• NEVE
n. 1. c900 obs. – a nephew
n. 2. c1400 obs. – a grandson
n. 3. c1440 obs. rare – a spendthrift, a squanderer
n. 4. 1624 obs. rare – a spot or mark on the skin
• NEVEL
n. a1500 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a blow with the fist
vb. 1. a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to beat with the fists; to pound or pummel
vb. 2. 1824 Sc. – to take hold of with the fist; to grasp, to pluck out
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to handle or finger things awkwardly so as to soil or disarrange
vb. 4. Bk1905 Sc. – to pinch with the fingers
• NEVELE
adj. Bk1902 back-slang – eleven
• NEVELE GEN
n. Bk1902 back-slang – eleven shillings
• NEVELE YANNEPS
n. Bk1902 back-slang – elevenpence
• NEVELING
adv. 1387 obs. rare – face downwards
• NEVEN
vb. 1. a1300 obs. – to give as a name to a person or thing
vb. 2. a1300 obs. – to mention, to speak of, to give an account of
vb. 3. a1300 obs. – to name, to mention by name
vb. 4. c1350 obs. – to tell a story, the truth
• NEVER-A-FACE-BUT-HIS-OWN
adj. c1696 sl. – not a penny in his pocket
• NEVER-BEGOT
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. – unearthly
• NEVER-BEING
n. 1633 obs. – non-existence
• NEVER-CEASING
adj. c1602 – unceasing, ceaseless; constant, continual
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a continuous effort in one direction
• NEVER-COME-OFF
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – an unlikely occurrence
• NEVER-DO-GOOD
n. 1814 Sc. – a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing fellow
• NEVER-DO-WELL
n. 1856 – a ne’er-do-well
• NEVER-DYING
adj. 1596 – undying, immortal
• NEVER-FAILING
adj. 1622 – unfailing
• NEVER-FEAR
n. Bk1902 rhyming sl. – beer
• NEVER-HEED-EM
adj. 1865 Eng. dial. – thoughtless, wild
• NEVER-HEED-UM-STREET
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – an unknown place; nowhere
• NEVER IN ONE’S PUFF
phr. c1880 tailors’ usage – never in one’s life
• NEVER IN THIS WORLD
adv. 1894 Sc. – never
• NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT ONE
vb. 1923 sl. – to be taken by surprise
• NEVER-MASS
n. c1550 obs. – a date or time which never comes
• NEVER-MENTION-EMS
n. 1856 – unmentionables, trousers
• NEVERMIND
n. 1935 – one’s own business or affairs; a concern
• NEVER MISS A TRICK
adj. 1920s orig. US – to be highly aware
• NEVER NEVER
n. 1900 – in Australia, the unpopulated northern part of Queensland; the desert country of the interior
• THE NEVER-NEVER
n. 1926 Brit. sl. – hire purchase
• NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY
n. 1. 1888 Aust. sl. – the future life; heaven
n. 2. 1890 Aust. sl. – the confines of civilization; in Queensland, the occupied pastoral land furthest from the more settled districts
• NEVER NOTHIN’ IN THE WORLD!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – by no means; on no account
• NEVER OFF A PERSON’S BACK
phr. Bk1905 N. Ireland – never ceasing to advise, scold, or look after him
• THE NEVER-OUT
n. Bk1902 sl. – the female pudendum
• NEVER-READY
n. 1862 – one who is never ready
• NEVER SAY DOG
phr. 1895 Amer. dial. – not to say the least thing
• NEVER SAY MIFF
phr. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – not give in, ‘never say die’, never surrender or give up
• NEVER-SWEAT
n. 1. 1851 – an idle or lazy person
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – a penurious person
n. 3. 1970s Aust. sl. – a council worker
• NEVER-THRIFT
n. c1440 obs. – a ne’er-do-well; a waster
• NEVER-THRIVING
n. 1486 obs. – a thriftless pack
• NEVER-TO-BE-HEARD-TELL-OF
adj. 1826 Sc. – unheard of, preposterous
• NEVER-TOO-LATE-TO-MEND-SHOP
n. Bk1902 tailors’ sl. – a repairing tailor’s
• NEVER TOUCH IT
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a teetotaller
• NEVER WHERE
