Words added to date for: LEG adjectives • BANDY-LEGGED bow-legged • SHARP-SHINNED having slender legs or shanks nouns • BACCY STICK the human leg ...L19 US sl. • BENDER the leg ...1849 sl., orig. US • CABBAGE-STUMPS the legs ...Bk1891 sl. • DUCK'S DISEASE shortness of legs ...1925 jocular • IRISH-LEGS thick legs ...Bk1896 sl. • PEDESTRIAN DIGITS the legs ...c1890 schoolboys' sl. • PEG a wooden leg ...1833 colloq. • PEGS the legs ...1833 jocular • PINS the legs ...1530 sl. • PROPS the legs ...1828 sl. • SCOTCH PEG a leg ...1857 rhyming sl. • SHAFTS the human legs ...1930s US Black sl. • SHANKS the legs ...jocular • STEMS the legs ...1860 sl. • STUMPS the legs ...a1460 sl. • TIMBERS the legs ...1807 sl. • UNDERPINNINGS the legs ...1848 US sl. • WHEELS the legs ...1927 US sl., orig. criminals' nouns - person • RAINBOW a bowlegged person ...Bk1990 Amer. sl. phrases • BEEF TO THE HEEL(S) with rather overweight legs ...1867 sl. A selection of New words/phrases added: (or about to be!)
EARLIERISE to do at an earlier date EVERY RAM-JACK OF THEM every single individual ...1853 Eng. dial. FLAGITIOUS atrociously wicked; vicious; outrageous ...14C FLAKIES dandruff ...colloq. FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; something pretty and of little value ...arch. FLANNELMOUTHED speaking indistinctly and in a muffled way ...US FLANNELMOUTHED speaking too loudly or too much, often talking nonsense ...US FLAPPABLE easily upset or agitated ...colloq. FLAT SPIN a state of confusion; dither ...colloq. FLATSTICK with great speed or effort ...S. Afr. sl. FLYAWAY frivolous or flighty; giddy FLYAWAY a person who is frivolous or flighty FOAMER a (possibly obsessive) enthusiast GIMP UP to dress oneself up smartly ...c1910 army sl. GIN-LANE the throat ...c1830 sl. GO BAG YOUR HEAD! angry, scornful, or sarcastic advice ...1896 Amer. sl. GROWLER a pessimist ...US Civil War usage HAVE A BIT OF JAM to copulate ...Bk1896 sl. HAVE HOT BALLS to be drunk ...1980s US campus sl. HEAD CHEESE the person in charge ...1914 US sl. HIEMATE to winter; to hibernate ...E17 now rare HOLD THE BABY to bear an unwelcome responsibility ICKY-BOO ill ...1920 sl. IN ABRAHAM'S-BOSOM dead and gone to heaven ...1599 INERGETICAL without energy; sluggish, inactive ...L17 obs. rare
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