• CAF
n. 1920s sl. – a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one
• CAFARD
n. 1. 1539 – a hypocrite, an impostor → obs.
n. 2. 1924 – depression, melancholy, the blues
• CAFE AMERICANO
n. 1964 – relatively weak or mild coffee; espresso diluted with water
• CAFÉ AU LAIT
adj. 1940s sl. – of a Black person: light-skinned
n. 1920s African-American sl. – a person of mixed race with skin the shade of milky coffee; a mulatto; a light-skinned Black woman
• CAFÉ CHANTANT
n. 1854 – a café in which the customers are entertained by singers or other music
• CAFÉ DE MOVE-ON
n. 1920s S. Afr. sl. – a small mobile canteen catering for workers at their place of work
• CAFENDER
n. 1842 Eng. dial. – a carpenter
• CAFENDERING
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – carpentry
• CAFENDERY
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to practise the trade or pursuit of a carpenter
• CAFÉ SOCIETY
n. 1937 orig. US – a group of people who frequent fashionable restaurants, night-clubs, and resorts
• CAFETERIA
n. 1. 1930s US sl. – the mouth
n. 2. 1980s US homosexual sl. – anywhere that plays host to repeated oral sex, as a public lavatory or bath-house
• CAFETERIA CATHOLIC
n. 1980s Amer. sl. – a Roman Catholic who observes church prescriptions and prohibitions at his or her own discretion
• CAFF
n. 1. 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial. – any light, worthless thing
n. 2. 1817 Eng. dial. – refuse, rubbish of any kind; refuse or unsaleable fish
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a coward
n. 4. 1931 sl. – a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one
vb. 1. 1841 Eng. dial. – to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to break a resolution, to run off a bargain, journey, etc.; to shy at
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to chafe; to jeer, to provoke, to make fun of
• CAFFAN
n. M16 UK criminals’ sl. – cheese
• CAFF-BELLIED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – protuberant
• CAFFÈ
n. 1852 – coffee; a drink of coffee
• CAFFEINATED
adj. 1984 – invigorating or stimulating; stimulated as if by caffeine
• CAFFER
n. L19 Irish sl. – a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped
• CAFF-HEARTED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition
• CAFFINDER
n. 1842 Eng. dial. – a carpenter
• CAFFLE
n. 1. 1889 Eng. dial. – an argument; a misunderstanding, a disagreement
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a tangle
vb. 1. 1781 Eng. dial. – to perplex, to entangle a person in conversation
vb. 2. 1851 Eng. dial. – to cavil, to quarrel, to wrangle
vb. 3. 1876 Eng. dial. – to change one’s mind; to go back from a promise or bargain; to decline a contest
vb. 4. 1886 Eng. dial. – to prevaricate, to argue, to haggle
vb. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to cheat in a game
vb. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to deal in ‘caff’ or rubbish; to deal in unsaleable fish
vb. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to entangle
vb. 8. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to gossip and make mischief
vb. 9. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – to take, to hold, to secure
• CAFFLED
adj. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – arrested
• CAFFLER
n. 1. 1883 Eng. dial. – a shuffler, an excuse maker
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a dealer in rubbish
n. 3. L19 Ireland – a contemptible little fellow who gives saucy, cheeky foolish talk
• CAFFLING
adj. 1. 1877 Eng. dial. – quarrelsome
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – prevaricating, excusing
adj. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid
n. 1. 1886 Eng. dial. – hesitating, shilly-shallying
n. 2. L19 Ireland – gossiping, idle chattering
• CAFFREY
n. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – a thief-catcher
• CAFFRE’S LIGHTENER
n. c1860 S. Afr. sl. – a full meal
• CAFFRE’S TIGHTENER
n. Bk1892 S. Afr. sl. – bread or food of any kind, as distinguished from drink
• CAFFUFFLE
n. 1975 Barbados sl. – chaos, confusion
vb. 1965 Barbados sl. – to confuse someone or something
• CAFFY
adj. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – faint-hearted, timid, cowardly
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – worthless, mean
n. 1920s sl. – a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one
• CAFINFLERO
n. 1920s sl. – an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp
• CAFISHIO
n. 1920s sl. – an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp
• CAFLUGALTY
n. 1910s Amer. sl. – a trouble; difficulty; a row; an argument
• CAFONE
n. 1. 1872 – a labourer; a peasant, esp. one who is Italian or of Italian descent
n. 2. 1949 sl., chiefly Italian-American usage – Italian – an uncouth or coarse-mannered person, a lowlife, a lout
• CAFT
adj. 1830 Eng. dial. – faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition
• CAFUGELTY
n. 1914 Amer. sl. – trouble; difficulty; a row; an argument
• CAF UP
vb. 1980s US college sl. – to ingest caffeine, usually in the form of coffee, to promote one’s energy
• CAG
adj. M19 US criminals’ sl. – sulky, morose
n. 1. 1452 obs. exc. Sc. and Amer. dial. – a small cask; a keg
n. 2. 1870 Eng. dial. – an angular tear or rent in cloth
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc.
