• MIESLI
vb. E18 sl. – to rain
• MIFF
n. 1. 1623 colloq. – a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff;. a petulant mood
n. 2. c1970s UK playground sl. – female genitalia or pubic hair
vb. 1. 1811 sl. – to annoy or infuriate; to take offense or offend
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to whimper
vb. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – to blunder; to make a mistake; to botch something
• MIFFED
adj. 1. 1811 sl. – annoyed and disappointed; upset
adj. 2. 1811 sl. – offended
• MIFFEY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – of plants: apt to fade when transplanted
• MIFFLE ABOUT
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to shuffle
• MIFFLE AFTER
vb. 1893 Eng. dial. – to mumble about or concerning
► MIFF-MAFF n. nonsense; foolishness → 1838 Eng. dial.
• MIFF OFF
vb. 1883 Eng. dial. – of plants: to fade, to lose their strength and beauty
• MIFFY
adj. 1750 Eng. dial. – apt to take offense, touchy, capricious
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a nickname for the Devil; a devil
• MIFKY-PIFKY
n. 1985 Amer. jocular usage – foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky
• MIG ALLEY
n. 1951 US sl. – in the Korean war: airspace controlled by North Korea and its allies
• MIGGAL-CON-PORE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an uproar; confusion
• MIGGLE
n. 1954 US drug culture sl. – a marijuana cigarette
• MIGGLE-CUM-PORE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an uproar; confusion
• MIGGLES
n. 1956 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MIGGY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – of the weather: moist, damp, muggy
n. 1885 Eng. dial. – the magpie, Pica rustica
• MIGHT
n. 1834 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a quantity; a large amount; a great number
• MIGHTFUL
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – full of might, powerful
• MIGHTILY
adv. 1796 Eng. & Amer. dial. – greatly, very much, considerably
• MIGHTILY BELIKED
adj. 1984 Amer. dial. – popular
• MIGHTIOUS
adj. c1460 obs. rare – full of might or power
• MIGHTLY
adv. 1744 Amer. dial. – greatly, very much
• MIGHT NIGH
adv. 1944 Amer. dial. – very nearly, almost
• MIGHTS
n. 1787 Sc. obs. – means, power, help
• MIGHTY
adj. 1. 1774 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial. – large in quantity or size, great, exceeding, considerable
adj. 2. 1827 Sc. – of liquor: strong, potent, intoxicating
adj. 3. 1876 Eng. dial. – very fine or gay
adj. 4. 1889 Sc. – strange, surprising
adj. 5. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – stately, haughty, disdainful
adj. 6. 1984 NZ sl. – excellent
adv. 1. 1746 Sc. & Eng. dial. – very, exceedingly
adv. 2. 1889 Sc. – surprisingly
• MIGHTY DOME
n. 1930s African-American sl. – the US Congress building, or any similar large, institutional edifice
• MIGHTY GOOD
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
n. 1. 1960s drug culture sl. – a depressant
n. 2. 1960s drug culture sl. – an extremely heavy narcotics addiction
• MIGHTY ME!
