• COACERVATE
adj. 1626 – heaped together; gathered into one place → obs.
vb. 1623 – to heap together; to gather into a heap; to accumulate → obs.
• COACH
vb. 1967 – to coax → Amer. dial.
• THE COACHES WON’T RUN OVER HIM
phr. M18 – he’s in jail
• COACHMAN’S KNOB
n. 2003 – an erection of the penis caused by the vibrations whilst travelling on public transport → Uk sl.
• COACH-WHEEL
n. 1. 1855 – a crown piece; a five shilling piece → sl.
n. 2. 1903 – two shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
• COAL
n. 1. 1890 – money → sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1942 – a dark-skinned Black person → African-American
n. 3. 1993 – a marijuana cigarette → US sl.
• COAL AND COKE
adj. 1937 – penniless → UK rhyming sl. for ‘broke’
• COAL-BURNER
n. 1950 – a preacher who is up to the minute and pleasing in every way → African-American
• COAL CANDY
n. 1997 – hard black licorice → US sl.
• COAL CRACKER
n. 1997 – a resident of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania → US sl.
• COALEY
n. 1953 – the devil
• COAL JUICE
n. 1969 – moonshine; homemade whisky → Amer dial.
• COALPIT
n. 1828 – a pie made with apples piled high like wood in a coal pit → Amer. dial.
• COALS AND COKE
adj. 1937 – penniless → UK rhyming sl. for ‘broke’
• COAL-SCUTTLE BLOND • COAL-SKUTTLE BLOND
n. 1938 – a Black woman → African-American, jocular usage
• COAL TAR
n. 1942 – wine → US sl. (Bk.)
• COALY
n. 1. 1953 – the devil
n. 2. 1977 – a fireman → Amer. dial.
• COARSE AS NECK-BEEF
adj. 1902 – very coarse; of the poorest quality → sl. (Bk.)
• COARSE BAG
n. 1898 – an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach → Sc. (Bk.)
• COARSE GOLD
n. 1848 – gold in sizable grains as distinct from gold dust → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-BUMP
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-CABUMP
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-CACHUNK
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-FLOP
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-FLOPPER
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-GERT
vb. 1943 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-GRINDER
vb. 1949 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled → Amer. dial.
• COAST HAOLE
n. 1967 – a White person ignorant of local customs, and hence looked down on as lacking sympathy for things Hawaiian → Hawaii
• COAT
n. 1. 1859 – a petticoat or slip → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1899 – a dress → Amer. dial.
• COAT O’ JOSEPH
n. 1969 – a cat with fur of mixed colours → Amer. dial.
• COATTAIL IT
vb. 1969 – to run fast → Amer. dial.
• COB
adj. 20C – not cool; stupid → teen & high school sl.
n. 1. 1828 – a blow, usually one applied to the buttocks → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1942 – a rough person; something rough → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1950 – a bob-tailed horse → Amer. dial.
n. 4. 1969 – a servile person; a dupe → Amer. dial.
n. 5. 1970 – a cigar → Amer. dial.
n. 6. 1970 – the paper-board cylinder on which toilet paper is usually wound → Amer. dial.
n. 7. 1970 – an apple core → Amer. dial.
n. 8. 1973 – a cobweb → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. ..E19 – of people: to capture, to catch, to catch out → sl.
vb. 2. .M19 – to imprison → UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 3. 1940 – to embarrass → Amer. dial.
vb. 4. 1968 – to steal, to filch, to take → Amer. dial.
vb. 5. 1969 – to limp, to hobble → Amer. dial.
• COBBER
n. 1. 1893 – a friend → Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. 1916 – a term of address to a male → Aust. & NZ sl.
• COBBER UP
vb. 1918 – to form a friendship → Aust. & NZ sl.
• COBBLE
n. 1. 1887 – a rounded hill → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1941 – a peach or cherry seed → Amer. dial.
vb. 1918 – to roll up and break, as surf on a reef → Amer. dial.
• COBBLE-COLTER
n. 1858 – a turkey → tramp & gypsy cant
• COBBLE-NOBBLE
vb. 19C – to rap on the head with the knuckles → Eng. dial.
• COBBLER
n. 1. 1892 – the last sheep → Aust. shearers’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1950 – a white potato → Amer. dial.
• COBBLER CHEESE
n. 1970 – cottage cheese → Amer. dial.
• COBBLERS
n. 1936 – testicles → Brit. sl.
