728 Eng. dial.
• TANTONY the smallest pig of a litter ...1659
• TANTONY PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...1659
• TEAM a litter or a number of animals of any kind, esp. pigs ...1858 Eng. dial.
• TEEWIGGIN a small pig ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TICKY-PIG the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLING the smallest pig in a litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG a little pig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG RIGS pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITLING the smallest pig in a litter ...1959 Amer. dial.
• TIT-MAN the smallest pig, etc. of a litter; hence, a man who is stunted physically or mentally; a dwarf ...1849 Amer. dial.
• TOM THUMBS the intestines of a hog ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TUSH HOG a wild or feral hog with prominent tusks ...1934 Amer. dial.
• TUSKER a wild or feral hog with prominent tusks ...1891 Amer. dial.
• UNDERLING † a small or weakly child, animal, or plant; the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter; a small or inferior fruit or vegetable ...1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VALLY a litter of pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAWTH a 'farrow' or litter of pigs ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VEAR a young pig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WIND-SPLITTER a razorback hog ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HOG a razorback hog ...1805 Amer. dial.
• WOODS HOG a razorback hog ...1805 Amer. dial.
• YELT a young sow ...c1000 Eng. dial.
PIG - nouns, person
• GREASY DOOR FAMILY one that's just killed hogs ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PARAMARROW † a sow-gelder ...1790 Eng. dial.
PIG - verbs
• EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out ...1898 Sc.
• GANCH † of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk ...1621
• GAUNCH † of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk ...1621
• HOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOEE! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-IE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOO-PIG! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIGGOOEY! a call to pigs ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIGOO! a call to pigs ...1937 Amer. dial.
• PIG WOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REACH of pigs: to be restless, to make a noise of complaint ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEN to squeak as a pig ...1892 Sc.
• RETCH of pigs: to be restless, to make a noise of complaint ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PIG - interjections
• GOOIE! come!; used to call pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOOP! come!; used to call pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• JACK! a call to pigs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OOEY! a cry used to drive away pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIGGOOP! come!; used to call pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• PIGGY POO! used as a call to pigs ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PO! used as a call to pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POKE! used as a call to pigs ...1914 Amer. dial.
• POOEY! used as a call to pigs ...1902 Amer. dial.
• POO-GEE! used as a call to pigs ...1912 Amer. dial.
• POO-GOO-GEE! used as a call to pigs when they are a long distance away ...1912 Amer. dial.
• POO POO POO! used as a call to pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOWEE! used as a call to pigs ...1902 Amer. dial.
• RIC a call to pigs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIC-SIC a call to pigs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANTASSA, TANTASSA PIG, TOW A ROW, A ROW! a call to pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG! a call to pigs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEE-HOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHEE! used as a call to animals, esp. for driving away pigs ...1889 Amer. dial.
• WHEE-WHOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHO-EE! a call to pigs ...1886 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEE! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOK! a call to pigs ...1897 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP! a call to pigs ...1897 Amer. dial.
• WHOO-PIG! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! a call or cows or pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOEE! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1948 Amer. dial.
• WOO-HOO-HOO! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOO-IE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOK! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOKIE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOP! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOOPIE! a call to pigs ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOO-PIG! a call to get the pigs in at feeding time ...1965 Amer. dial.
PIGEON - nouns
• SQUEEKER a young courier pigeon ...Amer. World War I sl.
PIGEON-TOED - adjectives
• DING-TOED pigeon-toed; given to stumbling ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PARATOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• PARROT-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1824 Amer. dial.
• PARRY-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1845 Amer. dial.
• PEAR-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIN-TOED having toes that point or turn in, pigeon-toed ...1946 Amer. dial.
PIGGYBACK - adverbs
• A-PISTY-POLL of a child: carried on the back, or with his legs on one's shoulders, and arms round the neck and forehead ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BUCKLEBACK piggyback ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HOCKERTY-COCKERTY † riding on a person's shoulders, with a leg over each ...1742 Sc.
• PAPPOOSE piggyback ...1912 Amer. dial.
PIGGYBACK - nouns
• BACKIE-HORSE a ride on an adult's back; a piggyback ride ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BACKIE-RIDE a ride on an adult's back; a piggyback ride ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PACKBACK a piggyback ride ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PACKHORSE RIDE a piggyback ride ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PACKSADDLE RIDE a piggyback ride ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PECK-A-BACK a piggyback ride ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PONYBACK RIDE a piggyback ride ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PONY RIDE a piggyback ride ...1957 Amer. dial.
• TOTE a piggyback ride ...1967 Amer. dial.
PIGGYBACK - verbs
• PAG to carry a heavy, cumbersome burden; to carry a person pick-a-back ...1889 Eng. dial.
• RIG to ride piggy-back ...Bk1903 sl.
PIG-HEADED - adjectives
• HOG-HEADED stupidly obstinate, pig-headed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PIG-HEADED - nouns, person
• PIG-SCONCE a pig-headed fellow, a blockhead, a fool, a dullard ...1631
PIKE - nouns
• JACK a young or small pike ...1587
• JACK-FISH the pike ...1847
PILCHARD - nouns
• PILLIE a pilchard ...Aust. colloq.
PILE - nouns
• BING a heap, a pile; also, a crowd ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DECK † a pile of things laid flat upon each other ...1625
• PIG PILE a pile of people one on top of another ...1955 Amer. dial.
• REEK a pile, a heap, esp. of snow; a drift ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICK a pile ...1616 Eng. dial.
• RICKLE a loose heap or pile; a stack...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAPPIETOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
• TAPPY-TOURIE a high pile or heap; a cairn of stones on a hilltop ...1823 Sc.
PILE - verbs
• BED to stack; to put in a pile ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BING to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BINKER to pile up in a heap ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAIRNEY to pile (up) ...1844 Sc.
• DESS to pile up in orderly fashion layer after layer; to arrange neatly; to lay things close together ...1641 Eng. dial.
• PANG to pile up, to make into a heap ...1929 Sc.
• REEK to heap or pile up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICKLE to gather into a loose heap; to pile up loose matter ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PILES - nouns
• NUREMBERG TRIALS piles ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• VALENTINE DYALLS piles ...1990s rhyming sl. (UK film actor Valentine Dyall 1908-1985)
• X FILES piles ...1990s rhyming sl.
PILFER - see STEAL
PILGRIM - nouns, person
• PALMER a pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land, in sign of which he carried a palm branch or palm leaf; also, an itinerant monk who travelled from shrine to shrine, under a perpetual vow of poverty; often used simply as an equivalent of 'pilgrim' ...a1300
PILGRIMAGE - verbs
• WALL † to go on pilgrimage ...a1000
PILL - nouns
• FANNY HILL a pill, esp. the contraceptive pill ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• JACK AND JILL a pill, esp. of heroin; usually in the plural ...1970s rhyming sl.