• DAH
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a child’s Black nurse
• DAHEENO
n. M19 costermongers’ sl. – something bad, usually a poor market
• DAIBLE
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a slight washing
n. 2. 1923 Sc. – one who dabbles in or potters with a subject or matter
vb. 1. 1825 Sc. – to go about in an inactive and feeble way; generally applied to children
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to wash perfunctorily
• DAIBLES
n. 1887 Eng. dial. – scrapes, difficulties
• DAICHER
vb. 1874 Sc. – to soak
• DAIDLE
vb. 1. 1756 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter
vb. 2. 1808 Sc. obs. – to mismanage; to do any work in a slovenly way
vb. 3. 1808 Sc. – to draggle, to bemire one’s clothes
vb. 4. 1808 Sc. – to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily
vb. 5. 1910 Sc. – to hinder or obstruct
vb. 6. 1928 Sc. – to fondle a child, to toss it on the knee
• DAIDLER
n. 1882 Sc. – a trifler
• DAIDLEY
adj. 1903 Sc. – dawdling
• DAIGLE
vb. 1827 Sc. – to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle
• DAIGLER
n. 1825 Sc. – a laggard, an idler, a lounger
• DAIKER
vb. 1820 Sc. – to set in order
• DAIKENS!
int. 1825 Sc. obs. – an exclamation or kind of oath
• DAIKER
vb. 1900 Sc. – to deck out, to decorate
• DAIKINS!
int. 1789 Sc. – an exclamation of astonishment
• DAIKON LEGS
n. 1981 Hawaiian youth sl. – short, pale, and fat legs
• DAIL
n. 1. Bk1900 Sc. – a field
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a heap
• DAILIES
n. 1970s US sl. – film scenes filmed one day, rush processed and delivered for viewing by the director and others the same or next day
• DAILY
n. 1. M19 colloq. – a daily newspaper
n. 2. 1900s sl. – one’s wages
n. 3. 1920s colloq. – a daily help, a charwoman, a maidservant
n. 4. 1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail) – a tale, thus a lie
n. 5. 1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail) – ale
n. 6. 1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail) – bail
n. 7. 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ (Daily Mail) – sexual enthusiasm; sexual intercourse
n. 8. 1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail) – a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum
n. 9. 1961 UK carpenters’ rhyming sl. (Daily Mail) – a nail
n. 10. 1977 UK rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ (Daily Mail) – a prostitute; a sexually available woman
n. 11. 1984 UK sl. – a regular (daily) bet with a bookmaker
• DAILY BODY
n. c1918 colloq. – a daily help (servant)
• DAILY BREAD
n. 1. c1890 colloq. – a wage-earner; the working head of the family
n. 2. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – the head
• DAILY BREADER
n. L19 rhyming sl. – the head of the family; the working head of the house
• DAILY BREADITE
n. L19 rhyming sl. – the head of the family
• DAILY-DAILY
n. 1982 US sl. – during the Vietnam war: anti-malaria pills taken daily, in addition to a second medication taken once a week
• DAILY-DAILY PILL
n. 1982 US Army sl. – an anti-malaria pill
• DAILY-DAY
adv. 1881 Sc. – every day, continually, constantly
• DAILY DOUBLE
n. 1. 1996 US sl. – in poker: two consecutive winning hands
n. 2. 20C Amer. sl. – success in two fields of endeavour simultaneously; winning or obtaining any two different prizes, goal, or the like
n. 3. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – trouble
• DAILY DOZEN
n. 1. 1919 sl. – a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks
n. 2. 1930s sl. – one’s work, occupation
• DAILY-DUD
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a dish-clout (cloth)
• DAILY EXAGGERATOR
n. c1912 jocular usage – the Daily Express
• DAILY EXPRESS
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – a dress
vb. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – to dress
• DAILY EYE-WASH
n. World War I services’ usage – an official army communiqué
• DAILY GETSMUCHWORSE
n. 1975 UK sl. – the Daily Express (daily national tabloid newspaper in the UK launched in 1900)
• DAILYGONE
n. 1925 Irish sl. – twilight
• THE DAILY GRIND
n. 20C Amer. sl. – the routine of everyday life
• THE DAILY LEVY
n. c1860 sl. – the Daily Telegraph (newspaper published in London, founded in 1855)
• DAILY LIAR
n. 1984 UK jocular usage – a nickname for the Daily Mail
• DAILY MAIL
n. 1. 1920s rhyming sl. – a tale, thus a lie
n. 2. 1920s rhyming sl. – ale
n. 3. 1920s rhyming sl. – bail
n. 4. 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ – sexual enthusiasm
