• TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TAPPIE-TOORIE anything raised very high to a point ...1895 Scot. • TICKLE to rob or burgle ...1945 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ • TOMATO a sexually attractive woman ...1929 sl., orig. US • TRAIN SMASH fried or tinned tomatoes; tomato sauce ...1941 UK military sl. • UNBLING cheap, shoddy, unimpressive jewellery ...2005 UK sl. • VALE! farewell; goodbye ...1550 • VAPULATE to beat or strike ...1603 rare • WAITRESS a bridesmaid at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial. • WHISTLE-BERRIES beans, 'musical fruit' ...20C US sl. • WOMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended ...1798 Amer. dial. • WOW an exclamation mark (!) ...1983 US sl. • WRONG RIFF a mistake, a blunder ...1930s US Black sl. • ABHORRIBLE to be abhorred, detestable ...1633 obs. rare • ABSCISE to cut off or away ...1612 obs. rare • ACE OF CLUBS the female genital area ...M17 sl. • ADAM'S ARM a shovel, a spade ...1602 sl. • AIGLE an icicle ...1790 Eng. dial. • ALL AFLOAT in disorder ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. • ALSATIAN'S ARSEHOLE what people with bad breath are said to have a mouth like ...Brit. sl. • ANDY CAIN rain ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. • ARMFUL a plump woman ...20C Aust. sl. • AT LIQUOR drinking ...1936 Amer. dial. • BACK FAMILY a line of descent; ancestors; one's parents or relatives of an earlier generation ...1966 Amer. dial. • BAGODBEJINGOES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
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