• BRO
n. 1. 1937 sl. – a brother
n. 2. 20C Welsh – a place for which one feels great affinity because of birth, upbringing, long residence, etc. there
• BROACH THE ADMIRAL
vb. 1876 – to steal some liquor from a cask in transit or in store
• BROAD
adj. 1. 1588 – outspoken, obvious, unsubtle
adj. 2. 1824 Amer. dial. – of speech: vulgar, coarse
adj. 3. 1832 – having liberal mind or outlook
n. 1. 1823 Amer. dial. – a journey, a trip; a visit
n. 2. 1911 sl., orig. & chiefly US, usually derogatory – a woman, often with an implication of promiscuity; a female companion; a woman of loose morals
n. 3. 1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a prostitute
• BROAD-ACRED
adj. 1898 – of Yorkshire
• THE BROAD-ACRES
n. 1907 – Yorkshire
• AS BROAD AS IT IS LONG
phr. 1687 – it is impossible to decide between two options because they’re equal
• AS BROAD AS NARROW LIKE PADDY’S PLANK
adj. 1889 Eng. dial. – as broad as long
• BROAD AWAKE
adj. 1887 Amer. dial. – completely or wide awake
• BROAD-BRIM
n. 1797 colloq. – one who wears a hat with a broad brim; a Quaker
• BROAD-BRIMMER
n. 1860 colloq. – a hat with a broad brim
• BROADCASTING
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boasting
• BROADGAUGED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – generous
• BROAD IN THE BEAM
adj. 1929 sl., euphemistic – having large hips or buttocks
• BROAD-LEAFED
adj. 1841 – of a hat: having a broad rim
• BROAD-MOUTH
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – one who talks too much
• BROAD ON FIRE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a passionate woman
• BROAD-OPEN DAYLIGHT
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – full daylight
• BROADS
n. 1812 sl. – playing cards
• BROAD-SPOKEN
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. – outspoken; using coarse language
• BROAD STATEMENT
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – speech that includes obscenity and cussing
• BROAD TALKING
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – speech that includes obscenity and cussing
• BROADUS
n. 1909 Amer. dial. – something extra or given in addition
• BROAD WITH A FEVER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a passionate woman
• BROAD WITH A HEAT WAVE
n. 1. World War II Amer. sl. – a passionate woman
n. 2. World War II Amer. sl. – a woman with a venereal disease
• BROAD WITH A LOAD OF LETTUCE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a woman of wealth
• BROAD WITH A SOFT CONK
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a stupid or silly woman
• BROAD WITH CANNED GOODS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a virgin
• BROAD WITH ROUND HEELS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a woman of loose morals
• BROBDINGNAG
adj. 1731 – immense
• BROBDINGNAGIAN
adj. 1728 – immense
• BROCCOLI
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• BROCK
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – speckled; flecked with white, as a ‘brock’ face cow
• BROCKLE
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – an animal covered with splotches or spots of different colours
• BROCKLE FACE
n. 1665 Amer. dial. – a cow having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face
• BROCKLE-FACED
adj. 1749 Amer. dial. – of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face
• BRODIE
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an error; a mistake; a blunder
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a 360-degree turn made by a skidding or uncontrolled vehicle
• BRODIE MARKS
n. 1962 Amer. dial. – an extensive pattern of spinning skid marks on pavement
• BROGAN
n. 1835 Amer. dial. – a heavy work shoe .