n. 5. 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ – the buttocks; the rectum
n. 6. 1961 UK carpenters’ rhyming sl. – a nail
n. 7. 1977 UK rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ – a prostitute; a sexually available woman
n. 8. 20C rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ – sexual intercourse
vb. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – to tail, to follow
• DAILY NEWS
n. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – latrine rumours
• DAILY SUPPRESS
n. c1912 jocular usage – the Daily Express
• DAILY-TELL-THE-TALE
n. c1920 rhyming sl. – the Daily Mail
• DAILY TORYGRAPH
n. 2003 UK sl. – the Daily Telegraph
• THE DAILY WAIL
n. c1910 jocular usage – the Daily Mail
• THE DAILY WHALE
n. c1910 jocular usage – the Daily Mail
• DAIMEN
adj. 1790 Sc. – rare, occasional
• DAIN
adj. 1. c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare – haughty
adj. 2. c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare – repellent
adj. 3. c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare – reserved, distant
adj. 4. 1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare – repulsive in smell, stinking, putrid
adj. 5. 1896 Eng. dial. – cross, irritable
n. a1400-1500 obs. – disdain, dislike, distrust
vb. a1400-50 obs. – to disdain
• DAINFUL
adj. c1530 obs. – disdainful
• DAINSHACH
adj. 1920 Sc. – fastidious, particular; fussy about food
• DAINTEOUS
adj. c1386 obs. – dainty
• DAINTESS
n. 1825 Sc. – a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury
• DAINTETH
adj. c1430 obs. – dainty
• DAINTIES
n. 1972 euphemism – women’s panties, knickers
• DAINTIFICATION
n. 1780 nonce word – daintified condition
• DAINTIFUL
adj. 1393 obs. – dainty
• DAINTIFY
vb. 1780 nonce word – to make dainty
• DAINTIHOOD
n. 1780 rare – daintiness
• DAINTITH
n. 1718 Sc. obs. – a dainty, a delicacy
• DAINTIVE
adj. 1526 obs. rare – dainty
• DAINTREL
n. 1575 obs. – a dainty, a delicacy
• DAINTY
adj. 1. c1340 obs. or Eng. dial. – valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful
adj. 2. a1533 obs. – luxurious
adj. 3. ? a1500 obs. – precious; hence, rare, scarce
adj. 4. 1560 obs. – delicate in health or constitution
adj. 5. a1698 Sc. – plump and thriving, as regarding a child
adj. 6. 1825 Sc. obs. – liberal, open-hearted
adj. 7. 1860 Eng. dial. – of weather: fine, genial, cheering
adj. 8. 1866 Sc. – large, good-sized
adj. 9. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – evil-smelling
adj. 10. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – fragrant, implying delicacy
n. 1. a1225 obs. – estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love
n. 2. a1300 obs. – delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness
n. 3. c1325 obs. – a liking or fondness to do or see anything; delight, pleasure, joy
n. 4. 1340 obs. – anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity
n. 5. 1590 obs. – daintiness; fastidiousness
n. 6. 1611 obs. – a term of endearment
n. 7. 1892 Eng. dial. – a person who is coddled or made a pet of
• DAINTY-CHAPPED
adj. 19C obs. – fastidious or particular as to eating and food
• DAINTY UP
vb. 1622 obs. rare – to pamper or indulge with dainties
• DAINY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – sly, cunning
• DAIRIES
n. 18C sl. – the female breasts
• DAIROUS
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – bold, daring
• DAIRS
n. 19C nautical colloq. – small unmarketable fish
• DAIRTER
n. 1837 Amer. dial. – a daughter
• DAIRY
n. 1. 18C sl. – the female breasts
n. 2. 1910s UK prison sl. – drawing attention to oneself so as to allows a confederate to break prison rules unnoticed
n. 3. 1910s sl. – exposure, publicity
n. 4. 1940s UK prison sl. – tobacco
• THE DAIRY
n. 2003 UK sl. – the best
• DAIRY ARRANGEMENTS
n. 1910s sl. – the female breasts
• DAIRY BOX
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – a sexually transmitted infection; venereal disease
• DAIRY-MOUSE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the bat
• DAIRY PORN
n. 1990s NZ sl. – pornographic magazines sold at local dairies
• DAIRY QUEEN
n. 1. 1960s US homosexual sl. – a homosexual farmer
n. 2. 1960s US homosexual sl. – a homosexual milkman
n. 3. 1960s US homosexual sl. – a sexual encounter that takes place in the early morning
n. 4. 2000s sl. – a woman with large breasts
n. 5. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. – a man who enjoys sucking on nipples during intercourse
• DAIS
n. a1259 obs. – a raised table in a hall at which distinguished persons sat at feasts, etc.
