Dictionary: LEG – LEM

► LEG n. 1. a term of imprisonment or transportation → 1821 sl.
n. 2. the matched dominoes in play → 20C sl.
n. 3. a young woman; women considered sexually → M20 US colloq.
n. 4. a promiscuous woman; a prostitute → 1960 US sl.
n. 5. an infantry soldier → 1965 Vietnam War US Army usage
n. 6. a girl → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to go, to travel   → 1601
vb. 2. to make or distribute illegal whisky → 1972 Amer. dial.
► LEGABLE adj. bequeathed by legacy → 1721
► LEGACY n. 1. a body of persons sent on a mission, or as a deputation, to a sovereign, etc.’ also, the act of sending such a body → 1375 obs.
n. 2. the function or office of a delegate or deputy → 1382 obs.
n. 3. the act of bequeathing; bequest → 1494 obs.
n. 4. the message or business committed to a delegate or deputy → 1550 obs.
vb. 1. to give or leave as a legacy; to bequeath a legacy to → 1546 obs.
vb. 2. to send as a legate → 1563 obs.
► LEGACY-HUNTER n. one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy → 1693
► LEGACY-MONGER n. one who pays court to old and rich persons in hope of obtaining a legacy → 1647
► LEGAL BEAGLE n. an attorney, esp. one who is notably skilful or zealous → 1949 Amer. jocular usage
► LEGAL EAGLE n. a lawyer, esp. one who is notably skilful, aggressive, or zealous → 1939 US jocular usage
► LEGALIST n. 1. one versed in the law; one who views things for a legal standpoint → 1829
n. 2. an officer of the law; a bailiff → 1835 jocular usage
n. 3.a stickler for legality → 1865
► LEGALIZED adj.of a wife: legally married → 1788
► LEG ART n. 1. pictures of women in clothing and poses that emphasize their sexuality → 1930 Amer. sl.
n. 2. scantily clad or naked women → 1940 sl., orig. US
► LEGATAR n. a legatee, one who receives a legacy → 1723 Sc. obs.
► LEGATARIAN adj. pert. to a legate or deputy → 1766 obs.
► LEGATARY adj. pert. to a bequest; of the nature of a bequest → 1676
n. one to whom a bequest is left; a legatee → 1542
► LEGATE n. 1. an ambassador, delegate, messenger → 1382
n. 2. a legacy or bequest → 1447 obs.
vb. to give by will, to bequeath → 1546
► LEGATEE n. a person to whom a legacy has been bequeathed → 1679
vb. to hand over to a legatee, to transfer by will → 1797 obs.
► LEGATESS n. a female legate → 1827
► LEGATION n. a gift by will; a legacy → 1586 obs.
► LEGATIVE adj. pert. to an ambassador → 1548
► LEGATOR n. one who gives something by will; a testator → 1651
► LEG-BAGS n. 1. stockings → 1791 US sl.
n. 2. trousers → 1890 US sl.
► LEG-BAIL  n. an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing → 1759 sl.
► LEG-BITER n. a small child or infant → 1980 US students’ sl.
► LEG-BUSINESS n. 1. copulation → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. prostitution → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. ballet-dancing → 1871 sl.
► LEG CASE n. a man who ran from combat → 1860 US Civil War usage 
► LEG-COVERS n. trousers → L19 colloq.
► LEGE n. a preeminent and awe-inspiring person → 1990 Amer. sl.
vb. to allege → 1805 Sc.
► LEGEANCE n. alleviation, relief → 1300 obs.
► LEGEM PONE n. money → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► LEGEND n. 1. a roll, list, record → 1377 obs.
n. 2. a story, history, account → 1385 obs.
n. 3. written character, writing → 1822
► LEGENDARIAN n. the writer of a legendary (collection of legends, esp. of lives of saints) → 1677 obs.
► LEGENDED adj. 1. bearing a legend or inscription → 1849
adj. 2. celebrated in legends → 1893
► LEGENDER n. a writer of a legend → 1611 obs.
► LEGENDIST n. a writer of legends → 1664
► LEGENDOUS adj. legendary → 1686 obs.
