• DAXED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – damned, confounded
• DAXIE; DAXY
n. 1899 colloq. – a dachshund
• DAY
adj. 20C US basketball sl. – Caucasian or White
int. M19 colloq. – hello! good day!
n. 1362 obs. – a day’s travel; a day’s journey
vb. c1205 obs. – to dawn
• THE DAY
n. 1814 Sc. – today
• A DAY AFTER THE FAIR
phr. 1548 – too late
• DAY AN’ DAILY
adv. Bk1900 Sc. & Ireland – constantly, every day
• DAY AND MARTIN
n. c1840 sl., derogatory – a Black person
• DAY AND NIGHT
n. 1. 19C rhyming sl. – light ale
n. 2. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – a light (illumination)
• DAY-AND-NIGHT MERCHANT
n. 1964 UK sl. – a lorry driver who breaks the law by driving more than 11 hours in 24 to undercut other drivers
• DAY AND TIME
n. 1887 Amer. dial. – a period of time; an era
• DAY-BED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – lazy, prone to lie late in bed
• THE DAY BEFORE THE FAIR
phr. Bk1897 – too early
• DAY-BERRIES
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the wild gooseberry
• DAY-BODY
n. 1567-8 obs. – a person taken up with the things of the day
• DAYBOOK
n. 1580 – a book in which the occurrences or transactions of the day are entered; a diary, a journal
• DAY-BREAKING
n. 1598 obs. – the breaking of the day; dawn
• DAY-BUG
n. L19 schoolboys’ sl. – a day-boy
• DAY-BUST
n. 1941 Amer. dial. – daybreak; dawn
• DAY-CAT
n. 1887 Eng. dial. – a female cat
• DAY CLEAN
n. 1867 Amer. dial. – daybreak, full day
• DAY-DARGER
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – a day worker
• DAY-DAW
n. 1887 Sc. – the dawn of day
• DAY-DAWN
n. 1813 chiefly poetic usage – the dawn of day, daybreak
• DAY-DAWZZLE
n. 1931 Amer. dial. – the brightness of full daylight
• DAY-DAY
int. 1712 obs. – (also as ‘Day, Day!’) a childish expression for ‘good day’; goodbye; a gesture of farewell
n. 1950 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American usage – a gesture of farewell
• DAY DOWN
n. 1894 Amer. dial. – sunset; late afternoon
• DAYENING
n. c1250 obs. – dawning, dawn
• DAY-FALLING
n. 1872 Eng. dial. – the close of day
• DAY FOR A KING
n. 1947 NZ sl. – a day off; orig, when outdoor work was impossible, but used generally to cover any unofficial day off, as one that follows a night of over-enthusiastic enjoyment
• DAY-FOR-DAY
adv. 1990 US sl. – serving a prison sentence without any reduction in the sentence for good behaviour
• DAY FOR THE KING
n. 1947 NZ sl. – a day off; orig, when outdoor work was impossible, but used generally to cover any unofficial day off, as one that follows a night of over-enthusiastic enjoyment
• DAY-GANG
n. 1840 obs. – a day’s march or journey
• DAY GIG
n. 1940s African-American sl. – a nonmusical job a musician is forced to take for need of money
• DAY-GLO
adj. 1950s Amer. sl. – blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright
• DAYING
n. c1420 obs. – the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak
• DAYISH
adj. 1398 obs. – pert. to day; diurnal
• A DAY LATE AND A DIME SHORT
adj. 1990s Amer. sl. – inadequate; overdue and lacking; too little too late
• A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT
adj. 1990s Amer. sl. – inadequate; overdue and lacking; too little too late
• DAYLESS
adj. 1. c1380 obs. – without redress, resource or result
adj. 2. 1816 – devoid of the light of day; dark
adj. 3. 1839 – not divided into days
• DAYLIGHT
n. 1. 1774 sl. – a hole, esp. a fatal wound, made by a sword, a knife, or a bullet
n. 2. L18 sl. – the space left in a glass between the top of the liquor and the rim; such a space is not allowed when drinking bumpers, thus the drinking toast ‘No daylight’
n. 3. 1820 Amer. sl. – a clear and open space between two things, horses, players, boats, etc.; enough space for light to shine through
n. 4. c1825 students’ sl. – a glass not full
n. 5. 1989 Aust. sl. – in horse racing: the non-existent second-place finisher in a race won by a large margin
n. 6. 20C Irish sl. – bare necessities
vb. 1. 1970s African-American sl. – to enlighten; to explain
vb. 2. 1970s Amer. sl. – to work at a second job during the day
• DAYLIGHT DOWN
n. 1769 Amer. dial. – the end of daylight; the beginning of darkness after sunset
• DAY-LIGHTENING
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – morning, twilight, daybreak
• DAY-LIGHT-FALLING
n. 1874 Eng. dial. – twilight, evening, dusk
• DAY-LIGHT-GATE
n. 1613 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the going or close of the day; twilight; evening, dusk
• DAY-LIGHT-GOING
n. 1853 Eng. dial. – twilight, evening, dusk
• DAY-LIGHT-GONE
n. 1853 Eng. dial. – twilight, evening, dusk
• DAYLIGHTING
n. 20C sl. – working (usually illicitly) at a second job during daylight hours
• DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP!