• DAISE
vb. 1825 Sc. – to wither; to become rotten or spoiled from keeping, dampness, etc.
• DAISIE
adj. 1825 Sc. – of the weather: cold, raw
• DAISIES
n. 1859 UK rhyming sl. (Daisy Roots) – boots
• THE DAISIES
n. 1940s Amer. sl. – in baseball: the outfield
• DAISKET
adj. 1. 1880 Sc. – stupid, dazed, slow
adj. 2. 1888 Sc. – exhausted, worn-out
• DAISKIT
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – exhausted, fatigued
• DAISY
adj. 1. 1757 sl. – remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine
adj. 2. L19 US sl. – pleasant; expert
adv. 1. L19 US sl. – admirably, excellently, in a fine manner
adv. 2. L19 US sl. – very
n. 1. c1485 obs. – a term of admiration
n. 2. 1757 Amer. sl. – a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior
n. 3. M18 UK criminals sl. – a diamond
n. 4. 1836 US sl. – a prime or superior example of its kind
n. 5. 1876 US sl. – an attractive young woman; a young girl
n. 6. 1887 US sl. – a mule
n. 7. 19C Brit. sl. obs. – the female genitals
n. 8. M19 US students’ sl. – one who is credulous or gullible
n. 9. L19 sl., esp. nursery usage – a chamber pot
n. 10. L19 sl. – a term of affection
n. 11. 1900s sl. – a drunkard
n. 12. 1900s Aust. sl. – a perfect blow
n. 13. 1927 sl. – a spintry, i.e. a circle of 3 or more people, heterosexual or homosexual, all linked physically in mutual sex acts
n. 14. 1944 US sl. – an effeminate man, esp. an effeminate homosexual man; used derisively
n. 15. 1968 Amer. dial. – a black eye
n. 16. 1970s African-American sl. – a housewife
n. 17. 20C Amer. sl. – a pretty girl
n. 18. 20C Amer. sl. – a grave; death
n. 19. 20C Brit. sl. – an innocent and naive youth; a young homosexual
• DAISY BEAT
n. 1889 rhyming sl. – a cheat or swindle or minor crime
vb. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. – to cheat, to swindle
• DAISY-BEATERS
n. 1. L19 sl. – feet
n. 2. 1940s African-American sl. – shoes
• DAISY BELL
int. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – hell!
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – hell
• DAISY CHAIN
n. 1. 1927 US sl. – a group of people, arranged roughly in a circle, in which each person is both actively and passively engaged in oral, anal, or vaginal sex with the person in front and behind them in the circle
n. 2. 1950 UK sl. – a series of (Claymore) mines attached to each other and rigged for sequential detonation
n. 3. 1954 US sl. – a series of events that return to the beginning
n. 4. 1960s sl. – the group of men engaged in a gang-rape or orgy with a single woman
n. 5. 1969 US sl. – a group of individuals engaged in unfair collaboration; used derisively
n. 6. 1970s sl. – in business: a situation where a group of 3 or more companies conspire together at the public’s expense
n. 7. 1985 US sl. – a confidence swindle where funds from successive victims are used to keep the swindle alive with the earlier victims
n. 8. 1985 US sl. – in finance: a collaborative fraudulent scheme for the evasion of corporate or other taxes
n. 9. 1995 US sl. – in computing: a network architecture in which a single cable connects all nodes
n. 10. 20C Irish sl. – a criminal who is handcuffed to two prison officers
vb. 1990s Amer. sl. – to connect; to link; to chain
• DAISY CHAINER
n. 1930s sl. – one who participates in a ‘daisy chain’ (see n.1.)