► LEGENDRY n. legends collectively → 1849
► LEGER adj. light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble → 1481 obs.
n. ‘a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier’ → 1592 obs.
► LEGERDEHEEL n. ‘light-heeled’ pranks → 1605 obs.
► LEGERDEMAIN adj. pert. to legerdemain or jugglery; juggling; tricky → 1576
n. 1. sleight of hand; the performance of tricks which by nimble action deceive the eye; jugglery, conjuring tricks → 1400
n. 2. trickery, deception, hocus-pocus → 1532
n. 3. a trick, a juggle → 1550 obs.
n. 4. a sleight-of-hand performer; a conjurer → 1695 obs.
vb. to perform tricks, to use deceit → 1483 obs.
► LEGERDEMAINIST n. a performer of legerdemain; a conjurer → 1800
► LEGERITY n. lightness; nimbleness → 1561 obs.
► LEGGE  vb. to alleviate → 1400 obs.
► LEGGER n. 1. a man who propels a canal barge through a tunnel by thrusting his legs against the walls → 1836
n. 2. a person who sells illegal whisky → 1926 Amer. dial.
► LEGGIADROUS adj. graceful, elegant → 1648 obs.
► LEGGY adj. 1. tired from walking → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 2. long-legged → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEGIBLES n. matter for reading → 1864 obs.
► LEGICIDE n. a destroyer of laws → 1689
► LEGIER n. ‘a Londoner who formerly bought coals of the country colliers at so much a sack, and made his chief profit by using smaller sacks, making pretense he was a country collier’ → 1592 obs.
► LEGIFER n. a legislator → 1602 obs.
► LEGIFEROUS adj. making or giving laws → 1656 obs.
► LEGIFIC adj. pert. to the making of laws → 1865
► LEGIFORMAL adj. ? of a legal form or character → 1693 obs.
► LEGIFY vb. to make laws → 1658 obs.
► LEGION adj. innumerable, multitudinous → 1678
► LEGISLATORY adj. pert. to legislation → 1639 obs.
► LEGISLATRESS n. a female legislator → 1711
► LEGISLATRIX n. a female legislator → 1677
► LEGIST n. one versed in the law → 1484
► LEGISTER n. 1. one versed in the law → 1303 obs.
n. 2. in a nunnery: a woman charged with the duty of reading aloud → 1400 obs.
► LEGISTERY n. one versed in the law → 1303 obs.
► LEG IT vb. 1. to go, to travel → 1601
vb. 2 to walk rapidly or run → 20C colloq.
vb. 3 to run away; to depart hurriedly → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► LEGIT adj. 1. not illegal → 1908 sl.
adj. 2. honest → 1908 sl.
adj. 3. legitimate → 1931 Amer. sl. 
► LEGITIMACY n. the state of immigrating to Australia as a convict → 1827 Aust. sl. obs.
► LEGITIMATE n. a settler who arrived in Australia as a transported convict → 1827 Aust. sl.
► LEGITIMATION n. 1. legitimacy; the condition of being legitimate → 1535 obs.
n. 2. the act of giving a lawful character to something forbidden by law; a dispensation → 1550 obs.
► LEGITIME adj. legitimate → 1393 obs.
► LEGITIMITY n. legitimacy → 1828 rare
► LEGITIMOUSLY adv. in a lawful or proper manner → 1657 obs.
► LEGITIS n. any leg affliction → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEGLESS adj. drunk → 1976 sl.
► LEGLET n. 1. a little leg → 1821
n. 2. an ornament for the leg → 1836
► LEG-LIFTER n. a lecher; a male fornicator → 18C Brit. sl.
► LEG-MAN n. 1. a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story → 1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
n. 2.a man strongly attracted to women with beautiful legs; a man sexually stimulated by women’s legs → 1940 US colloq.
n. 3. any person who works actively and outside, rather than in, an office → 1950 US  sl.
► LEG-PULL n. 1. a joke → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. the act of deceiving or fooling someone → 1915 Amer. sl.
► LEG-PULLER n. a toady → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEGS n. 1. the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power → 1970 Amer. show business usage
n. 2. speed → 2020 US sl.
