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nouns • CHATTERMAG chatter, gossip ...L19 sl. • CLISH-CLASH idle gossip ...L17 Scot. • CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle talk, gossip ...E18 Scot. • MAG prattle, chatter; a talk, gossip, chat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. nouns - person • BAG-PUNCHER a complainer; one who talks at length, gossips, or chats ...1926 Amer. sl. • CHAT a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies • CHATTERMAG a gossip, a chatterbox ...20C sl. • MISS LASHEY a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies • RUN-ABOUT a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. verbs • CHAT-CHAT to gossip ...1950s W. Indies • CHAT UP to gossip, to talk familiarly ...20C W. Indies • CRACK to chat; to gossip ...Scot. • MAG to chatter, prattle, talk continuously; to gossip, chat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RUN-ABOUT to go gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. phrases • BEAT THE BREEZE to gossip, to chat ...1944 Amer. sl. • BEAT THE BULL to gossip, to chat ...1974 Amer. sl. • CHAT SOMEONE'S NAME to gossip maliciously about an absent third party ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica • PUNCH THE BAG to complain; to talk at length, to gossip, to chat ...1901 Amer. sl. New words/phrases added: (or about to be!) TIN-TACK dismissal from a job ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'sack' SLUT'S WOOL fluff, dust, etc., left to accumulate under beds etc. through slovenly cleaning SLUSH PUMP a trombone ...US sl. SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq. SLUMMOCK to eat up greedily ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq. SLUMMOCK to move, speak, or behave awkwardly or clumsily ...L19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq. RIGGISH wanton ...1608 sl. 236SL Farmer sl 1903 RIB-TICKLER thick soup ...Bk1903 sl. RIB-TICKLER a blow to the ribs ...Bk1903 boxing sl. RESURRECTION PIE a dish made of leftovers ...1884 sl. CROOKED SHOES footwear cut for right and left feet; such shoes were provided to Union soldiers, many of whom, prior to enlisting, had only worn two shoes cut identically ...US Civil War usage
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