• DAISY-CLIPPER
n. 1. 1866 US sl. – in baseball: a batted ball that skims along just above the ground
n. 2. 1918 US Army sl. – an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level
• DAISY-CUTTER
n. 1. 1791 Amer. sl. – a horse that trots with its hooves near the ground
n. 2. 1840 US sl. – a fine fellow
n. 3. 1863 UK sl. – in cricket: a fast ball bowled in such a way that it barely clears the surface of the pitch
n. 4. 1866 US sl. – in baseball: a batted ball that skims along just above the ground
n. 5. 1897 Amer. sl. – a very low tennis shot
n. 6. 19C sl. – any horse
n. 7. L19 sl. – an attractive woman
n. 8. 1917 US military sl. – an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level
n. 9. c1930 Royal Air Force usage – a perfect landing
n. 10. 1967 US sl. – a 10,000 to 15,000 pound bomb used to clear jungle and create an instant landing zone in Vietnam
• DAISY DORMER
adj. 1960 UK rhyming sl., orig. theatrical usage – warmer, esp. of the weather
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. obs. – a bed warmer
• DAISY DUKES
n. 1993 US sl. – very short and very tight shorts
• DAISY DUMPLING
n. 1950s homosexual sl. – a middle-class, heterosexual housewife
• DAISY-KICKER
n. c1770 sl. – the ostler of an inn, esp. a large inn
• DAISYLAND
n. 1950s US sl. – the world outside the big cities
• DAISY-PICKER
n. L19 Anglo-Irish usage – one who accompanies a couple on a country walk, ‘brought to keep off gossip’; a chaperone
• DAISY-PUSHER
n. 1. 1916 army sl. – a fatal wound
n. 2. 1919 US Army sl. – a dead person
• DAISY-PUSHING
adj. 1915 army sl. – dead
• DAISY-QUILT
n. 1848 Ireland – the earth, the ground
• DAISY RECRUITS
n. c1855 rhyming sl. – boots
• DAISY ROOTS
n. 1859 Brit. rhyming sl. – boots
• DAISYS
n. 1859 UK rhyming sl. (Daisy Roots) – boots
• DAISY-SHOVER
n. 1928 US Army sl. – a dead person
• DAISY-TRIMMERS
n. M19 sl. Chambers – boots
• DAISYVILLE
n. 1859 sl. – the country
• DAITSCH
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a German
• DAITURE
adj. 1996 UK polari sl. – ten
n. M19 sl. – the number 10
• DAIVER
vb. 1. 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to stun, to stupefy
vb. 2. 1813 Sc. – to wander aimlessly; to go out of one’s way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry
• DAIVERT
adj. 1795 Sc. & Eng. dial. – wandering in mind, silly, senseless
• DAIVERTLIKE
adv. 1887 Sc. – listlessly, languidly
• DAIVERTLY
adv. 1887 Sc. – listlessly, languidly
• DAIVILIE
adv. 1788 Sc. – listlessly, spiritlessly
• DAIZIE
adj. 1825 Sc. – of the weather: cold, raw
• DAJON
n. 1882 Sc. obs. – an outcast; applied as a term of contempt to both sexes
• DAK
n. 1. 1943 services’ sl. – a Douglas DC-3 Dakota transport aircraft
n. 2. 1980s NZ drug culture sl. – marijuana
vb. 2000 Aust. sl. – to pull another’s trousers down as a prank
• DAK-DAK
n. 20C Aust. sl. – a Volkswagen car of the first type produced
• DAKE
n. 1958 Amer. dial. – a marble used as a stake in a game
vb. 1885 Eng. dial. – to prick with anything sharp; to poke with the finger
• DAKED IN
adj. 1958 Amer. dial. – in marbles: said of marbles placed within the ring
• DAKES
n. 20C Aust. schoolchildren’s usage – marbles
• DAKES-HEAD
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a spiritless, stupid person
• DAKES-HEADED
adj. 1893 Eng. dial. – stupid, dull
• DAKHI
n. 2005 S. Afr. sl. – a Black person
• DA KINE
n. 1. 1951 Hawaiian youth usage – anything
n. 2. 1960s US sl. – anything good, as food, drugs, liquor
n. 3. 1960s US sl. – marijuana
• DAKKA
n. 20C sl. – marijuana
• DAKKER
n. 1970s Aust. sl. – marijuana
• DAKMA
vb. 19C sl. – to silence
• DAKOTA FLATHEAD
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a German settler of Dakota, Wisconsin
• DAKS
n. 1. 1940s sl., orig. Aust. – shorts or trousers
n. 2. 20C Aust. sl. – a pair of underpants
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