• RABBIT a bottle of beer ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
• RADAR ALLEY any stretch of a motorway heavily patrolled by radar; esp., Interstate 90 between Cleveland and the New York state line ...1971 US sl. • RAGGASTANI a member of a British Indian (Hindi) urban youth gang or subculture ...2006 UK sl. • RAISE RIM to make a disturbance or rumpus ...1917 Amer. dial. • RAMPAGEROUS an intensifier, as a lot of rampagerous damage ...1891 Eng. dial. • RANTAN a drinking bout; a spree; a riot ...M19 sl. • READY-JOHN money ... Bk1903 sl. • RING ONE'S CHIMES to arouse one's attention; to excite ...1970 Amer. sl. • RUN-AN'-GO a run before leaping ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • SCREECH illicit or inferior whisky ...1902 Amer. sl. • SHEPHERD to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl. • SHUTTER-GIRL a prostitute working from a room with shutters, attracting customers from the street ...1930s US sl. • SIDE WIND a bastard ...c1780 sl. • SIGNANCE signification, indication ...c1400 obs. rare • SILLYVILLIAN a civilian, seen from the cynical eyes of the military ...1963 US sl. • SINBAD THE SAILOR a tailor ...L19 rhyming sl. • SKEE whisky, esp. low quality, low cost whisky ...1959 US sl. • SKIN POPPER a drug user who does not inject the drug into a vein ...1967 US sl. • SLYVER saliva ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • SNEEZE pepper ...1981 US sl. • SOD (derogatory) a male homosexual ...c1855 sl. • STAGGER JUICE alcohol ...1896 jocular, orig. Aust. • STRULL a female tramp; a tramp's woman ...20C Amer. dial. or colloq. • SUIT OF MOURNING two black eyes ...Bk1904 sl. • TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods ...M19 US sl.
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