• CAD
n. 1. 1790 obs. – an unbooked passenger whom the driver of a coach took up for his own profit on the way
n. 2. L18 sl. – a beggar
n. 3. c1810 Eton usage – a private tutor
n. 4. c1820 sl. – at Oxford and certain public school (esp. Eton): a townsman
n. 5. 1827 colloq., offensive – a fellow of low vulgar manners and behaviour; a term of contempt, now generally applied to an offensively ill-bred person, irrespective of social position; a vulgar, ill-mannered person; a blackguard
n. 6. 1833 obs. or hist. – a coachman’s assistant; the person who takes the fare or attends to the passengers of a coach; the conductor of a coach or bus; an omnibus conductor
n. 7. 1835 – an assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer’s labourer
n. 8. 1835 sl. – a messenger or errand boy
n. 9. 1839 – a familiar friend; a chum or companion
n. 10. 1876 Eng. dial. – a journeyman shoemaker, butcher, or bricklayer
n. 11. 1876 Eng. dial. – carrion, offal, bad meat
n. 12. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the youngest and smallest of a family of any kind, esp. pigs
n. 13. M19 US college sl. – an academy or prep school student
n. 14. 1915 Amer. dial. – a familiar term of address
n. 15. 1929 sl., orig. US – a Cadillac car
n. 16. 1930s drug culture sl. – 1 oz of a narcotic
n. 17. 1970s African-American sl. – an attractive woman
n. 18. 1977 US sl. – a railway conductor
n. 19. 1978 UK – cadmium
n. 20. 20C – a servant at a university or public school
n. 21. 2001 US sl. – one ounce of marijuana
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bid at a public auction
• CADARUP
vb. 1911 Amer. dial. – to leap about; to cavort
• CADATOR
n. 1703 sl. – a beggar in the character of a decayed gentleman
• CADAVER
n. L19 sl., orig. US – a bankrupt; a bankruptcy
• CADAVERABLE
adj. 1651 obs. rare – mortal
• CADAVERATE
vb. 1657 obs. – to render lifeless; to reduce to dead matter
• CADAVER CADET
n. 1987 US sl. – a necrophile
• CADAVERIC
adj. 1835-6 – pert. to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse
• CADAVERIE
n. 1600 obs. rare – a cadaver
• CADAVERIETY
n. 1651 obs. rare – deadness
• CADAVERIZE
vb. 1841 – to make into a corpse; to make cadaverous
• CADAVEROUS
adj. 1620 – haggard and thin
• CADAZY
adj. 1980s Black British sl. – mad, crazy
• CAD-BOY
n. L18 sl. – a coachman’s assistant
• CADBURY
n. 1996 Aust. sl., derogatory – a person who gets drunk on very little alcohol
• CADBURY ALLEY
n. 1990s sl. – the rectal passage; the anus
• CADBURY CANAL
n. 1990s sl. – the rectal passage; the anus
• CADBURY CHANNEL
n. 1990s sl. – the rectal passage; the anus
• CADBURY’S CANAL BOAT CRUISER
n. 1990s sl. – a male homosexual
• CADBURY’S CANAL ENGINEER
n. 1990s sl. – a male homosexual
• CADBURY(‘S) SNACK
n. 2000s rhyming sl. – one’s back
• CAD-BUTCHER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – one who deals in unwholesome meat or carrion
• CAD-CATCHER
n. 1882 artists’ usage – pictures painted to attract the undiscriminating
• CADDAY
n. 1. 20C Ireland – a young boy; a boy hired as a servant
n. 2. 20C Ireland – a sharp-witted individual
• CADDEE
n. 1. E19 sl. – a thief’s assistant
n. 2. E19 sl. – a person who frequents tavern yards and persuades customers to patronize another inn, for which they are paid by its landlord
n. 3. E19 sl. – a passer-on of counterfeit money
• CADDEN
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to blindfold
• CADDESS
n. 1870 – a female of low vulgar manners and behaviour
• CADDIE
n. 1. 1724 Sc. obs. – a cadet in the army
n. 2. 1730 Sc. obs. – a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc.; esp. a golf-attendant
n. 3. 1786 Sc. – a young fellow, a lad
n. 4. 1886 Sc. – an orphan lamb
n. 5. 1898 Aust. sl. – a hat; orig. a bush name for a slouch hat
n. 6. 1929 Sc. – a ragamuffin or rough fellow
n. 7. 1929 US sl. – a Cadillac car
n. 8. 1981 Amer. dial. – one who wears a sandwich-board
• CADDIE SHACK
n. 1953 US sl. – any small building where golf caddies congregate and wait for work
• CADDIS
n. 1. 1708 Sc. & Eng. dial. – shreds, rags of any material; cotton wool, lint
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a poor creature; a simpleton
• CADDISH
adj. 1869 sl. – vulgar; offensively ill-bred; poorly behaved; il-mannered; dishonourable the opposite of gentlemanly
• CADDIT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of hair: matted, tangled
• CADDLE
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – dainty, fastidious
n. 1. 1825 Eng. dial. – disorder, disarray, confusion, disturbance
n. 2. 1856 Eng. dial. – worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – one who coddles himself; one who is accustomed to be petted
vb. 1. 1779 Sc. – to be disordered, violently upset
vb. 2. 1781 Eng. dial. – to tease, to worry, to trouble, to disturb, to annoy
vb. 3. 1880 Eng. dial. – to hurry, to fluster