• BROGANITES
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – unusually big or clumsy feet
• BROGANS
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – unusually big or clumsy feet
• BROGUE
vb. 1883 Amer. dial. – to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly
• BROGUE AROUND
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. – to wander about
• BRO HUG
n. 2001 US sl. – a friendly embrace between two men
• BROILER
n. E20 US sl. – an attractive female; a sexually tempting or seductive woman
• BROILERY
n. 1521 obs. – dissension; strife; disturbance, disorder
• BROKE
adj. 1716 sl. – having no money
• BROKE DOWN
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – very tired, exhausted
• BROKE-LEGGED
adj. 1377 obs. – having bandy legs; having the leg or legs broken or crippled
• BROKEN ARMS
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – leftover food
• BROKEN DOSE
n. 1806 Amer. dial. – a small quantity of medicine administered at intervals
• BROKEN DOWN
adj. 1873 Amer. dial. – very tired, exhausted
• A BROKEN FEATHER IN ONE’S WING
n. 1877 – a blot on one’s character; a scandal connected with one
• BROKEN HER TEACUP
adj. 19C Brit. euphemism – to have been deflowered
• BROKEN-KNEED
adj. 18C Brit. – pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant
• BROKEN-LEGGED
adj. 18C Brit. – pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant
• BROKEN-MOUTHED
adj. 1913 Amer. dial. – of old sheep: having lost some teeth
• BROKEN OAR
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – a whore; a prostitute
• BROKEN RAIL
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an old hand on the railroad
• BROKEN-RIB
n. 20C – a divorced woman
• BROKEN STICK
n. 1946 Amer. dial. – somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate
• BROKEN STRIPER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. – a chief warrant officer
• BROKEN TIME
n. 1895 – time lost from regular employment
• BROKEN UP
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; disconcerted
• BROKEN VEIN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. chiefly African-American – a varicose vein
• BROKEN VICTUALS
n. 1861 Amer. dial. – leftovers, food remaining from a meal
• BROKEN WRIST
n. 1950s sl., orig. US – a male homosexual
• BROKE OF ONE’S REST
adj. 1830 Amer. dial. arch. – deprived of one’s rest
• BROKE TO THE WORLD
adj. 1918 – ruined financially, bankrupt; penniless
• BROKE UP
adj. 1955 Amer. dial. – in poor health; injured
• BROKITY
adj. 1960 Amer. dial. – broken
• BROLL
n. 1. a1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a child, offspring; contemptuously, a brat, a little wretch
n. 2. 18C obs. – a part, a piece
n. 3. 19C Sc. – a drinking-pot
vb. 1660 obs. rare – to roar, to sound loud
• BROLLY
n. 1. 1874 Brit. colloq. – an umbrella
n. 2. 1934 Brit. sl. – a parachute
• BROMIDE
n. 1. 1909 sl., orig. US – a commonplace saying, a trite remark, conventionalism
n. 2. 1909 sl., orig. US – a person whose thoughts and conversation are conventional and commonplace
• BROMIDIC
adj. 1906 sl. – commonplace or conventional
• BROMO
n. 1916 drug culture sl. – a dose of a sedative drug containing a bromide mixture
• BRONC
n. 1. 1893 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a horse
n. 2. E20 US sl. – a catamite
• BRONC BREAKER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC BUSTER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC FIGHTER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONCHO
adj. 1866 Amer. dial. – wild, mean, rough
• BRONCHO TWISTER
n. 1911 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONCO
adj. 1866 Amer. dial. – wild, mean, rough
n. E20 US sl. – a catamite
• BRONCO-BUSTER
n. 1888 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONCO-BUSTING
n. 1891 Amer. dial. – breaking wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC-PEELER
n. 1914 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC-RIDER
n. 1938 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC SCRATCHER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC SNAPPER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC STOMPER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC-STOMPING
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – breaking wild horses to the saddle
• BRONC TWISTER
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – one who breaks wild horses to the saddle
• BRONK
n. 1. 1901 US – a horse
n. 2. E20 US sl. – a catamite
• BRONNIGAN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a disagreement or fight
• BRONTOPHOBIA
n. 1905 – an intense dread of thunder and thunderstorms
• BRONZA
n. 1. 1953 Aust. sl. – the anus
n. 2. 1959 Aust. sl. – the buttocks
• BRONZE
n. 1. 1817 sl. obs. – a gull, a cheat
n. 2. 1953 Aust. sl. – the anus
n. 3. 1959 Aust. sl. – the buttocks
vb. 1817 sl. obs. – to impose upon, to cheat
• BRONZE JOHN
n. 1. 1869 Amer. dial. – yellow fever
n. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. – the sun
• BRONZO
n. 1. 1953 Aust. sl. – the anus
n. 2. 1959 Aust. sl. – the buttocks
• BROO
n. 1934 sl., chiefly Sc. – orig. the Employment Exchange; hence, unemployment benefit
• BROOD
n. 1. M20 US sl. – a good-looking young woman; a sexually attractive female
n. 2. M20 US sl. – a young woman who is known to permit copulation without much fuss
• BROODER
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a chicken coop; a hen house
• BROODER COOP
n. 1931 Amer. dial. – a chicken coop; a hen house
• BROODER HOUSE
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a chicken coop; a hen house
• BROODER PEN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a chicken coop; a hen house
• BROODISH
adj. 1981 Amer. dial. – brooding, moody, sullen
• BROODY
adj. 1851 – brooding, meditative; dejected
• BROOFLE
n. 19C Sc. – impetuous haste, hurry
vb. 19C Sc. – to be in a great hurry; to be overheated by exertion
• BROOKLYN INDIAN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a Jew
• BROOM
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – the female pubic hair
vb. L18 sl. – to disappear quickly
• BROOM-HANDLE
n. L19 sl. – the erect penis
• BROOMHILDA
n. 1980s US college sl. – a short, unattractive woman
• BROOMIE
n. L19, orig. US – a mustang, esp. a mare, with a short bushy tail
• BROOM IT
vb. L18 sl. – to disappear quickly
• BROOM ME OUT!
int. 1953 Amer. dial. – well, I’ll be damned!
