• SMACKEROO a coin or note of money; a dollar; a pound
...E20 sl., orig. N. Amer. • STIFF a dull and generally unpleasant person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • STUMP-OF-THE-GUTTER a short, squat, dumpy person ...1764 sl. • TAIT OFF to dress up smartly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THREE BLUE BEANS IN ONE BLUE BLADDER futile, pointless (if noisy) talk ...L16 sl. • TIGHT to attract, to entice, to allure ...c1000 obs. • TRIM (mainly derogatory) a woman, often with an implication of promiscuity ...1955 US sl. • UNK-PAY a chump or a dupe ...E20 US Pig Latin for 'punk' • WAGON WHEEL a cartwheel, handspring or somersault ...1926 Amer. dial. • WHITE-SHOE (derogatory) effeminate ...1957 sl., chiefly US • ABERGAVENNY a penny ...Brit. rhyming sl. • ABRAM-MAN one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; the provision of the poor in those places being cut off, and no other substituted ...1561 • ACCUBATION the posture of reclining, esp. at table ...M17 obs. • ACTIVE CITIZEN a louse ...E19 Brit. & US sl. • AIRYATED over-excited, angry ...1920s sl. • ALPENGLOW the rosy light of the setting of rising of the sun seen on high mountains ...1871 • ANCHOR STRAWBERRY a prune ...1960 US nautical sl. • ARKYMALARKEY nonsense ...1930s US sl. • ASS-POOTS beans ...1968 Amer. sl. • BABY-TROUGH a children's cradle or playpen ...1953 Amer. dial. • BAG a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute ...1893 Amer. sl. • BANG THE BOX to play dance music on a piano ...20C Amer. sl. • BAX! dirty! filthy! often used as a warning to children ...1982 Amer. dial. • BEDRITE to soil with excrement; to dirty ...Bk1911 Scot.
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