• COBBLER’S STALLS
n. 20C – the testicles → rhyming sl. for ‘balls’
• COBBY
adj. 1. 1691 – stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health → Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1785 – headstrong, obstinate, arrogant, proud → Eng. dial.
adj. 3. ..19C – of porridge, etc.: lumpy → Eng. dial.
adj. 4. ..19C – crowded, confined, closely packed → Eng. dial.
adj. 5. ..19C – neat, symmetrical; snug, comfortable → Eng. dial.
adj. 6 1863 – of wheat: short and full → Eng. dial.
adj. 7. 1871 – of the nature of a cob (horse); short and thickset, stocky
n. 1790 – a name given by nurses to in imaginary demon or frightful spirit → Eng. dial. obs.
• COBBY HOUSE
n. 20C – a child’s playhouse → Ireland
• COB-CASTLE
n. 1. 1687 – a satirical name for any building which overtops those around it; more usually applied to a prison
n. 2. 1888 – a flimsy building; a child’s toy house; a thing easily pushed over → Eng. dial.
• COB-FLOATER
n. 1962 – a heavy rain → Amer. dial., jocular usage
• COB IT UP
vb. 1967 – to repair clumsily → Amer. dial.
• COB JOB
n. 1967 – a rough or imperfect repair → Amer. dial.
• COBNOBBLE
n. 1887 – a blow → Eng. dial.
vb. 1871 – to beat, chastise, correct; to knock on the head → Eng. dial.
• COB-PILE
vb. 1902 – to stack in a one-over-another, criss-cross, and more or less haphazard fashion → Amer.. dial.
• COBS
n. 1977 – coal → Amer. dial.
• COBURG’S COWS
n. 1968 – a woman’s breasts → Amer. dial.
• COBWEBBED
adj. 1942 – bewildered; confused; muddled → US sl. (Bk.)
• COBWEB RIG
n. L18 – a form of swindle or confidence trick → UK criminals’ sl.
• COCABOLA
n. 1940 – a Black person → US sl.
• COCA-COLA
n. 1. 1950 – a bowler in cricket → Aust. rhyming sl.
n. 2. 1990 – a curvaceous figure → W. Indies
• COCHINEAL
n. L19 – red wine → sl.
• COCHON
n. 1969 – a greedy eater; a ‘pig’ → Amer. dial.
• COCK
adj. 1970 – attractive; ‘cool’; desirable → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1450 – the penis → sl.
n. 2. 1837 – a term of address to a male → sl.
n. 3. 1942. – the female genitalia → Amer. dial.
n. 4. 1942 – sexual intercourse → Amer. dial., esp. African-American
vb. 1. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. 1960 – to hit someone hard; to knock someone out → Amer. dial.
• COCK-A-BENDY
n. 1. ..19C – an instrument for twisting ropes, consisting of a hollow piece of wood, through which turns a pin that, being turned, twists the rope → Sc.
n. 2. 1866 – a sprightly boy → Sc.
• COCK-A-BREEKIE
n. 19C – a person of small stature: commonly applied to the male sex → Sc.
• COCK-A-DOODLE-DO • COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO
n. 1922 – a ranch foreman or boss → Amer. dial.
• COCK-A-LILTY
adj. 19C – in a merry mood → Eng. dial.
n. 19C – a person talking or acting foolishly → Eng. dial.
• COCKALL
n. 1602 – a person regarded as the pre-eminent or perfect example of a particular type or category; the paragon → obs.
• COCK ALLEY
n. 19C – the vagina
• COCK-A-LOFT
adj. 1862 – affectedly lofty, stuck up, conceited → colloq.
• COCKALORUM
n. 1. 1715 – a self-important little man; a person of consequence; a term of contempt
n. 2. 1884 – self-important narration, a ‘crowing’
• COCKAMAMIE • COCKAMAMY
adj. 1950 – out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → US sl.
n. 1936 – a foolish or ridiculous person → US sl.
• COCKAMANIE • COCKAMANY
adj. 1950 – out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → US sl.
n. 1936 – a foolish or ridiculous person → US sl.
• COCKAPERT
adj. 1556 – impudent, saucy, cheeky → arch.
n. 1881 – a saucy fellow → arch.
• COCK A SNOOK
vb. 1791 – to treat someone or something contemptuously or derisively → sl.
• COCKATOO
n. 1. 1845 – a small farmer → Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. 1934 – a criminal’s lookout or sentinel → Aust. sl.