int. 1936 US logging sl. – used for rousing people from bed; time to wake up!
• DAYLIGHT ROBBER
n. 1956 Amer. logging usage – a log-scaler
• DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
n. 1949 UK sl. – an exorbitant price
• DAYLIGHTS
n. 1. 1752 sl., esp. nautical usage – the eyes
n. 2. 1819 US sl. – wits, consciousness
n. 3. M19 sl. – the insides; the essence
n. 4. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – life
• DAY-LIGHT’S-GATE
n. 1815 Eng. dial. – twilight, evening, dusk
• DAYLIGHTY
adj. 1880 nonce word – full of daylight, as a picture
• DAYLIGONE
n. 1925 Irish sl. – twilight
• DAY-LIVER
n. 1630 obs. – one who lives for a day, or for the day
• DAYLY
n. c1440 obs. – a die or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything, a cube
• DAYMAN
n. 1880 – a day labourer; one who works and is paid by the day
• DAY MARBLE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a cheap marble
• DAY-MARE
n. 1737 – a condition similar to nightmare occurring during wakefulness
• DAYN
vb. c1250 obs. – to dawn
• THE DAY OF LAW
n. 1565 obs. – the day of trial
• DAY ONE
n. 1970s sl., orig. US – the beginning; long ago
• DAY ON THE KING
n. 1947 NZ sl. – a day off; orig, when outdoor work was impossible, but used generally to cover any unofficial day off, as one that follows a night of over-enthusiastic enjoyment
• DAY ON THE QUEEN
n. 1947 NZ sl. – a day off; orig, when outdoor work was impossible, but used generally to cover any unofficial day off, as one that follows a night of over-enthusiastic enjoyment
• DAY OPENER
n. c1840 sl., orig. boxing usage – an eye
• DAY-PEEP
n. 1606 – peep of day; earliest dawn
• DAY PERSON
n. 20C Amer. sl. – one who prefers to be active during the daytime
• DAY PLAYER
n. 1988 US sl. – an actor who is called for a single day’s work on a television program or film set
• DAY-PORT
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed
• DAY-RAWE
n. c1200 obs. – the first streak of day, the dawn
• DAY-RED
n. c1000 obs. – the red of the break of day; the rosy dawn
• DAY-REWE
n. c1200 obs. – the first streak of day, the dawn
• DAY-RIM
n. c1000 obs. – the ‘rim’ or border of the coming day; the dawn
• DAYS
n. 1466 – time of one’s life; span of existence
• DAYS A-DAWNING
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. – morning
• DAY’S DAWNING
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. – morning
• DAY-SET
n. c1386 obs. – sunset
• DAY-SHINE
n. c1822 – daylight
• DAY-SHUTTING
n. 1673 obs. – close of day, sunset
• DAYSIDE
n. 1985 Amer. labourers’ usage – a day shift
• DAY-SKY
n. 1838 Eng. dial. – daylight
• DAYSMAN
n. 1. 1489 arch. – an umpire or arbitrator; a mediator
n. 2. a1639 – a worker by the day; a day-labourer
• DAYS OF NATURE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – lifetime
• THE DAY’S PACK
n. 20C military sl. – defaulter’s punishment
• DAY-SPRING
n. c1300 now chiefly poetic or figurative – daybreak, early dawn
• DAY-STAR
n. 1598 poetic usage – the sun, as the orb of day
• DAYSTER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a man who works by the day, and not by the piece
• DAY-STREAK
n. 1850 – streak of dawn
• DAY-SUN
n. 1571 obs., rhetorical and figurative – the sun
• DAYTAL
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a labourer engaged and paid by the day
• DAYTAL-CHAP
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DAYTAL-DANOCK
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DAYTAL-DICK
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DAYTALER
n. 1877 Eng. dial. – a day labourer, a man who works by the day and not by the piece
• DAY-TALE WAGES
n. 1560 – wages paid by the day
• DAYTAL-FELLOW
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DAYTAL-HOUSE
