• DENTY-CUM-PRETTY handsome and conceited ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISREMEMBER to forget ...E19 Anglo-Irish usage • DOMINICKER a coward ...20C W. Indies • DUCHESS a wife ...1895 Brit. sl. • EARWIG to eavesdrop ...colloq. • FABBO fabulous, excellent, wonderful ...1960s sl. • FACTITIOUS made by or resulting from art; artificial ...1646 obs. • FAG-BAG to beat up and rob a homosexual ...1970s US sl. • FAIR with good promise; promisingly, auspiciously, favourably, prosperously ...1154 obs. • FAKE AND BAKE to get a tan in a tanning booth ...1980s US campus sl. • FALL IN THE THICK to become very drunk ...L19 sl. • FALSEDICT an untrue deliverance or utterance ...1579 obs. • FANTODS a feeling of depression; the blues; a fit of the sulks; a being gloomy ...1899 Amer. dial. • FLANKER a blow or punch ...M19 sl. • FLOWERY DELL a prison cell ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. • FREAKED under the influence of marijuana ...M20 US drugs sl. • FUNK to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl. • GATOR an all-purpose male form of address ...1944 US sl. • GO ON TO A BETTER WORLD to die ...20C sl. • GRANDIFEROUS grand, splendid, glorious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GUMBAH a close male friend ...1950s US sl. • GUT a glutton ...20C sl. • GUY a comical or joking fellow; hence, a smart alec ...c1862 Amer. sl. • HAFFET-CLAWING face-scratching ...1895 Eng. dial. • HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Scot. & Eng. dial. • HAPPY CABBAGE cash, banknotes ...20C sl. orig. US
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