• COCKATRICE
n. 1. 1382 – a mythical reptile with a lethal gaze or breath, commonly said to be hatched by a serpent (or toad) from the egg of a cockerel or rooster; later, more generally: a mythical monster combining, or resulting from the combination of, a cockerel or rooster and a serpent (occasionally, another animal)
n. 2. 1450 – a crocodile → obs.
n. 3. 1508 – a malicious, treacherous, or destructive person
n. 4. 1568 – a prostitute, a whore; often used as a term of reproach or abuse for a woman → arch.
• COCK-BRAIN
n. 1915 – a light-headed, foolish person → Amer. dial.
• COCK-BRAINED
adj. 1530 – having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty
• COCKED
adj. 1. 1737 – drunk → US sl.
adj. 2. ..19C – of a woman: having been copulated with; of a man: having copulated → Brit. sl.
adj. 3. 1955 – of a combat aircraft: ready for takeoff; on fifteen-minute alert → US Air Force sl.
• COCKED AND LOCKED
adj. 1983 – ready for action → US military sl.
• COCKED AS A LOG
adj. 1965 – drunk → US sl.
• COCKED TO THE GILLS
adj. 1965 – drunk → US sl.
• COCKED-UP
adj. 19C – pregnant → Brit. sl.
• COCKER
n. 1888 – a term of address to a male → Brit. sl.
• COCKERATE
vb. 19C – to boast, to brag → Eng. dial.
• COCKERBELL
n. 1866 – an icicle → Eng. dial.
• COCKER UP
vb. 1935 – to pamper, to indulge → Amer. dial.
• COCKEY
n. 1916 – human excrement → Amer. dial.
vb. 1916 – to void excrement → Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYE
n. 1. 1894 – a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia → Aust.
n. 2. 1980 – (as ‘cockeye’) a car with only one working headlight → Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYE BOB
n. 1894 – a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia → Aust.
• COCK-EYED
adj. 1. 1737 – drunk → sl., orig. US
adj. 2. 1821 – squint-eyed → UK
adj. 3. 1896 – absurd, ridiculous → UK sl.
adj. 4. 1942 – disorderly; in confusion; topsy-turvy → US sl. (Bk.)
adv. 1951 – extremely → Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYED BOB
n. 1894 – a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia → Aust.
• COCK-EYED JENNY
n. 20C – a prostitute → US sl.
• COCKEYE PIDDLE
int. 1980 – an exclamation used when playing a game on family road trips; if you see a car with one headlight out, you say “Cockeye Piddle”
– other names for the game include: Cockeye, Dinklepink, Padiddle, Pasquaddle, Perdiddle, Perdunkle, Popeye → Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYES
n. 1968 – in craps: a three → US sl.
• COCKFEST
n. 2001 – a party with many more males than females in attendance → US sl.
• COCK-FIGHTER
n. 18C – a whoremonger; a notorious copulator → Brit. sl.
• COCK-HALL
n. 18C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
• COCK-HAPPY
adj. 1959 – over-confident → UK sl.
• COCK HOUND
n. 1947 – a man obsessed with sex → US sl.
• COCKIE
n. 2001 – the penis → UK sl.
• COCKIES’ CLIP
n. 1. 20C – a pickpocket → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘dip’
n. 2. 20C – a swim → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘dip’
• COCKINESS
n. 1864 – a personal quality of smug over-confidence
• COCKING
adj. L17 – impudent, cheeky → sl.
• COCKING STOCKING
n. 1998 – a condom → UK sl.
• COCK INN
n. L19 – the vagina → sl.
• COCKISH
adj. 17C – wanton, sexually forward, esp. of a woman → sl.
• COCK IT
int. 1920 – an exclamation of annoyance; that’s it! that’s all over! → sl.
vb. 18C – to have sexual intercourse → sl.
• COCK IT ON
vb. 1961 – to exaggerate; to overcharge someone → UK sl.
• COCK IT OVER
vb. M19 – to dominate, to lord it over → sl.
• COCK IT UP
vb. 1. 1961 – of a woman: to offer oneself sexually in an obvious manner → Aust.
vb. 2. 1979 – to make a complete mess of something → UK sl.
• COCK JACKET
n. 1984 – a reputation for sexual prowess → US sl.
• COCK-JOCKEY
n. 2002 – a man who thinks that sex is more important than anything else and that his contribution is paramount → UK sl.
• COCK JUICE
n. 1950s – semen → sl.
• COCK LANE
n. 19C – the vagina → sl.
► COCKLEBELL n. 1. a small bell → 1378 obs.
n. 2. an icicle → 1500
• COCKLE-BRAINED
adj. 1823 – whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed → Sc.
