dictionary of slang and unconventional english part11 ppsx

... 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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... or radio US, 1987 land of cakes noun (from the perspective of people on Nova Scotia islands) the mainland CANADA, 1984 land of hope noun soap. Rhyming slang UK, 1961 land of the big PX noun the ... 1854 land icing noun manure. Variant ‘land dressing’ is a term for the same thing CANADA, 1992 Landie noun a Land Rover vehicle AUSTRALIA, 1992 landing deck noun the top of the head US,...

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... of conventional English US, 1968 R and R noun 1 rest and rehabilitation; rest and recovery; rest and recreation; rest and recuperation; rape and restitution; rape and ruin; rape and run. Despite ... exaggeration of hillbilly country and western style. An ellision of ROCK ’N’ ROLL and ‘hillbilly’ US, 1993 rock and boulder noun the shoulder. Rhyming slang UK, 193...

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... bottoms noun 1 in poker, a hand consisting of a pair of aces (the highest card) and a pair of twos (the lowest card) US, 1951. 2 a roll of trimmed paper ‘topped’ and ‘bottomed’ with a genuine banknote ... knife US, 1945 to and fro noun snow. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 to -and- fro’ing; to’ing -and- fro’ing noun a constant moving about UK, 1961 to and from noun an English perso...

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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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... 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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... 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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