int. 1869 Sc. – an exclamation of surprise
• MIGHTY MEZZ
n. 1946 US drug culture sl. – a generous marijuana cigarette, or simply marijuana
• MIGHTY MITE
n. 1. 1967 US sl. – an airblower used by the military in Vietnam to blow smoke or tear gas into empty tunnels
n. 2. 2002 Can. sl. – a marijuana variety with large buds
• MIGHTY MOUTH
n. 1. 1950s sl. – a gossip or one who boasts
n. 2. 1950s homosexual sl. – a fellator
• MIGHTY PRIME
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• MIGHTY QUINN
n. 1975 US drug culture sl. – LSD
• A MIGHTY ROAR WENT UP FROM THE CROWD
phr. 1997 US sl. – used as a humorous comment on a lack of response to a joke or comment
• MIKE
n. 1. 1825 Brit. sl. – a period of idleness or shirking; a respite from work
n. 2. M19 sl. – a labourer, a hod-carrier, esp. when Irish
n. 3. L19 US colloq. – a familiar term of address to an unknown male
n. 4. L19 US colloq. – a generic term for an Irishman
n. 5. 1940s Aust. sl. – a cup of tea
n. 6. 1966 Amer. miners’ usage – a hammer
n. 7. 1970 sl. – a microgram of LSD
vb. 1. 1859 Brit. sl. – to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work
vb. 2. 1900s sl. – to steal, to make off with
• MIKE MALONE
n. 1930s rhyming sl. – a telephone
• MIKER
n. 1. L19 sl. – a loafer, a scrounger
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a truant
• MIKEY
n. M19 US sl. – an Irish person
• MIL
n. 1. 1960s sl. – a million; usually of money
n. 2. 1990s sl. – a milligram, usually of a drug
• MILANER
n. 1811 Eng. dial. obs. – a milliner
• MILARKEY
n. 1924 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• MILCH-COW
n. L17 UK prison sl. – a prisoner who is generous in bribing warders; one who is easily tricked out of money or property
• MILCH-HEARTED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted
• MILD
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. – ripe
vb. 1956 Amer. dial. – of a wind or storm: to diminish or decrease
• MILDCHEE
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – mile ale
• MILD DOWN
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – of a wind or storm: to diminish or decrease
• MILDER
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to moulder, to decay, to turn to dust, to disintegrate
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to smoulder
• MILDEW TO KEEP FROM MOLDING
phr. 1965 Amer. dial. – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?”
• MILDY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – mouldy; mildewed
vb. 1900 Eng. dial. – to grow mouldy; to mildew
• MILEAGE
n. 1960s Amer. sl. – wrinkles
• MILEPOSTER
n. 1955 African-American sl. – a person’s leg
• MILES-END-WAYS
n. 1955 African-American sl. – a long way; an undetermined distance
• MILES-ENDY-WAYS
n. 1955 African-American sl. – a long way; an undetermined distance
• MILE-STOOP
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a milestone
• MILIQUANT TOAST
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person
• MILITARY CEREMONY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way
• MILITARY WEDDING
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way; a shotgun wedding
• MILK
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a cow
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a boyfriend or girlfriend
vb. 1. 1788 Sc. – to steal
vb. 2. 1877 Eng. dial. – to add milk to tea
• MILK AND MEAL
n. Bk1905 Sc. – milk-porridge
• MILK-AND-MOLASSES
adj. 1833 US sl. – of mixed racial ancestry
• MILK AND WATER
adj. 1783 Amer. dial. – weak, wishy-washy, insipid
• MILK-BADGER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – one who sells milk, and occasionally other things, from door to door
• MILK BAGS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK BOTTLES
n. 1942 Amer. sl. – breasts
• MILK BROTHER
n. 1991 Amer. dial. – a person (not a sibling) related to another by the fact of their being nursed by the same woman
• MILK BUCKETS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK CANS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK CHEESE
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – cottage cheese
• MILK CONDENSERY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK CORN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an ear of corn that is just right for eating
• MILK COUSIN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a person (not a sibling) related to another by the fact of their being nursed by the same woman
• MILKEN
n. M17 sl. – a house-breaker
• MILKERS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK EYE
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a big, round, soft eye, like a baby’s
• MILK-FACED
adj. 1815 – shy, timid
• MILK FACTORIES
