dictionary of slang and unconventional english part6 pdf

... by 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 completely inept and unlucky ... was often sold in Cambridge coffee houses US, 1967 coffee -and noun a light meal US, 1901 coffee -and adjective small-time, insignificant US, 1937 coffee -and- cakes noun a sma...

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... study and understanding of s lang. In the eight editions of The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English published between 1937 and 1984, Partridge recorded and defined the slang and unconventional ... general and Australian slang in par- ticular. He was assistant editor of The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquari...

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... editor of The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquarie Book of Slang and The Macquarie Slang Dictionary. John Loftus manages the online archive at www.hiberno english. com. ... Dictionary of Slang and Unc onventional English The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictiona...

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... combination of cocaine and heroin. In memory of the SPEEDBALL mix that killed film actor John Belushi, 1949–82 US, 1998 Belyando spruce; Belyando sprue noun marijuana from the Belyando area of Queensland ... forces UK, 1999 band moll noun a woman who makes herself sexually available to the members of a rock group; a groupie AUSTRALIA, 1969 band of hope; bander noun soap. Rhyming...

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... 1956 Duchess of Fife noun a wife. Rhyming slang; often suggested as the origin of DUTCH (a wife) and/ or DUCHESS UK, 1961 Duchess of Teck; duchess noun a cheque. Rhyming slang, formed from the title of ... stewed dried apricots NEW ZEALAND, 1992 dead man’s hand noun in poker, a hand with a pair of aces and a pair of eights. Although it is the modern belief that this was the h...

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... easy. Variation of EASY AS PIE AUSTRALIA, 1984 easy as damn it adjective very easy. Recorded by Partridge in the 1st edition of his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and still familiar. ... by Partridge in the 1st edition of his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English UK, 1937 easy as kiss my eye adjective very easy. Euphemistic variation o...

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... for the support of the revolutionary overthrow of the English government in Ireland UK, 2000 fen-phen noun a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine, used as a diet drug and/ or central nervous ... 1929 five and dime noun in poker, a hand with a five and a ten and three other unpaired cards in between US, 1968 five and two noun used as a formula for the services of a...

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... of DANDER UK, 2002 Gandhi’s flipflop noun used in similes as an example of extreme dryness. Mahatma Gandhi, 1869–1948, wore sandals UK, 1999 gandies noun underwear US, 1970 G and T noun gin and ... resemble hands 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 in...

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... masturbation UK, 1997 hand shoe noun a glove US, 1977 hands off cocks – feet in socks!; hands off your cocks and pull up your socks!; hands off cocks – on with s ocks!; hands off cocks, on socks! used ... face. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 handie noun an act of manual masturbation. From HAND JOB AUSTRALIA , 1994 handies noun fondling of hands by lovers AUSTRALIA, 1915 handing out noun in pr...

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... name of the island off the north west of England UK, 1992 Isle of Wight noun a light. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 Isle of Wight adjective 1 right; both as an expression of approval and indicative of ... 1970 Island noun < the Island the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England; in particular the prisons: HMP Camp Hill, HMP Albany or HMP Parkhurst UK, 1956 Isle of Man...

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