• RATTY WITH infatuated with ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RING IN to get the better of ...Bk1903 Amer. sl. • SACK OUT to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl., orig. military • SET UP ONE'S BRISTLES to show resistance • SHOTTIE n. a shotgun ...1980 NZ sl. • SICK AS MUD very depressed or upset ...1930s sl. • SIEGE a privy ...c1440 obs. • SILENT TERROR a quiet but pungent fart ...Brit. sl. • SIMILITUDINARY of the nature of a similitude or simile; expressing comparison or likeness; symbolic ...1581 obs. • SISTLE to whistle with a hissing sound • SKERRICK a small amount of something ...1854 Aust. sl. • SKIPPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1925 Brit. sl. • SPANISH TROT an easy gait; a jog ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • STRIDE A POT of women: to urinate ...Bk1904 sl. • SUBOCEANIC beneath the ocean ...1858 • TALK A HORSE'S HIND LEG OFF to be very talkative ...1868 Eng. dial. • TARGED shabby in appearance; tattered ...Bk1905 Scot. obs. • TIDAL WAVE a great progressive movement or manifestation of feeling, opinion, or the like ...1884 • TOODLES a male child's genitals ...19C US colloq. • UGLY, THE fornication ...20C Amer. dial. • VAGRARIOUS vagrant, wandering ...1795 obs. nonce word • VANITY one's favourite liquor ...1891 sl. • VAUNT! away! be off! ...1598 obs. rare • WHAT D'YE CALLUM the genitals ...17C sl. • ABERRATE to diverge or deviate from the straight path ...1765 rare • ABREATHE to give time to recover breath ...c1450 obs. rare • ACE a 1-year jail sentence ...1920s US criminals' sl.
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