• COCK-MY-CAP
n. E18 – gin → sl.
• COCKNEY
n. 1965 – an English person → Amer. dial.
• COCKNEY BREAKFAST
n. M19 – gin or brandy and soda water → UK criminals’ sl.
• COCKNEYLAND
n. 19C – London → sl.
• COCKNEY-SHIRE
n. 19C – London → sl.
• COCKNEY’S LUXURY
n. L19 – breakfast in bed and using the pot for defecation, rather than leaving the warm house for a trip to the outdoor privy → sl.
• A COCK OF A DIFFERENT HACKLE
n. 1865 – an opponent of a different character
• COCK OF THE DESERT
n. 1917 – the roadrunner → Amer. dial.
• COCK OF THE ROOST
n. 1913 – a person who dominates a group or situation; the top man; the boss → Amer. dial.
• COCK OF THE WALK
n. 1823 – a person whose supremacy in his own circle is undisputed; an excellent person
• COCK OF THE WOODS
n. 1817 – the pileated woodpecker → Amer. dial.
• COCK ON
vb. 1961 – to exaggerate; to overcharge someone → UK sl.
• COCK ONE’S MONKEY
vb. 1905 – to anger one → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• COCK ONE’S NEB
vb. 1870 – to ‘turn up one’s nose’; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject → Eng. dial.
• COCK ONE’S ORGAN
vb. L18 – to smoke a pipe → sl.
• COCK ONE’S PISTOL
vb. 1960 – to startle, dumbfound, surprise greatly, or annoy one → Amer. dial.
• COCKPIT FOG
n. 1940 – a state of confusion → US sl.
• COCKPIT OF EUROPE
n. 1942 – Belgium → US sl. (Bk.)
• COCKRAG
n. 1964 – a loincloth worn by an aboriginal → Aust. sl.
• COCKROACH JOINT
n. 1966 – a small, filthy eating place where the food is not very good → Amer. dial.
• COCKROACH KILLER
n. 1970 – a sharp-pointed shoe → Amer. dial., jocular usage
• COCKROACH TRAP
n. 1966 – a small, filthy eating place where the food is not very good → Amer. dial.
• COCKS AND KAMES
n. 1875 – bursting buds of primroses → Sc.
• COCKSCOMB
n. L16 – a fool; a fop or dandy
• COCK SHOP
n. 1938 – the office of a logging camp → Amer. dial.
• COCKSHOUS
adj. 19C – self-confident, conceited → Eng. dial.
• COCK-SHUT
n. 1594 – the close of day; twilight → obs. exc. Eng. dial.)
• COCKSMAN
n. 1. 1958 – a man who is highly successful in sex → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1970 – a male prostitute → African-American sl.
• COCK-SNIPER
n. 1970 – a term of abuse or contempt for a person → Amer. dial.
• COCK SNOT
n. 1980 – semen → Brit. sl.
• COCK-STRIDE
n. 1626 – the length of the step of a cock, as the measure of a very short distance or space; a short stride
• COCK-SUCKER
n. 1. 1891 – a fellator or fellatrix → sl.
n. 2. 1918 – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male → sl.
• COCKTAIL
n. 1. 1966 – a marijuana cigarette, partially smoked and inserted into a regular cigarette → US sl.
n. 2. 2002 – any mixture of drugs Can. sl.
n. 3. 2003 – cocaine → UK sl.
vb. 1960 – to insert a partially smoked marijuana cigarette into a tobacco cigarette → US sl.
• COCKTAILERY
n. 1981 – a cocktail lounge → US sl.
• THE COCK-TAILS
n. c1925 – diarrhoea → Aust. sl.
• COCK-TAX
n. c1950 – alimony → Aust. sl.
• COCK-TEASER
n. 1891 – a sexually provocative woman who evades or refuses intercourse → sl., derogatory
• COCK-UP
n. 1946 – something that’s gone wrong → colloq.
• COCK UP ONE’S NEB
vb. 1870 – to ‘turn up one’s nose’; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject → Eng. dial.
• COCK-WAGON
n. M20 – a van, esp. one fitted with bedding as a place for necking and copulation → US sl.
• COCKY
adj. 1. 1768 – conceited → sl.
adj. 2. 1970 – nice; attractive → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1872 – a small farmer → Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. 1967 – the rump of a cooked chicken → Amer. dial.
• COCKY BOB
n. 1894 – a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia → Aust.
