• BROW-BENDING
n. 1542 obs. – a frowning
• BROWN
n. 1. 1812 Brit. sl. – a copper coin; a penny
n. 2. L19 sl. – anal intercourse
n. 3. 1958 Amer. dial. – a clay marble
n. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – a toady, one who curries favour
n. 5. 1981 Amer. dial., derogatory – a Mexican
vb. World War II Amer. sl. – to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating
• BROWN ABE
n. 1944 Amer. sl. – a penny
• BROWN BEHEMOTH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – prizefighter Joe Louis
• BROWN BLUDGEON
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – prizefighter Joe Louis
• BROWN BOMBER
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – prizefighter Joe Louis
n. 2. 1953 Aust. sl. – a traffic warden or ‘parking cop’
• BROWN BREAD
adj. 1973 Brit. rhyming sl. – dead
• BROWN BUCKEYE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Olympic track star Jesse Owens
• BROWN BULLET
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Olympic track star Jesse Owens
• BROWNED OFF
adj. 1938 Brit. sl. – bored, fed-up
• BROWN EMBALMER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – prizefighter Joe Louis
• BROWNETTA
n. 1582 obs. – a brunette
• BROWN-EYED GRAVY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a gravy made with water and meat drippings
• BROWN-EYE GRAVY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a gravy made with water and meat drippings
• BROWN EYES
n. 1930s sl. – attractive female breasts
• BROWNIE
n. 1. 1918 – an angler’s name for the trout
n. 2. 1928 Amer. dial. – a penny
n. 3. 1929 Amer. dial. – on the railroad: a demerit
n. 4. 1945 Amer. dial. – a dark-skinned mulatto
n. 5. 1955 Amer. dial. – a clay marble
n. 6. 1965 Amer. dial. – a toady, one who curries favour
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating
• BROWNIE POINT
n. 1944 orig. US – favour in the eyes of another, esp. as gained by sycophantic or servile behaviour
• BROWN JOB
n. 1943 sl., orig. Royal Air Force usage – a soldier; hence, collectively, the army
• BROWN KITTIES
n. 1941 Amer. dial. – bronchitis
• BROWN LEAMER
n. 1832 Eng. dial. – a nut with a brown husk
• BROWN LOCUST
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a cicada
• BROWN-NOSE
n. 1938 sl., orig. US military usage – an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant
vb. 1935 sl. – to curry favour, to behave obsequiously
• BROWN-NOSER
n. 1. 1950 sl., orig. US military usage – an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – an idle, worthless person
• BROWN PAPER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a toady, one who curries favour
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating
• BROWN SUGAR
n. 1974 sl. – a drug consisting of heroin diluted with caffeine and strychnine
• BROWN WASH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – weak coffee
• BROWSE
vb. 1. c1869 Amer. dial. – to beat or whip someone as punishment
vb. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – to move slowly and without energy
vb. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle
• BROWSE AROUND
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. – to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle
► BROW-SICK adj. dejected; downcast; melancholy; hanging the head → 1642
• BROWSING
n. 1914 Amer. dial. – a beating, a whipping
• BROZIER
n. 1826 Eng. dial. – a bankrupt
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
• BROZIER-MY-DAME
vb. 1850 Eton College usage – to eat the supply of food at a meal, as an expression of dissatisfaction with the fare provided
• BRUFF
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. – rough and blunt in manner
• BRUISE ALONG
vb. 1952 Amer. dial. – to wander about idly
• BRUISE AROUND
vb. 1855 Amer. dial. – to wander about idly
• BRUISED BLOOD
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – clotted blood under the skin
• BRUISER
n. 1. 1580 colloq. – a strong, tough person
n. 2. 1907 sl. – a violent person; a thug; a ruffian
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a black eye
• BRUJA
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic
• BRUJO