vb. 4. 1889 Eng. dial. – to gossip, to chatter
vb. 5. 1892 Eng. dial. – to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle
vb. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to confuse, to throw into disorder
vb. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to do small repairs
vb. 8. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle
vb. 9. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to quarrel
vb. 10. 1914 Sc. – of one who is not very hungry: to stir or mix food into a mess
• CADDLED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – indulged, spoiled
• CADDLEMENT
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – fuss, confusion; gossip, chatter
• CADDLESOME
adj. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of persons: troublesome
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of weather: stormy, uncertain
• CADDLING
adj. 1. 1853 Eng. dial. – quarrelsome, disputing
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – fussy, fidgety, pottering
adj. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – dainty, fastidious, delicate, accustomed to be petted
adj. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – gossiping, untruthful
adj. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of persons: tricky, pettifogging, shuffling
adj. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – troublesome, teasing, worrying, annoying
adj. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – untidy, disorderly, slipshod
adj. 8. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of weather: uncertain, variable, stormy
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – unfairly, in a shuffling manner
• CADDLY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of weather: stormy, uncertain
• CADDOCK
n. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – the stomach
• CADDOW
n. 1. 1789 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a quilt, a coverlet; a cloak
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a simpleton, a poor creature
• CADDY
adj. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – precise, old-maidish
adj. 3. 1938 Amer. dial. – spry, agile, active, lively
adj. 4. 1966 Amer. sl. – stylish; well-dressed; sharp, fashionable
n. 1. 1724 Sc. – a cadet in the army
n. 2. 1730 Sc. – a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc.; esp. a golf-attendant
n. 3. 1786 Sc. – a young fellow, a lad
n. 4. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – a ghost; a bugbear
n. 5. 1847 Eng. dial. – a tennis-ball
n. 6. 1869 Sc. & Eng. sl. – a hat
n. 7. 1929 US sl. – a Cadillac car
n. 8. 1959 US sl. – in baseball: a second-string player used esp. as a pinch-runner or substitute fielder in late innings
n. 9. 1968 Amer. dial. – an ornamental covering, esp. of fancywork, used to protect the back, arm, or headrest of a piece of furniture from soiling; an antimacassar
n. 10. 20C Ireland – a sharp-witted individual
• CADDY-BALL
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – a tennis-ball
• CADDY BLACKJACK
n. 1981 US sl. – a private game of blackjack
• CADDY-BUTCHER
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – one who buys horses to sell for cat’s-meat
• CADDY-CORNER
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to move diagonally
• CADDY-CORNERED
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – out of line, askew, awry
• CADDY-OLD-PUNCH
n. 1996 Guyana – an improvised, brown-paper kite
• CADDYWAMPUS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – askew, awry, wrong
• CADE
adj. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – petted, indulged, spoiled; applied to lambs brought up by hand, and hence to children
adj. 2. 1876 rare – of fruit: fallen, cast
int. 1949 Amer. dial. – a call to sheep
n. 1. 1337 obs. – a barrel of herrings, holding six great hundreds of six score each; afterwards 500
n. 2. 1387 – a barrel or cask, esp. of herrings
n. 3. c1450 – a lamb or colt left by its mother and brought up by hand; a pet lamb
n. 4. 1607 – the foal of a horse brought up by hand
n. 5. 1877 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. – a spoiled, pampered or petted child
vb. 1879 Eng. dial. – to pet, to fondle, to indulge, to spoil
• CADEAU
n. 1808 – a present or gift
• CADE-CHILD
n. 19C – one that has been brought up with excessive care and tenderness
• CADED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – petted, carefully nurtured
• CADEE
n. 18C – a messenger or errand porter in some large Scottish towns
• CADEE SMASHER
n. c1810 sl. – a professed tout to innkeepers, but one occasionally acts as a ‘smasher’
• CADEL
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle
• CADE-LAMB
n. 1556 – a pet lamb; one weaned and brought up in the house
• CADELY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled
• CADEMY