► COCKYOLLY BIRD n. a nursery name or pet name for any bird → 1857 colloq.
• COCKY-SURE
adj. 1968 – arrogantly self-confident or self-assured; smugly over-confident, arrogant, conceited, self-important → Amer. dial.
• COCO
vb. 1927 – to hit or strike; to hit on the head → Amer. dial.
• COCOA
n. 1968 – a Black person → Amer. dial.
• COCOANUT
n. M19 – the head → sl.
• COCOBAY
adj. 20C – having a skin covered in repulsive sores → W. Indies sl.
• COCOBOLA
n. 1990 – a police nightstick → US sl.
• COCOLA
n. 1990 – a Black person → US prison sl.
• COCONUT
n. 1. .M19 – the head → sl.
n. 2. 1920 – $1 (US→ sl.
n. 3. 1940 – cocaine → US drug culture sl.
n. 4. 1970 – a Black person who has ‘sold out’ to White values; a servile Black person → W. Indies, UK, & Aust. Black teen usage
n. 5. 1970 – a Hispanic person trying to be White → US sl.
n. 6. 1980 – a South Sea islander → Aust. & NZ sl.
• COCONUT-DODGER
n. 1920 – a South American or African Black person → African-American sl.
• COCONUT HEAD
n. 1. ..20C – a Samoan-American → US sl.
n. 2. 1965 – a Black person; a servile Black person → Amer. dial., derogatory
n. 3. 1967 – a stupid person → Amer. dial.
• COCONUT-HEADED
adj. 20C – Black → US sl., derogatory
• COCONUTS
n. 1. ..L19 – large female breasts → sl.
n. 2. 1920 – money → US sl.
n. 3. 1940 – cocaine → US drug culture sl.
n. 4. 1990 – the testicles → sl.
• COCONUT WAGON
n. 1968 – a truck delivering illicit liquor → Amer. dial.
• COCOONING
n. 1970 – staying at home with one’s family → US sl.
• COCTURE
n. 1662 – the act or process of cooking; a product of cooking → obs.
• COCUM
adj. 1. 1839 – smart, cunning, sly; advantageous, lucky → sl.
adj. 2. .M19 – sensible → sl.
adj. 3. .M19 – sorted out; arranged satisfactorily → sl.
n. 1. 1848 – good sense; ability; acumen; judgement; knowledge; cunning; cleverness, shrewdness → sl.
n. 2. 1851 – advantageous or favourable circumstances; luck → obs.
n. 3. 1886 – deceit, entrapment → Aust. sl.
n. 4. 1963 – a thief, usually an intelligent one → S. Afr. criminals’ sl.
• C.O.D.
n. 1950 – a male prostitute (Cock On Delivery) → sl.
• COD
adj. 1. 1950 – fake; parodic; usually in combination, as cod-typewriter, etc. → sl.
adj. 2. 1960 – expressing contempt or disapproval → sl.
n. 1. .M17 – a friend → sl.
n. 2. .M17 – the penis → sl.
n. 3. ..L17 – a fellow → sl.
n. 4. ..L17 – a fool → sl.
n. 5. ..L17 – a purse → sl.
n. 6. ..L17 – money → sl.
n. 7. ..L19 – a drunkard → sl.
n. 8. ..20C – a joke, a hoax, a parody → sl., orig. Irish
n. 9. ..20C – deception, deceit; a lie → sl., orig. Irish
n. 10. 1980 – a large amount of money → drug culture sl.
vb. 1. ..18C – to cheat, to defraud → sl.
vb. 2. .M19 – to tease, to hoax → sl.
• COD-ACTING
n. 20C – foolish behaviour → sl., orig. Irish
• CODALINA
adj. 1960 – expressing contempt or disapproval → sl.
• CODD
vb. M19 – to tease, to hoax → sl.
• CODDAM • CODDEM
n. M19 – a public house game of chance played by two teams of two or three members each; an object such as a button or a coin is hidden in one hand of one of the teams, and the opposing team has to guess which by tapping it and saying “Tip it!” → sl.
• CODDER
n. M19 – a teaser, a hoaxer → sl.
• CODDING
n. M19 – teasing, chaffing, hoaxing → sl.
• CODDLE
n. M19 – one who is pampered → sl.
vb. 1. 1906 – to waste time with → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1965 – to tease → Amer. dial.
• CODDLE-FARTING
n. 19C – a making an unnecessary fuss → Eng. dial.
• CODDLE UP
vb. 1939 – to mend hastily or clumsily → Amer. dial.
