• BELLY WASHER a soft drink ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BENSELL a heavy blow; a violent or sudden movement; violence of storm, etc. ...Bk1911 Scot. • BIG CHEW OF TOBACCO, A an overbearing, disliked person ...20C Amer. sl. • BIT OF JAM a woman considered a sexual object; an attractive woman ...L19 sl. • BLAZER an error or lie ...1906 Amer. dial. • BONT gaudy, lurid; colourful ...1970s S. Afr. • BULL-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl. • CABBAGED mentally and physically exhausted; brain-dead from overwork ...1992 UK sl. • CADAVERABLE mortal ...1651 obs. rare • CAKE SHOP a brothel ...1950s Aust. sl. • CAPER-JUICE whisky ...1888 Amer. sl. • CHEW A LONE DRINK to drink alone ...20C Amer. sl. • CHUGA-CHUGA a series of copulations performed by a number of males and one female ...M20 US sl. • CODGE-JOB a second-rate piece of work ...19C US sl. • CRACK INTO REPUTE to make famous by constant praise ...L19 sl. • CUTTING A VIRGINNY FENCE drunk ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • DAMISHELL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition ...1867 Scot. • DAP the rebound, hop, turn of a ball, stone, etc. on the ground or water ...1825 Eng. dial. • DIBBLE the penis ...19C Brit. sl. • DITHERED mildly drunk, tipsy ...1920s Aust. sl. • DROPPED OFF THE HOOKS dead ...1873 Amer. sl. • DUMPLING-SHOP the breasts ...19C Brit. sl. • FACTY full of facts ...1883 • FANNY QUACK a gynaecologist ...1999 UK sl. • FLAMING HELL! used for expressing surprise, anger, amazement, etc. ...1984 UK euphemism
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