n. L19 sl. – an academy
• CADENCY
n. 1647 obs. – a falling out, happening
• CADENT
adj. a1616 obs. or arch. – falling
• CADER
n. c1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a cradle
• CADET
n. 1. 1610 – a younger son or brother
n. 2. 1651 – a gentleman who entered the army without a commission, to learn the profession
n. 3. 1768 – a junior in the East India Company
n. 4. 1775 – a student in a military or naval college
n. 5. 1842 NZ – a young man learning sheep-farming
n. 6. 19C sl. – a street thug
n. 7. 1904 US sl. – a pimp or procurer
n. 8. 1949 US sl. – a new drug user
n. 9. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – a junior gangster
n. 10. 1970s drug culture sl. – a heavy user of drugs, esp. cannabis or hallucinogens, who is, thus, continually ‘flying’
n. 11. 1970s sl. – an eccentric person
n. 12. 1980s students’ sl. – a despised person
• CADETTE
n. 1679 – a younger daughter or sister
• CADET WIDOW
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a young woman popular with several classes of cadets
• CADEY
n. 1869 Sc. & Eng. sl. – a hat
• CADGE
adj. 1807 Sc. – wanton, lustful; amorous
n. 1. 1790 Sc. – a shake, jog
n. 2. 1790 Sc. – a nudge or hint
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a young peddler, hawker; a beggar, tramp
vb. 1. a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to fasten, tie, bind, knot
vb. 2. 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to carry about, as a peddler does his pack
vb. 3. 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food
vb. 4. 1768 Sc. – to shake, to knock about
vb. 5. 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to carry; esp. to convey corn to a mill or parcels to their destination
vb. 6. 1819 Eng. dial. & sl. – orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc.
vb. 7. 1876 Eng. dial. – to carry tales
vb. 8. 1890 Sc. & N. Ireland – to hawk goods for sale
vb. 9. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to commit petty thefts
vb. 10. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to do odd jobs
vb. 11. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to tout for custom
vb. 12. 1980s sl. – to steal
• THE CADGE
n. 1. 1812 sl. – the profession or act of begging
n. 2. 1934 Glasgow sl. – a message
• CADGE-CLOAK
n. 1791 sl. – a beggar
• CADGED
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – restless
• CADGE-GLOAK
n. 1791 sl. – a beggar
• CADGEL
n. 1603 Sc. obs. – a wanton fellow
vb. 1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to entangle
• CADGELL
vb. 1. 1824 Sc. obs. – to carry in a rough manner
vb. 2. 1824 Sc. obs. – to hawk, to peddle
• CADGER
n. 1. a1500 – a carrier, esp. an itinerant dealer who travels with a horse and cart (formerly with a pack-horse), collecting butter, eggs, poultry, etc., from remote country farms, for disposal in the town, and at the same time supplying the rural districts with small wares from the shops
n. 2. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief
n. 3. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a carrier, a huckster, a hawker of small wares
n. 4. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – an itinerant dealer in fish
n. 5. c1830 sl. – a genteel despicable sponger
n. 6. 1851 – one who gets his living by questionable means
n. 6. 1866 Sc. – a person of disagreeable temper
n. 7. c1870 sl. – a waiter who hangs about to wait for gratuities
n. 8. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – one who does odd jobs
n. 9. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – a shoplifter-cum-beggar; also, the lowest rank of pickpocket
n. 9. L19 sl. – anyone in a service industry, as a waiter, cab-driver, who solicits for tips
n. 10. 1990s sl. – a male homosexual
n. 11. 20C Ireland – a professional distributor or hawker of poteen or illicit whisky
n. 12. 20C US sl. – a drunkard; someone who sponges drinks
vb. 20C Ireland – to hawk
• CADGER’S DIZZEN
n. 1938 Sc. – thirteen
• CADGER’S NEWS
n. 1890 Sc. – stale news
• CADGIE
adj. 1. 1725 Sc. – in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton
adj. 2. 1885 Sc. – dotingly amorous
• CADGILY
adv. 1. a1724 Sc. – cheerfully, merrily
adv. 2. 1814 Sc. – wantonly
• CADGIN
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – having a jolting motion
• CADGINESS
n. 1. Bk1888 Sc. – wantonness, lasciviousness
n. 2. Bk1888 Sc. – sportiveness, cheerfulness
• CADGING
n. 1. 1674 obs. – the binding or edging of a garment
n. 1859 – begging; the practice of a cadger
• CADGING-BAG
n. E19 sl. – a bag in which to put one’s profits
• CADGING-FACE
n. E19 sl. – an expression designed to elicit sympathy
• CADGING HOUSE
n. 19C sl. – a beggar’s dwelling place
• CADGY
adj. 1. a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – wanton, lustful; amorous
adj. 2. 1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial. – cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry
adj. 3. 1845 Sc. – having a jolting motion
adj. 4. a1846 Sc. – eager, willing
adv. 1896 Sc. – happily, merrily, cheerfully
• CADI
n. 1. M19 sl. – a hat
n. 2. 1920s NZ sl. – a straw hat
• CADIE
n. 1. 1724 Sc. – a cadet in the army
n. 2. 1730 Sc. – a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc.; esp. a golf-attendant
n. 3. 1786 Sc. – a young fellow, a lad
n. 4. 1869 Sc. sl. – a hat
• CADILLAC
n. 1. 1930s US drug culture sl. – one ounce packet of a powdered drug
n. 2. 1950s US drug culture sl. – any powdered, thus usually narcotic, drug
n. 3. 1953 US drug culture sl. – cocaine
n. 4. 1965 US sl. – a large surfboard used for big-wave conditions
n. 5. 1970s US drug culture sl. – phencyclidine
n. 6. 1989 US prison sl. – a cup of coffee with cream and sugar
n. 7. 1989 US sl. – the maximum amount which may be spent at a prison canteen
n. 8. 1990s US prison sl. – something considered the best
n. 9. 1990s US prison sl. – a vacant cell
n. 10. 1990s US prison sl. – a line used for transferring article, as a pack of cigarettes, from one cell to another
n. 11. 1990s US prison sl. – an easy job within the prison
n. 12. 1991 US sl. – the US Army M-1 tank
n. 13. 1997 US sl. – in the language of the homeless: a shopping cart
n. 14. 2000 US sl. – a note-and-string based method of communication in prison
• CADILLAC BUNK
n. 1989 US sl. – a single prison bed in a setting where most beds are two-tiered bunk beds
• CADILLAC COMMIE
n. 1990s US sl. – a liberal, one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle; one whose pronouncements on social problems is in direct proportion to their ability to escape their existence
• CADILLAC EXPRESS
n. 1998 US sl. – the drug methcathinone
• CADILLAC PUSHER
n. 2002 US sl. – a person whose job it is to push carts with garments through the streets
• CADISH
adj. 1. 1788 Eng. dial. – tame, gentle
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – accustomed to be petted, spoiled
• CADLE
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle
• CADMA
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – the smallest pig of a litter
• CADMAN
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – the smallest one of a family
• CADMEAN VICTORY
n. 1603 – a victory involving one’s own ruin
• CADOCK
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a bludgeon, or short, thick club
• CADOUK
n. 1637 Sc. obs. – a casualty, a windfall
• CADOW
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a simpleton, a poor creature
• CADPIG
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the smallest pig of a litter
• CADS
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – the small potatoes of a crop
• CAD’S CRAWLERS
n. 1930s sl. – suede shoes
• CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY
n. Bk1890 sl. – liveried footman, servants, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry
• CADS ON CASTORS
n. 1880 sl. – bicyclists
• CADUCAL
adj. 1548 obs. – perishable, corruptible
• CADUCE
adj. a1513 obs. – falling, liable to fall
• CADUCEATOR
n. 1684 obs. – a herald, a messenger
• CADUCITY
n. 1. 1769 – the infirmity of old age, senility
n. 2. 1793 – tendency to fall; quality of being perishable or fleeting; frailty
• CADUCOUS
adj. 1. 1684 obs. – subject to the ‘falling sickness’; epileptic
adj. 2. 1863 – fleeting transitory
• CADUKE
adj. 1. c1420 obs. – falling, liable to fall
adj. 2. 1484 obs. – fleeting, transitory, perishable, corruptible
adj. 3. 1495 obs. – epileptic
adj. 4. 1510-20 obs. – of persons; infirm, feeble
• CADULIX
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – the male genitals
• CAD-WORM
n. 1630 obs. – a term of derision for a man
• CADY
adj. 1869 Eng. dial. – tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled
n. 1. 1846 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a hat or cap
n. 2. 1920s NZ sl. – a straw hat
• CADY-DID
n. 2004 Amer. dial. – a cicada
• CADYE
adj. 1552 Sc. obs. – wanton, lascivious
• CAECIAS
n. 1653 obs. – the north-east wind personified
• CAELICOLAE
n. 1665 obs. rare – those who dwell in heaven
• CAEMESS
n. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – prison porridge
• CAESAR
n. 1. 1540 obs. rare – a baby delivered by Caesarean section
n. 2. 1595 – a tyrant or dictator; an absolute monarch
n. 3. 1952 medical sl. – a Caesarean section
n. 4. Bk1974 Amer. sl. – a type of men’s haircut; it resembles the hairstyle seen on typical busts of Julius Caesar
• CAESARATION!
int. L19 US sl. & colloq. – a mild oath and an exclamation
• CAESARICAL
adj. a1693 obs. – of Caesar, imperial
• CAESAR’S WIFE
n. 1580 – a person required to be above suspicion
• CAESIOUS
adj. 1835 – bluish or greyish green
• CAESURA
n. 1846 – a break, a stop, an interruption
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