• CODDOM
n. M19 – a public house game of chance played by two teams of two or three members each; an object such as a button or a coin is hidden in one hand of one of the teams, and the opposing team has to guess which by tapping it and saying “Tip it!” → sl.
• CODDY
adj. 1892 – eccentric, odd, unconventional → Amer. dial.
• CODE 21
n. 2000 – masturbation → US prison sl.
• CODESA-DESA
vb. 1990 – to negotiate something → S. Afr. sl.
• CODETTAREENARONE
adj. 1960 – expressing contempt or disapproval → sl.
• CODETTE
adj. 1960 – expressing contempt or disapproval → sl.
• CODFISH
n. 1. L18 – a fool → sl.
n. 2. E19 – one who thinks himself superior to their peers → sl.
• CODFISH ARISTOCRACY
n. 1849 – orig., the social upper class made up of families enriched by the Massachusetts codfish industry; generally, a parvenu upper class based on commercial success → Amer. dial.
• CODFISHER
n. 1958 – a logger from a camp fronting the ocean → Amer. dial.
• CODFISH FLATS
n. 1960 – the poor area of town → Amer. dial.
• CODGE
n. 1. ..L19 – a vagrant, a tramp → sl.
n. 2. 1968 – the portion or quantity of tobacco chewed at one time → Amer. dial.
vb. ..19C – to repair, usually badly or clumsily → sl.
• CODGE-JOB
n. 19C – a second-rate piece of work → US sl.
• CODGER
n. 1. .M18 – a fellow; a man → sl.
n. 2. .M19 – an affectionate term of address → sl.
n. 3. 1899 – an odd, strange, or unusual person → Amer. dial.
n. 4. ..L19 – a lazy person; an idler → Aust. prison sl.
n. 5. ..L19 – a roistering, aging boon companion → sl.
n. 6. 1901 – a vagrant; a shiftless, worthless person → Amer. dial.
n. 7. 1908 – a countryman, a rustic → Amer. dial.
n. 8. 1910 – an elderly person → Amer. dial., often derogatory)
n. 9. 1941 – a small child → Amer. dial., jocular usage
vb. ..L19 – to act lazily → Aust. prison sl.
• CODGERDICK
n. 1967 – a cranky, testy old man → Amer. dial.
• CODGE UP
vb. 19C – to repair, usually badly or clumsily → sl.
• COD-HAULER
n. M19 – a ship, or a man, from Newfoundland → nautical sl.
• CODHEADS
n. 1924 – knee-length leather boots → Cape Cod usage
• CODIE
n. 1980 – a child molester → sl.
• CODOLOGY
n. 1910 – the practice of disinformation; thus, nonsense → sl., orig. Anglo-Irish
• COD-ON
n. 20C – a practical joke → Irish sl.
• COD-PIECE
n. 17C – the penis → euphemism
• CODS
n. 1. ..L18 – the testicles → sl.
n. 2. ..L18 – a nickname for a curate → sl.
n. 3. 1960 – a mess → sl.
n. 4. 1960 – rubbish, nonsense → sl.
• CODS FOOT!
int. L16 – an oath, God’s foot
• COD’S-HEAD
n. 1. 1566 – a stupid fellow, a fool, a blockhead; a dupe
n. 2. ..17C – (usually as ‘codshead’) the penis → sl.
n. 3. 1607 – lit. the head of a cod-fish; fig. ‘stupid head’ → obs.
• COD’S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
n. 19C – a dupe; a fool → sl.
• CODS MY LIFE!
int. L16 – an oath
• COD’S ROE
n. 20C – money → rhyming sl. for ‘dough’
• CODS SOOKS!
int. L16 – an oath
• CODSTER
n. 1930 – a stallion → Amer. dial.
• CODSWALLOP
n. 1960 – nonsense, rubbish, drivel → sl.
• CODS WOONS!
int. L16 – an oath
• COD TRENCH
n. 1990 – the vagina → sl.
• COD VERSION
n. 20C – a burlesque version of a well-known play → theatrical usage
• COE
n. M16 – a man → UK criminals’ sl.
• CO-EDUCATE
vb. 1942 – to converse with the opposite sex → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• COETANEOUS
adj. 1. 1608 – coming into existence or arising at the same time
adj. 2. 1649 – of the same age, equal in age
adj. 3. 1649 – existing or living at the same time; contemporary
adj. 4. 1627 – of equal duration
► COEVOUS adj. of the same age, equally old, having lived the same number of years; living at the same time; of equal antiquity → 1660 obs.
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