► LEG SACKS n. socks, stockings → 1930 African-American sl.
► LEGS ELEVEN n. 1. in bingo: the number 11 → 20C sl.
n. 2. a tall, thin man → 1910 Aust. sl.
n. 3. £11 → 1950 sl.
► LEGSHAKE ARTIST n. a pickpocket → 20C sl., orig. Aust.
► LEG-SHAKER n. a dancer → L19 sl.
► LEG SHOP n. a theatre devoted to burlesque, i.e. the display of women’s legs → L19 US sl. – 
► LEGS RIGHT UP HER ASS ► LEGS RIGHT UP TO HER ARSE phr. a male description of a woman with exceptionally long and attractive legs → 1930 sl., orig. US
► LEGS RIGHT UP TO HER BUM phr. a male description of a woman with exceptionally long and attractive legs → 1930 sl., orig. US
► LEGULEIAN adj. pert. to petty questions of law or to law language; pettifogging → 1677
n. a pettifogger; a contemptuous term of a lawyer → 1631
► LEGULEIOUS adj. pert. to petty questions of law or to law language; pettifogging → 1660
► LEGUME n. 1. a lazy person, one who lies around doing nothing → 1980 US students’ sl.
n. 2. a piece or ‘button’ of peyote cactus → 1980 US drug culture sl.
► LEG-WOOD n. large branches cut from  trees → 1872 Eng. dial.
► LEG WORK n. work characterized by running of errands, going from place to place in search of information, etc. → 1891 sl.
► LEG WORKER n. a streetwalker → 1930 US sl.
► LEHTRIE vb. to reproach → 1000 obs.
► LEIGERITY n. lightness; nimbleness → 1561 obs.
► LEIGHSTER n. a female liar → 1325 obs.
► LEIGHTON n. a garden → 950 obs.
► LEIGHTONWARD n. a gardener → 1000 obs.
► LEIND n. a hiding-place, a refuge → 1300 obs.
► LEINGISTER n. an interpreter → 1920 Amer. dial.
► LEISH adj. active, nimble, strong and muscular, athletic, supple → 1818 Sc.
► LEISHER n. a tall and active person → 1825 Sc.
► LEISTER n. a pronged spear for striking and taking fish, chiefly salmon → 1533 
► LEISURABLY adv. leisurely, without haste → 1540
► LEISUREFUL adj. having abundant leisure; leisurely → 1449
► LEISURENESS n. leisureliness → 1742 
► LELDRUM n. noisy, foolish talk; nonsense; an improbable tale, falsehoods → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LELL vb. to take aim → 1825 Sc. obs.
► LEMAN n. 1. a person beloved by one of the opposite sex; a lover or sweetheart → 1205 arch.
n. 2. a husband or wife → 1250 arch.
n. 3. one who is loved unlawfully; an unlawful lover or mistress; in later use, chiefly applied to the female sex → 1275 arch.
► LEMANRY n. illicit love → 1483 arch.
► LEMBING n. a Malay spear characterized by a ridged blade → 1839 
► LEM-KEE n. opium → E20 US criminals’ sl. (Chinese, or mock-Chinese)
► LEMMA n. the husk or shell of a fruit → 1753 obs.
► LEMMATA n. the husks or shells of a fruit → 1753 obs.
► LEMON adj. 1. useless; second-rate → 1900 US sl.
adj. 2. of a Black person: light-skinned → 1900 US sl.
adj. 3. ostentatious → 2000 rhyming sl. (lemon squash = flash)
n. 1. anything or anyone undesirable; esp. used of a woman → M19 sl.
n. 2. a person of sour disposition → M19 sl.
n. 3. a foolish person; a gullible person; a victim → 1908 sl.
n. 4. a type of confidence trick which involves defrauding a gullible player in a game of pool → 1908 US sl.
n. 5. a disappointment, anything worthless or fraudulent, esp. a poor quality drug purchase → 1910 sl.
n. 6. a defective car → 1920 sl.
n. 7. a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto → 1920 African-American sl., not necessarily derogatory
n. 8. the head → 1923 sl.
