• JOLT a stiff drink of spirits, esp. brandy, whisky, or bourbon ...20C sl.
• KILL-GRIEF any strong alcoholic drink ...E18 Brit. sl. • LABOURAGE payment for labour ...1826 • LIBERATE to loot or steal ...1944 euphemism or jocular • MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50 • MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW to perform a task without provision of the necessary materials or means • MEG to chatter ...1810 • MUMPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1673 sl. • NEW JACK a newcomer or novice, esp. to the fast life of the ghetto streets ...1980s sl., chiefly US Black • NOT TO KNOW BEANS FROM BULLFOOT ABOUT BISCUITS to be very stupid ...1982 Amer. dial. • ON THE DEAD honestly; truthfully ...1888 Amer. sl. • PECKERWOOD a woodpecker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • POKE the sex act ...1700 sl. • PUDSY to greet affectionately or with familiarity ...19C colloq. • PULL ON THE ROPE to masturbate ...1972 US sl. • PUP the penis ...M20 sl. • QUADRISECT to divide into four equal parts ...1809 • RACK OFF HAIRY LEGS! go away! ...1988 Aust. sl. • RAG to question closely, to interrogate ...2000s sl. • RAIL SQUAD seasick sailors ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. • RAMPAGEOUS angry, furious ...1859 Scot. & Eng, dial. • REMOVE ONE'S DIGIT to get on with something; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action ...1910s sl., orig. Aust. • ROACH a police officer ...1932 US sl. • SCALLY a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1986 Eng. sl. • SHALLOW-BRAINED having no depth of intellect or understanding ...obs.
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