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic
• BRUM
adj. 1862 sl. – counterfeit, not genuine
• BRUMBERSHOOT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – an umbrella
• BRUMBIE; BRUMBY
n. 1880 Aust. – a wild or unbroken horse
• BRUMMAGEM
adj. 1630 – showy but inferior and worthless
n. 1630 – a showy but inferior and worthless thing
• BRUMMIE
n. 1941 sl. – a person from Birmingham
• BRUMMISH
adj. 1805 sl. – of coin: of counterfeit character, doubtfully genuine
• BRUMMY
n. 1941 sl. – a person from Birmingham
• BRUNE
n. 1870 – a dark-complexioned girl or woman; a brunette
• BRUNET
adj. 1890 – dark-complexioned
n. 1888 – a dark-complexioned person
• BRUNG-ON
adj. 1. 1911 Amer. dial. – of a person: from outside the community; foreign
adj. 2. 1937 Amer. dial. – commercially made; not home-made; imported
• BRUSH
n. 1. 1860 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a rapid run or race; a contest in speed
n. 2. 1941 Aust. & NZ sl. – woman viewed as sex objects
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a crew-cut
vb. 1. 1755 US – to force on; to drive hard
vb. 2. 1842 Amer. dial. – to beat, to thrash
vb. 3. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
• BRUSH APE
n. 1. 1933 Amer. dial., derogatory – a rustic, a hillbilly
n. 2. 1958 Amer. dial. – a logger
• BRUSH-ARBOR WHISKEY
n. 1953 Amer. dial. – cheap but potent moonshine
• BRUSH BUSTER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – a cowboy who works in brush country
• BRUSH COLT
n. 1. 1949 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a horse that was not intentionally bred, or bred by accident
• BRUSH CUT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a crew-cut
• BRUSHER
n. 1690 sl. obs. – an exceeding full glass
• BRUSH HAND
n. 1929 Amer. dial. – a cowboy who works in brush country
• BRUSHING
n. 1842 Amer. dial. – a beating, a thrashing, a whipping
• BRUSH MOUTH
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a drink of whisky
• BRUSH MOVER
n. 1932 Amer. dial. – a heavy rainfall
• BRUSH-OFF CLUB
n. World War II Amer. sl. – men in the armed forces who have been dumped by their girlfriends
• BRUSHPOPPER
n. 1925 Western US sl. – a cowboy, esp. one who works in the brush
• BRUSH ROUND
vb. 1875 US colloq. – to bestir oneself
• BRUSH SPLITTERS
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – the longhorn cattle of the brush country of Texas
• BRUSHTAIL
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – among loggers: a horse
• BRUSH THUMPER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – a cowboy who works in brush country
• BRUSH WHACKER
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – a cowboy who works in brush country
• BRUSH WHIP
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – to rebuke mildly
• BRUSH WOLF
n. 1923 Amer. dial. – a coyote
• BRUSSEL
n. 1815 Amer. dial. – a bristle
• BRUSTLE UP
vb. 1904 Amer. dial. – to act indignantly or offended
• BRUTAL BRODIE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a bad blunder
• BRUTALITARIAN
n. 1904 – one who practices or advocates the practice of brutality
• BRUTE
n. 1. 1891 Amer. euphemism – a bull
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something heavy
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something unattractive
n. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an unattractive person
n. 5. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
• BRUTE BEAST
n. 1952 Amer. dial. arch. – an animal
• BRUTEDOM
n. 1890 – brutish nature
• BRUTZ
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a depressed, gloomy, or moody state of mind
• BRUTZING
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. – depressed, moody, gloomy
• BRUZZ
n. 18C Eng. dial. – a bruise
vb. 1. 1693 obs. – to growl as a bear (only used in vbl. noun ‘bruzzing’)
vb. 2. 1750 Eng. dial. – to bruise, to batter, to break the skin
• B.S.
n. 1. 1900 sl., chiefly Amer. – insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boasting
• B.T. EMPTEM
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• B.T.M.
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
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