n. 9. female pubic hair → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 10. the male genitals → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 11. the vagina → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 12. an informer, esp. a criminal who turns State’s evidence → 1931 US sl.
n. 13. an unattractive person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 14. a wash-place (public lavatory) → 1950 Brit. sl., (Lemon and Dash) orig. and chiefly criminals’ usage
n. 15. weak or second-rate narcotics; a diluted or poor quality drug, esp. poor heroin → 1950 US drug culture sl.
n. 16. a piece of excrement → 1960 rhyming sl. for ‘turd’ (Lemon Curd)
n. 17. a fellow, a man → 1979 UK rhyming sl. for ‘geezer’ (Lemon-Squeezer)
n. 18. a lesbian → 1980 Aust. sl.
n. 19. a policeman → 1980 rhyming sl. for ‘cop’ (Lemon Drop)
n. 20. a light-skinned sexually attractive African-American woman → 2008 African-American sl., potentially offensive
► LEMONADE n. 1. weak or second-rate narcotics; a diluted or poor quality drug, esp. poor heroin → 1950 US drug culture sl.
n. 2. urine → 1970 US sl.
► THE LEMONADE TURN n. the shift from 2 to 10 pm → 1920 Brit. railwaymen’s sl.
► LEMONADE WALLAH n. a teetotaller → L19 Brit. army sl.
► LEMONADO n. lemonade → 1640 obs.
► LEMON AND DASH n. a public lavatory → 1950 rhyming sl. for ‘slash’
► LEMON AND LIME n. 1. time → 20C rhyming sl.
n. 2. crime → 1990 rhyming sl.
► LEMON AVENUE n. the ‘spiritual home’ of censorious or socially repressive people → 1910 Aust. sl.
► LEMON CURD n. 1. a person → 1960 rhyming sl. for ‘turd’, derogatory
n. 2. a piece of excrement → 1960 rhyming sl. for ‘turd’
n. 3. a woman → 1960 rhyming sl. for ‘bird’
► LEMON DROP n. 1. a contraceptive pill → 1970 US teen sl.
n. 2. a policeman → 1980 rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
n. 3. a methamphetamine tablet → 2000 US drug culture sl.
► LEMON DROP KID n. a girl who takes birth control pills → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LEMON-EATER n. an English person → 1960 US sl. derogatory
► LEMONER n. a disappointment; something depressing → 1970 Irish sl.
► LEMON-GAME n. a type of confidence trick which involves defrauding a gullible player in a game of pool → 1908 US sl.
► LEMON LAND n. the ‘spiritual home’ of censorious or socially repressive people → 1910 Aust. sl.
► LEMON LAW n. law that provides redress for buyers of substandard or defective cars → 1920 sl.
► LEMON-PELTER n. an English person → 1968 US sl., derogatory
► LEMON POP n. a piece of plastic or thin metal used to slip between the moulding and the top of the window on push-button locking cars, from which a loop of dental floss is dropped over the post on the door and yanked to open the door → 1996 US sl.
► LEMONS n. the human breasts; small breasts → 20C US sl.
► LEMON-SHOOT n. a conversation; discussion → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEMON SQUASH n. a wash → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
vb. to wash → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► LEMON-SQUEEZER n. 1. a peaked hat worn by NZ soldiers → 1945 World War II NZ army sl.
n. 2. a fellow, a man → 1979 UK rhyming sl. for ‘geezer’
► LEMON SQUEEZY adj. easy → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► LEMON-SUCKER n. 1. a prissy or effeminate man or boy; also, a sour-faced individual → 1922 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an English person → 1960 US sl., derogatory
► LEMON TART n. a breaking of wind; a fart → 20C Aust. & Irish sl.
► LEMON TEA n. urination; an act of urination → 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘pee’
► LEMON TIME n. a break for rest and light refreshment → 20C Brit. railway sl.
► LEMONY adj. angry → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LEMONZINE n. a limousine → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEMSE adj. stiff or halting in one’s movements, slow, sluggish, sloppy → 1928 Sc.
► LEMYRE vb. to glimmer → 1435 obs.