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK FACTORY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK-HEARTED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – poor-spirited
• MILK HORSE
n. c1865 Brit. turf sl. – a horse entered in a race to make money on, and always scratched before the affair comes off
• MILKIE
n. 1886 – a milkman
• MILKING JUGS
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILKING-PAIL
n. 18C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• MILKING STARS
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – the constellation of Orion
• MILK IN THE COCONUT
n. 1840 – the secret; the heart of the matter
• MILK-JUG
n. 1. 18C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
n. 2. c1920 Aust. sl. (as a dupe, rhyming sl. for ‘mug’) – a simpleton; a dupe
• MILK JUGS
n. 1957 US sl. – the female breasts
• MILK-LIVERED
adj. 1605 – cowardly, timid, faint-hearted
• MILK-LUE
adj. 1900 Sc. – lukewarm, of the temperature of milk warm from the cow
• MILK-MADLOCKS
n. Bk1905 Sc. – milk-porridge
• MILKMAID’S PATH
n. 1. 1820 Sc. & Amer. dial. – the Milky Way
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a streak of clouds across the sky in the evening, wider than a jet trail
• MILKMAID’S WAY
n. 1820 Sc. – the Milky Way
• MILK-MEAT
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – milk-porridge
• MILKNESS
n. 1. 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial. – dairy produce; milk
n. 2. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a dairy; the furniture of a dairy; dairy-work; the number of cows kept to supply a dairy
• MILKO; MILK-OH
n. 1907 sl., orig. Aust. – a milkman
• MILK OVER THE CAN
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. – to discourse pointlessly or beyond the mark
• MILK OVER THE FENCE
vb. c1870 Brit. sl. – to steal milk from neighbours’ cows
• MILK PAILS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK-PAN
n. 1. 18C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
n. 2. c1920 Aust. sl. – a simpleton; a dupe
• MILK PIG
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a very young pig
• MILK-POTAGE
n. 1787 Sc. – milk-porridge
• MILK-PRICKED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – said of milk which has turned sour
• MILK ROPE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a pearl necklace
• MILK ROUTE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK SACK
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a cow’s udder
• MILKSHAKES
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILK-SHOP
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female breasts
• MILK TEA
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – milk diluted with hot water and sweetened
• MILK THE BULL
vb. M18 Brit. colloq. – to attempt the impossible
• MILK THE COW WITH A SPANNER
vb. 20C Royal Navy sl. – to open a tin of milk
• MILK THE OLD HAT RACK
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to milk a cow
• MILK THE PIGEON
vb. M18 Brit. colloq. – to attempt the impossible
• MILK THE RAM
vb. M18 Brit. colloq. – to attempt the impossible
• MILK VEIN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a varicose vein
• MILK-WALK
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female breasts
• MILK-WARM
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – lukewarm, of the temperature of milk warm from the cow
• MILK-WOMAN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a wet nurse
• MILK WORKS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILKY
adj. 1. 1936 sl. – cowardly
adj. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – of the weather: foggy
n. 1886 – a milkman
• MILKY-DASHEL
n. 1897 Eng. dial. – the dandelion, Leontodon Taraxacum
• MILKY-DIZEL
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the dandelion, Leontodon Taraxacum
• MILKY-TOAST
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person
• MILKY WAY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a long band of clouds resembling the Milky Way
• MILKY WAYS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• MILL
n. 1. 1720 Sc. – a snuff-box; a small box, generally made of horn
n. 2. 1851 sl. – a prison
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – a boys’ fight; a scrimmage
n. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a confused heap
n. 5. World War I Amer. sl. – a guardhouse
n. 6. World War I Amer. sl. – a typewriter
n. 7. World War I Amer. sl. – a steam locomotive
vb. 1. c1700 sl. – to hit
vb. 2. 1792 Sc. – to manufacture
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to melt
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to swing or wheel round; to turn anything slowly about
• MILL-CAPON