n. 1851 Ireland – a house rent-free
• DAYTAL-LABOURER
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DAYTAL-MAN
n. 1846 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DAYTAL-WIFE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a day-labouring woman
• DAYTAL-WORK
n. 1865 Eng. dial. – labour paid by the day
• THE DAY THE EAGLE SHITS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – payday
• THE DAY THE OMELETTE HIT THE FAN
phr. c1966 sl. – used to describe a day when everything goes wrong
• DAY-TIDE
n. 1818 poetic usage – daytime
• DAY TO DAY
adj. 1983 US sl. – unencumbered by thoughts of the long term, living one day at a time
• DAY TRIPPER
n. 1. 1966 sl. – a heartbreaker, esp. one who pretends to be serious so that he may get his sexual way
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – an immoral woman
• DAY-WAIT
n. 1496 obs. – a watcher or watchman by day
• DAYWARD
adv. 1597-1602 – towards the day
• DAY-WATER
n. 1808 – surface water
• DAZE
vb. 1970s US students’ sl. – to daydream
• DAZEMENT
n. 1855 rare – the state of being dazed
• DAZIE
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – of the weather: cold, raw, without sunshine
• DAZINESS
n. 1554 obs. rare – dazedness, dizziness
• DAZY
adj. 1. 1825 Sc. – chill, chilling, benumbing with cold
adj. 2. 1880 rare – in a dazed condition
• DAZZER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a heavy blow
• DAZZEY DUKS
n. 1990s African-American teen sl. – very short shorts; ‘hot pants’
• DAZZIN
adj. 1882 Eng. dial. – lazy
• DAZZITY
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the performance of a challenging action of strength, skill, or risk by boys
• DAZZLE DUST
n. 1946 Can. teen sl., obs. – face powder
• DAZZLE PAINTING
n. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – camouflage
• DAZZLER
n. 1. a1800 colloq. – one who dazzles; a showy or ostentatious woman
n. 2. c1835 sl. – a brilliant act
n. 3. 1883 sl. – a dazzling blow
n. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
n. 5. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something beautiful or attractive
n. 6. 20C Brit. sl. – the sun
• DAZZLE SOMEONE WITH FOOTWORK
vb. 1980s Amer. sl. – to impress someone with facile virtuosity
• DAZZLE WITH SCIENCE
vb. 20C colloq. – to defeat by sheer brains
• DAZZLING
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – resplendently beautiful; gorgeous
• DAZZLY
adj. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – dazzling
• D.B.
adj. 1. L19 Brit. sl. – ‘damn bad’
adj. 2. 1909 colloq., theatrical usage – Damned Bad
n. 1. 1973 US sl. – a dead body
n. 2. 2003 US sl. – a socially inept person (Douche Bag)
• D-BOY
n. 1990s African-American teen sl. – a drug dealer
• D.C.
n. 1. 1900s Aust. sl. – the Dress Circle in the theatre
n. 2. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – a Dangerous Character
n. 3. 1966 US sl. – a hamburger with every possible trimming and condiment
n. 4. 1980s UK criminals’ sl. – a Detention Centre
n. 5. 1990s US prison sl. – the Death Cell
• D’D
adj. M19 euphemism – damned
• DD
adj. 1950 US sl. – said of a criminal who gives up no information at all if arrested
n. 1926 US sl. – a person who is Deaf and Dumb
• D.D.F.M.G.
n. 1990s US college sl. – an exceptionally attractive member of the opposite sex (Drop Dead Fuck Me Gorgeous)
• D.D.G.
adj. 2000s sl. – extremely attractive (Drop-Dead Gorgeous)
• DDH
n. 20C Aust. teen sl. – an incredibly attractive male (Drop-Dead Honey)
• D-DOG
n. 1992 US sl. – a dog trained to detect hidden drugs
• D.D.T!
int. 1. 1947 US college sl. – an exclamation of dismissal or contempt (Drop Dead Twice)
int. 2. 1970s US sl. – a command to stop doing something (Don’t Do That)
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