Dictionary of Unconventional English 8 doc

... cramp US, 188 8 Charley Paddock noun used as a personification of a hacksaw US, 1949 charley price noun a large rat. An allusison to Sir Charles Price, member of the Houses of Assembly of Jamaica ... requiring a certain type of beer glass abound AUSTRALIA, 188 9. 2 a surgeon US, 184 9. 3 a medical student. Used by undergraduates of the University of Sydney AUSTRALIA, 1 984 . 4...

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... the note US, 1961 grape noun 1 wine. Often used in the plural US, 189 8. 2 gossip. A shortening of GRAPEVINE (the source of gossip) US, 186 4. 3 in the language of car salesmen, a promising potential ... dress uniform US, 19 68. 6 sexual activity UK, 188 8 8see: GREENGAGES greens and beans noun basic groceries US, 1994 greenseed noun a US soldier freshly arrived in Vietnam US, 1 988 g...

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... fun of someone UK, 188 8. 2 to good naturedly hoax or deceive someone UK, 188 8. < pull someone’s pisser to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone. A variation of PULL SOMEONE’S LEG UK, 1 984 . ... US, 1 986 . 6 one event of sexual intercourse US, 1 982 . 7 in prison, an escape attempt UK, 1996. 8 a father, especially as a term of address US, 183 8. 9 the ‘masculine’ or ‘active’...

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... shallow US, 19 98 roof noun the flight deck of an aircraft carrier UK, 19 98 . < on the roof paid for by the management of the establishment. A vari- ation of ON THE HOUSE UK, 2002 roof verb to ... 1 988 roovle noun among Nova Scotians of German descent, a wrinkle. In Lunenburg County, the descendants of German soldiers of fortune who were awarded land by King George in the...

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... noun food; a meal UK: SCOTLAND, 1 988 slog noun an act or period of hard work UK, 188 8 slog verb 1 to work hard at something UK, 188 8. 2 to punch someone UK, 182 4. 3 to walk heavily. From obsolete ... worth of betting tokens US, 1961 small one noun one hundred dollars US, 1 988 small potatoes adjective something of little consequence US, 183 8 smalls noun 1 underwear UK, 1943. 2 a...

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... 5 of a slot machine, disadvantageous to the gambler in terms of the frequency of payouts US, 1 984 . 6 used of a hard bargain US, 182 8. 7 of money; hard to come by; in short- circulation UK, 184 6. ... 185 9 . 2 a prison sentence of three years US, 1 983 . 3 a threepence. Shortening of TREY BIT AUSTRALIA, 189 6. 4 three dollars’ worth of a drug US, 1966 trey bit noun a threep...

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... police. Originally, since 188 8, used of the location of London’s Metropolitan Police; the familiar name stayed when the headquarters moved to new premises in 1967 UK, 188 8 yard verb 1 to be sexually ... of a non-white person AUSTRALIA, 1 988 . 2 of non-Anglo-Celtic background AUSTRALIA, 19 68 wojus adjective inferior; of poor quality IRELAND, 2004 woke-up adjective informed; up-...

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... hundreds of thousands of women, its source of power and the bulwark of its success. Bok was beginning to realize the vision which had lured him from New York: that of putting into the field of American ... world of babies, Bok's discovery was, of course, a known and serious fact. Doctor Coolidge proposed that the magazine create a department of questions and answers dev...

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