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bad or inferior meat; carrion
n. 5. E19 Eng. dial. – sulkiness, ill humour
n. 6. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone
n. 7. 1916 nautical sl. – an argument; a dispute; gossip
n. 8. 1929 Sc. – the stomach, the belly
vb. 1. 1504 Eng. dial. – to offend; to insult
vb. 2. 1801 Eng. dial. – to irritate; to annoy; to affront; to anger
vb. 3. 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to grieve
vb. 4. 1875 Eng. dial. – to chatter, to gossip
vb. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to crawl, to move slowly
vb. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs
vb. 7. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly
vb. 8. 1919 nautical usage – to argue, to nag
• CAGAMOSIS
n. ? E19 – an unhappy marriage
• CAG-BUTCHER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – one who buys diseased meat, or animals that have died a natural death, for the purpose of selling as ordinary meat; a horse-slaughterer
• CAGE
n. 1. a1400 obs. – a scaffold, elevated stage or seat
n. 2. 1500 obs. – a minor kind of prison for petty malefactors; a country lock-up
n. 3. c1850 colloq. – a dress-improver or bustle
n. 4. c1860 sl. – a bed
n. 5. 1883 Eng. dial. – a squirrel’s nest
n. 6. E19 UK prison sl. – an exercise cage or yard
n. 7. 1900s US sl. – a hat or cap
n. 8. 1919 colloq. – a camp enclosure for prisoners of war
n. 9. 1920s US tramps’ sl. – a cubicle within a tramp’s lodging house
n. 10. 1920s US sports usage – a basketball basket or net
n. 11. 1920s US sports usage – basketball
n. 12. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – a holding cell in a police station or jail
n. 13. 1931 US sl. – a brake-van (caboose)
n. 14. 1938 US sl. – an elevator, a lift
n. 15. c1938 colloq. – the goal in ice hockey
n. 16. 1960s US sl. – a car
n. 17. c1970 Amer. dial. – a clear marble with colour centre stripes
n. 18. 1970s US homosexual sl. – a depressing room or apartment
n. 19. 1973 US sl. – the body
n. 20. 2000 US sl. – an abandoned house
vb. 1577 – to imprison
• CAGE AND KEY MAN
n. 20C US prison sl. – a prison guard responsible for a particular row of cells
• CAGEAT
n. 1488 Sc. obs. rare – a small casket or box
• CAGED
adj. 1940s US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol; drunk
• CAGED LION
n. 1989 Aust. horse-racing sl. -a racehorse battling back from apparent defeat to win a race
• CAGE GIRL
n. 1952 US sl. – a ticket seller in a theatre
• CAGE IN
vb. 20C – to imprison
• CAGELING
n. 1859 – a bird kept in a cage
• CAGE OF ANGER
n. 1980s African-American sl. – prison
• A CAGE OF BELLS
n. 1860 Eng. dial. – a set or peal of bells; the frame in which the bells are hung
• CAGE OF BONES
n. 1. 1860 Eng. dial. – a skeleton
n. 2. 1860 Eng. dial. – a very thin person
• CAGE OF IVORIES
n. 1860 sl. – a set of (good) teeth in one’s mouth
• A CAGE OF TEETH
n. 1877 Eng. dial. – a set of teeth, whether natural or artificial
• CAGER
n. 1. 1905 Amer. colloq. – a basketball player
n. 2. 20C US sl. – a drunkard; someone who sponges drinks
• CAGE RATTLER
n. 1970s Amer. sl. – a person not content with the humdrum or conventional
• CAGERY
adj. 1883 Eng. dial. – tricky
• CAGEY
adj. 1. 1725 Sc. – in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton
adj. 2. 1893 colloq. – non-committal, reticent, cautious, wary
adj. 3. 1916 Amer. dial. – of a stallion: sexually aroused, hence apt to be dangerous
adj. 4. 1920s – shrewd, cunning, crafty, cautious, wary
adj. 5. 1923 Amer. dial. – sexually exciting or adventurous
• CAGG
n. M18 military sl. – a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period
vb. M18 military sl. – to abstain from liquor for a certain period
• CAGGED
adj. 1. 1895 Eng. dial. – caked, ingrained, as with dirt
adj. 2. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. – irritated, angry, annoyed, vexed, offended; grieved
• CAGGIE
n. 1970s UK sl. – a cagoule (waterproof outer garment) or hooded anorak
• CAGGLE
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to struggle to keep up and make the best of circumstances
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to stick together; to coagulate
vb. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to draggle, to dirty
• CAGGLE OVER
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. – to smear over
• CAGGY
adj. 1. a1848 Eng. dial. or vulgar – decaying, unfit for food
adj. 2. 1855 Eng. dial. – ill-tempered, ready to quarrel, splenetic
adj. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – sticky
