"Pp" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English potx

... 1838 pick and choose; pick noun alcohol, drink. Rhyming slang for BOOZE UK, 1960 pick and pay noun in a casino, a method of paying off bets in blackjack, in which the dealer evaluates each player’s hand ... and conceited fashion US, 1997 profiles noun in a deck of playing cards, the king of diamonds, jack of spades and jack of hearts, all one-eyed and drawn in...

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... mind, impoverishing his vocabulary, or vitiating the taste and the skill that he brings to the using of that vocabulary. Except in formal and dignified writing and in professional speaking, a vivid and extensive ... general and Australian slang in par- ticular. He was assistant editor of The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquarie Bo...

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... catch-phrase of the politically active in the US 1960s, echoing a police command US, 1960s up -and- down noun 1 an order of Kessler ale and Stroh’s beer US, 1981. 2 sex US, 1993 . 3 in gambling, a type of ... from behind. Rhyming slang for DOG-STYLE, combining a pun on ‘a narrow passage’ with an implication of marriage UK, 2003 up the in and out adjective ruined; pregnant....

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... 1969 vinegar stroke; vinegar noun the final penile thrust culminating in ejaculation when copulating or masturbating. Alluding to the facial expression of the male. Also, in the plural, ‘the final ... 1970 vino noun 1 wine, especially cheap wine. From Spanish and Italian vino (wine) AUSTRALIA, 1919. 2 a drinker of doctored cheap wine UK, 1966 vinyl noun used generically for musical...

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... answering back in an insolent manner AUSTRALIA, 1969 backwashing noun after injecting a drug, the drawing of blood back into the syringe, with the intention of collecting any drug residue, and reinjecting ... cocaine) UK, 1998. 3 a losing bet. Glasgow slang UK: SCOTLAND, 1985 bingey; bingy; binghi; binjey noun the stomach, the belly. Of Aboriginal origin AUSTRALIA, 1926 Bill Daley...

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... especially if infirm. UK medical slang UK, 1998 coffin hoist noun in electric line work, any type of chain hoist US, 1980 coffin lid noun a child. Rhyming slang for KID UK, 2000 coffin nail noun ... Partridge and Beale in the appendix to the 8th edition of the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and called ‘Oxford -er(s)’ UK, 1955 champion noun a complet...

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... ‘diner -in and ‘dining in UK, 1950 ding noun 1 the penis US, 1965. 2 the buttocks. A shortening of DINGER AUSTRALIA , 1957. 3 a party, especiallly a wild party. A shortening of WINGDING AUSTRALIA, ... 1974 drowning noun the criminal act of gaining entry to a property with the intent to commit theft by claiming to work for a water supplier UK, 1998 drown-proofing noun in navy traini...

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... US, 1951 English vice noun flagellation US, 1956 enin noun nine; in betting, odds of 9–1. Backslang UK, 1859 enin to rouf noun in betting, odds of 9–4. A combination of ENIN (nine) and ROUF (four) ... 2003 elef noun eleven; in betting, odds of 11–1. A shortening and slovening of ‘eleven’ UK, 1991 elef a vier noun in betting, odds of 11–4. A phonetic slurring of ELE...

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... verb 1 in pinball, to put a coin into the machine US, 1977. 2 when gambling on a slot-machine, fruit machine or one-armed bandit, to put a coin or coins into the machine’s slot US, 1996. 3 in a ... masturbator US, 1962 fist-fucking; fisting noun 1 the practice of inserting the hand (and part of the arm) into a partner’s anus (or vagina) for the sexual pleasure of all involved. Pred...

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... UK, 1931 groinage noun jewellery. From GROIN (a ring) UK, 2002 groinplant noun in mountain biking, an unintended and painful contact between the bicycle and your groin US, 1992 groin-throb noun ... clasped in a handshake US, 1975 glad-hand verb to greet with profuse, if insincere, enthusiasm. Often found in the context of politicians US, 1895 glad-handing adjective insincere and...

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