• SPAG (derogatory) an Italian immigrant ...1967 Aust. sl.
• STRETCH THE RUBBER to be unfaithful to one's wife or mistress ...M20 US criminals' sl. • SUBMONTANEOUS passing under or existing below mountains ...1682 obs. • TALE'S-MASTER the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TARGE to beat, to strike; to thrash ...1833 Scot. & Eng. dial. • TIDDLEWINKS knickknacks of victuals ...1893 sl. • TOO MANY CLOTHS IN THE WIND intoxicated with alcohol ...19C Brit. & US sl. • TRANKED sedated; under the influence of tranquillizers ...1991 US sl. • UNCLE FRED bread ...1932 UK rhyming sl., generally childish • VALETUDINAIRE not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid ...1682 rare • VARIATIOUS marked by variation ...1875 rare • WALLOPER a police officer ...1945 Aust. sl. • WHITE NURSE morphine or other drugs secretly passed to an inmate of a prison or a hospital ...20C US drugs sl. • WOODEN FRYING PAN a symbol of uselessness ...Brit. sl. • WRAMP a severe wrench; a sprain ...1783 Eng. dial. • WRUX a rotter; a humbug; an objectionable person ...c1875 UK school sl. • ABLIGATE to bind or tie up from ...1731 obs. • ABSONISM something discordant in the use of language ...1593 obs. rare • ACERVATION the act of heaping up; an accumulation ...L17 • ADRIFT confused ...20C sl. • AIRPLANE a device used for holding a marijuana cigarette that has burnt down to the stub ...1970 US sl. • ALL MANNERS OF MAKES every conceivable kind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. • AMATEUR HALF-HOUR a poorly organized event ...1939 sl. • ANGEL JUICE rainwater; water ...1944 Amer. jocular • ARRANGE to castrate ...20C US euphemism
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