n. 1827 Sc. obs. – a poor person who sough the charity of those who had grain grinding at the mill
• MILL-CLAPPER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a great chatterbox
• MILL DAYS
n. 1946 Amer. dial. – days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness
• MILLDEW
n. 1900 Sc. – wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather
• MILLED
adj. 1843 Sc. & Eng. dial. – intoxicated, drunk; mixed up
• MILLEFLOROUS
adj. 1856 – having very numerous flowers
• MILLENNIUM DOMES
n. 20C UK playground sl. – breasts
• MILLER
n. 1. 1783 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a moth of any kind, esp. a large white moth; also, a white butterfly
n. 2. 1883 Eng. dial. – a hairy caterpillar, esp. the caterpillar of the tiger-moth
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an obscene story
• MILLER’S DOG
n. 1777 Eng. dial. – a hairy caterpillar
• MILLER’S EYE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a jellyfish
• MILLER’S RULE
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – the rule where everyone takes his turn as he comes
• MILLER’S TURN
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – the rule where everyone takes his turn as he comes
• MILLERY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a mint; a place for coining money
• MILL-GRUEL
n. 1899 Sc. – porridge made with milk
• MILL-HOUSE STORY
n. 1871 Eng. dial. – a piece of doubtful gossip
• MILLIAD
n. 1851 rare – a period of one thousand years
• MILLIE
n. 1986 Amer. sl. – a weak or weak-willed fellow; a sissy
• MILL IN
vb. .Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to shrink; to wither; to diminish in quantity
• MILLIN
n. 1900 Sc. – a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food; a bit of anything
• MILLION
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a pumpkin
n. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – melon
• MILLION-DOLLAR-HUSBAND PIECE
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the last piece of food left on a plate
• MILLION-DOLLAR-MAN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the last piece of food left on a plate
• MILLION-DOLLAR WOUND
n. 1940s US military sl. – any wound that guarantees the victim a passage out of a war zone and back to the USA
• MILLIONIST
n. 1903 Amer. dial. – a millionaire
• MILLIONOUS
adj. 1666 obs. rare – numbered by the million; counted in millions
• MILLION TO A BIT OF DIRT
phr. M19 sl. – used of a very sure bet
• MILL-KEN
n. M17 sl. – a house-breaker
• MILL KETTLE
n. 1932 Amer. dial. – a locomotive, esp. a steam locomotive
• MILL LAY
n. L17 sl. – breaking and entering for the purpose of robbery
• MILL ONE’S GLAZE
vb. L18 sl. – to knock out one’s eye
• MILL ONE OUT OF A THING
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to wheedle it away
• MILL POND
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the ocean
• MILL-POSTS
n. Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial. – very thick or fat legs
• MILLTAG
n. E19 sl. – a shirt
• MILL THE GLAZE
vb. L17 UK criminals’ sl. – to break a window, esp. as a means of entering a house
• MILLTOG
n. E19 sl. – a shirt
• MILL TOWN
n. 1796 Eng. & Amer. dial. – the poor area of a town or city
• MILLTUG; MILLTUIG
n. E19 sl. – a shirt
• MILL VILLAGE
n. 1960s US sl. – the poor area of a town or city
• MILLWALL RESERVES
n. 1990s Brit. rhyming sl. – nerves
• MILLY
adj. 1990s African-American sl. – aggressive, pugnacious
n. 20C sl. – a shirt
• MILN UP
vb. 1940s UK prison sl. – to lock into a cell
• MILQUETOAST
n. 1938 Amer. dial. – a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person
• MILQUETOASTY
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – meek, timid, cowardly
• MILT
n. 19C sl. – semen
• MILT MARKET
n. 19C sl. – the vagina
• MILTON
n. M19 sl. – an oyster
• MILTONIAN
n. M19 sl. – a policeman
• MILTON KEYNES
n. 1. 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘queen’ – a homosexual
n. 2. 1990s rhyming sl. – beans, usually baked beans
• MILT SHOP
n. 19C sl. – the vagina
• MILVADER
vb. 1824 Sc. – to stun with a blow, to daze
• MILVADERING
n. 1821 Sc. – a fight with the fists, a beating
• MILWAUKEE CIDER
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – beer
• MILWAUKEE FRONT
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an oversized stomach, esp. from drinking beer or liquor
• MILWAUKEE GOITER
n. 1942 Amer. sl. – an oversized stomach, esp. from drinking beer or liquor
• MILWAUKEE SPECIAL
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – beer
• MILWAUKEE WATER
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – beer
• MILYIN
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a pumpkin
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