adj. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of meat: tainted
• CAG-HANDED
adj. 1859 Eng. dial. – left-handed, awkward, clumsy
• CAGIE
adj. 1725 Sc. – in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton
• CAGILY
adv. 1724 Sc. – gaily, merrily, cheerfully
• CAG IT
vb. 1811 sl. – to render sulky, ill-humoured
• CAGMAG
adj. 1. 1859 Eng. dial. – inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy
adj. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – squeamish, dainty about one’s food
n. 1. 1771 Eng. dial. – a tough old goose, not fit for eating; an inferior breed of sheep
n. 2. L18 sl. – a plain or slovenly woman
n. 3. 1811 Eng. dial. or vulgar – unwholesome, decayed, or loathsome meat; offal
n. 4. 1851 sl. – bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends
n. 5. 19C Eng. dial. – a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl
n. 6. 19C Eng. dial. – a quarrelsome person
n. 7. 19C Eng. dial. – chatter, idle talk; gossip; an unsettled argument
n. 8. 19C Eng. dial. – a practical joke, mischief
n. 9. 19C Eng. dial. – a predicament, a fix, hobble
n. 10. 19C Eng. dial. – a term of opprobrium applied to persons; a loose character; a disreputable old woman; a simpleton, a noodle
vb. 1. 1882 Eng. dial. – to quarrel, to speak abusively
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to loaf, to loiter about
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to keep company; to pay addresses to; to court
vb. 4. 1932 Eng. dial. – to nag, to grumble at
• CAGMAGLY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – worthless
• CAG-MEAT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – inferior or diseased meat
• CAGMENT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – disreputable persons
• CAG-MIRE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – human dung
• CAGNAS
n. World War I Can. military usage – barracks
• CAGOT
n. M16 Sc. obs. – an affectedly pious person
• CAG OUT
vb. 1975 Amer. sl. – to break down, to cease working or functioning
• CAGY
adj. 1. 1893 US colloq. – wary, cautious, crafty, cunning, reticent, non-committal
adj. 2. 1897 Amer. dial. – lively; excited; spry
adj. 3. L19 US sl. – sexually adventurous
adj. 4. 1903 Amer. dial. – of a stallion: sexually aroused, hence apt to be dangerous
• CAHEEING
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – loud laughter
• CAHOO
n. 1874 Amer. dial. – a depression in a road, often snow-covered, which causes vehicles to lurch
• CAHOO-HOLE
n. 1992 Can. sl. – a pothole in the road
• CAHOOLE
vb. 1851 US students’ sl. – to cajole
• CAHOOT
n. 1. a1800 US – a company, or partnership
n. 2. 1869 – a confederate
vb. 1. 1857 US – to act in partnership
vb. 2. 1886 Amer. dial. – to consort; to connive
• CAHOOTCHY
n. 20C Sc. – India rubber
• CAHOOTIN’
adv. 1880 Amer. dial. – moving very rapidly and noisily
• CAHOOZIN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a dip-shaped hole in snow, worn down from sleighs
• CAHOT
n. 1874 Amer. dial. – a depression in a road, often snow-covered, which causes vehicles to lurch
• CAIDGINESS
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – affectionate kindness
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – gaiety, sportiveness
n. 3. 1825 Sc. – wantonness
• CAIF
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – familiar
• CAIGERED
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – entangled
• CAIGY
adj. 1917 Amer. dial. – of a stallion: sexually aroused, hence apt to be dangerous
adv. 1896 Sc. – happily, merrily, cheerfully
• CAIL
vb. 1. 1781 Eng. dial. – to throw, to pelt; to throw weakly
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to be in poor health, to suffer
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to move awkwardly and uncertainly; to gambol, to throw out the heels like a colt
• CAIL ALONG
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to fly low
• CAILEY
n. 1843 Ireland – a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours
vb. 1892 Ireland – to chat, to gossip
• CAILING
adj. 1888 Eng. dial. – ailing, weakly
• CAILLACH
n. 1814 Sc. – an old woman
• CAILLE
vb. 1601 obs. – to curdle
• CAILLEACH
n. 1814 Sc. – an old Highland woman; a crone
• CAIM
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to mock, to make loud noises in derision
• CAIN
n. c1380 – a murderer
• CAIN (AND ABEL)
n. 1857 rhyming sl. – a table
• CAIN-COLOURED
adj. 1598 – of the reputed colour of the hair of Cain, to whom, as to Judas Iscariot, a ‘red’ or reddish-yellow beard was attributed → obs.