• BROOMSTICK
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – the penis
n. 2. E19 sl. – a person who puts up fraudulent bail
n. 3. L19 Can. sl. – a gun or rifle
n. 4. Amer. World War I sl. – the control lever of an airplane .
n. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – a praying mantis
• BROOMSTICK BAIL
n. L17 sl. – fraudulent bail
• BROOMSTICK MARRIAGE
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – a common-law marriage
• BROOMSTICKS
n. 1896 colloq. – thin, undersized limbs
• BROOMSTICKY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – tall or long and slender; lanky
• BROOMTAIL
n. 1. 1913 Amer. dial. – a mare
n. 2. 1914 Amer. dial. – a usually small wild horse of poor quality; a mustang, a pony
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a horse with its tail cut short
n. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – a mule
• BROOZE AROUND
vb. 1880 Amer. dial. – to wander about idly
• BROSIER
n. 1. 1826 Eng. dial. – a bankrupt
n. 2. 1850 Eton sl. – a boy who has spent all his pocket-money
vb. 1. 1796 Eng. dial. – to be bankrupt
vb. 2. 1888 Eton College usage – to eat the supply of food at a meal, as an expression of dissatisfaction with the fare provided
• BROTH
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – moisture in the mouth, coloured brown by snuff or chewing tobacco
• BROTHEL
n. 1. 14C – orig. a good-for-nothing man
n. 2. 15C – a prostitute
• BROTHEL-CREEPER
n. 1954 Brit. sl. – a suede or soft-soled shoe
► BROTHELLOUS adj. befitting a prostitute; lascivious, unchaste, whorish → 1583 obs.
► BROTHELY adj. 1. fierce, violent, angry, enraged → 1330 obs.
adj. 2. vile, bad → 1400 obs.
adv. 1. quickly, hastily; violently, furiously → 1340 obs.
adv. 2. vilely, in ill plight → 1400 obs.
• BROTHER
n. 1. 1912 Amer. dial. – a fellow; used as a term of address
n. 2. 1928 Amer. dial. – a preacher; usually followed by name
• BROTHER BLADE
n. Bk1890 sl. – a butcher
• BROTHER OF THE GUSSET
n. L17 sl. – a pimp
• BROTHER ROUND-MOUTH SPEAKS
phr. ?1785 sl. – he has broken wind; he has farted
• BROTHER ROUNDS
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a nickname for the bullfrog; the sound it makes
• A BROTH OF A BOY
n. 1822 Irish colloq. – a downright good fellow
• BROTUS
n. 1877 Amer. dial. – something extra or given in addition
• BROUGE AROUND
vb. 1927 Amer. dial. – to wander about idly
• BROUGHAM
n. 1903 – a petrol-driven automobile having a limousine body but without a roof over the driver’s seat
• BROUGHT-ON
adj. 1. 1895 Amer. dial. – commercially made; not home-made; imported
adj. 2. 1939 Amer. dial. – of a person: from outside the community; foreign
• BROUGHTON’S MARK
n. 1747 boxing sl. – the pit of the stomach
• BROUGHT TO STRAW
adj. 1946 Amer. dial. – pregnant; in childbed
• BROUGHT UP IN A BARN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A CELLAR
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A FARM
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A GUTTER
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A HEN COOP
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A HOGPEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A JUNGLE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A PIGPEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A PIGSTY
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A ROWBOAT
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A SAW-MILL
phr. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. – applied to a person who forgets to close the door in cold weather, since the older type of saw-mill had no doors
phr. 2. 1914 Amer. dial. – badly brought up; uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A SLUM
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A STABLE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN A WOODSHED
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN THE GUTTER
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN THE SLUMS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN THE STICKS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP IN THE WOODS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP LIKE AN ANIMAL
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP ON THE RIVER
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BROUGHT UP WITH THE PAN AND THE SPOON
phr. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – brought up by hand, not suckled
• BROUHAHA
n. 1890 sl. – a fuss
• BROUSE
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. – to cohabit
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