• CAINE
n. 1983 – cocaine; crack cocaine → US sl.
• CAINGE
vb. 1898 – to whine, to grumble, to complain → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• CAINGEL
n. 1684 – a cross, peevish person → Eng. dial.
• CAINGY
adj. 1778 – irritable, cross, peevish, ill-tempered → Eng. dial.
• CAINJER
n. 1898 – a cross, peevish person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• CAINJING
adj. 1898 – peevish, ill-natured → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• CAINSHAM SMOKE
n. L17 – the tears of a man who is beaten by his wife → sl.
• CAIR
vb. 1. 1340 – to go, to proceed, to make one’s way → obs., poetic usage
vb. 2. 1400 – to bring → obs.
vb. 3. 1898 – to toss backwards and forwards; to mix up; to handle overmuch, to stir about → Sc. (Bk.)
• CAIRD
n. 1. 1650 – a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant → Sc.
n. 2. 1808 – a scold; a rude, scolding person → Sc.
n. 3. 1818 – a rough person → Sc.
vb. 1928 – to abuse, to scold → Sc.
• CAIRED
adj. 1898 – covered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• CAIRENE
adj. 1851 – pert. to Cairo, Egypt
n. 1844 – a native or inhabitant of Cairo
• CAIRNEY
vb. 1844 – to pile (up) → Sc.
• CAIRNY
adj. 1807 – abounding with heaps of stones → Sc.
• CAIRO CRUD
n. 1940 – diarrhoea → sl.
• CAITIFDOM
n. 1. 1382 – captivity → obs.
n. 2. 1460 – wretchedness, misery → obs.
• CAITIFF
adj. 1. 1300 – vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched; despicable; cowardly
adj. 2. 1300 – wretched, miserable → obs.
adj. 3. 1382 – captive → obs.
n. 1. 1250 – a base, mean, despicable or cowardly person; a villain → arch.
n. 2. 1325 – a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case → obs.
n. 3. 1330 – a captive, a prisoner → obs.
n. 4. 1775 – a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless → Eng. dial. obs.
n. 5. 1834 – a third-classman → US Military Academy usage
• CAITIFHEDE
n. 1. 1340 – vileness, baseness, wickedness → obs.
n. 2. 1340 – wretchedness, misery → obs.
• CAITIFLY
adv. 1. 1393 – wretchedly, miserably → obs.
adv. 2. 1425 – vilely, basely, despicably, badly → obs.
• CAITIFNESS
n. 1. 1393 – wretchedness, misery → obs.
n. 2. 1481 – baseness → obs.
• CAITIFTY
n. 1. 1300 – vileness, wicked baseness
n. 2. 1300 – wretchedness, misery → obs.
n. 3. 1300 – captivity → obs.
• CAITIVE
adj. 1440 – captive, subject
vb. 1382 – to make captive → obs.
• CAIVER
vb. 1825 – to waver in mind; to be incoherent, as persons are at the point of death → Sc.
• CAJ
adj. 1990 – casual, laid-back, conducive to a good time → Amer. sl.
• CAJITA
n. 20C – a bag of marijuana → US prison & Hispanic sl.
• CAJOLERATOR CLAMP
n. 1974 – something that is non-existent, often used as a practical joke by having someone go get one → US jocular usage
• CAJOOBLIES
n. 1990 – the female breasts → sl.
• CAJUN
n. 1. 1932 – a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1934 – a poor person of the wooded country of Alabama who subsists by lumbering, turpentine extraction and various odd jobs → Amer. dial.
• CAJUN PONY
n. 1941 – a small, hardy pony having a long mane and tail, and fuzzy varicoloured coats → Amer. dial.
• CAJY
adj. 1916 – of a stallion: sexually aroused, hence apt to be dangerous → Amer. dial.
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