adv. c1400 obs. – nowhere
• A NEVES
n. 1901 back-slang – seven years’ hard labour
• NEVEY
n. 1869 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a nephew
• NEVILL
vb. a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to beat with the fists; to pound or pummel
• NEVILLER
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a knock-down blow
• NEVILLING
n. Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a pommelling, a beating inflicted with the fist
• NEVIS
adj. Bk1902 back-slang – seven
• A NEVIS
n. 1901 back-slang – seven years’ hard labour
• NEVIS-GEN
n. Bk1902 back-slang – seven shillings
• NEVISON
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a bungler; anyone awkward at doing anything
• NEVIS-YANNEPS
n. Bk1902 back-slang – sevenpence
• NEVIT
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – compact
• NEVO
n. 1817 Sc. – a nephew
• NEVOY
n. 1818 Sc. – a nephew
• NEVVY
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – a nephew
• NEW
vb. 1768 Sc. – to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul
• NEW ACID
n. 1970s drug culture sl.- phencyclidine
• NEWANCE
n. 1875 Sc. – a new thing; a novelty; anything unusual
• NEW BREAD
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a novelty
• NEW-BUG
n. Bk1902 Marlborough School usage – a new boy
• NEWBY
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – a scarf
• NEW CALICO
n. M19 US sl. – a young woman
• NEWCASTLE HOSPITALITY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – hospitality which kills with kindness
• NEW-CATCHED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – inexperienced, raw
• NEW COLLAR AND CUFF
vb. Bk1902 clerical usage – to to furbish up an old sermon
• NEW-COME
adj. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. – fresh, newly arrived
n. 1821 sl. – a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc.
• NEWDICLE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs. – something new
• NEWDLING
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – a simpleton; a demented person
• NEWELL
n. a1500 Sc. – a blow with the fist
• NEWELTY
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a novelty; a dainty
• NEW ENGLAND OF THE WEST
n. Bk1902 Amer. sl. – the State of Minnesota
• NEWERY-DAY
n. 1875 Eng. dial. – New Year’s Day
• NEWERY’S MORN
n. 1896 Eng. dial. – New Year’s morning
• NEW FANDANGLED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – new; novel
• NEW-FANG
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – anything new-fashioned; a new fancy; generally used satirically
• NEWFANGLE
adj. 1. 1742 Sc. – fond of novelty; pleasant to strangers
adj. 2. 1773 Sc. – new-fashioned, novel
n. 1548 rare – a new fashion or crotchet; a novelty, a new invention; always used in a contemptuous sense
vb. 1641 obs. – (as ‘new fangle’) to dress up anew
• NEWFANGLED
adj. 1. 1641 obs. – much taken up with some new thing; pleased with novelties
adj. 2. 1835 Sc. – in a new and strange situation
adj. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – new; novel
• NEWFANGLEDNESS
n. 1. 1775 Sc. obs. – love of novelty
n. 2. 1877 Sc. – an innovation; a novelty
• NEWFANGLEMENT
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a modern innovation
• NEWFANGLETY
adj. 1922 Amer. dial. – newfangled
• NEWGATE
n. 1592 – a jail; spec., the prison for the City of London
vb. 1740 sl. – to imprison
• NEWGATE-BIRD
n. 1607 sl. – a thief, a sharper, a jailbird
• NEWGATE COLLAR
n. 19C sl. – a collar-like beard worn under the chin
• NEWGATE FRILL
n. 1885 sl. – a collar-like beard worn under the chin
• NEWGATE FRINGE
n. 19C sl. – a collar-like beard worn under the chin
• NEWGATE-FRISK
n. Bk1902 sl. – a hanging
• NEWGATE HORNPIPE
n. E19 sl. – a hanging
• NEWGATE-KNOCKER
n. 1851 sl. – a lock of hair like the figure 6, twisted from the temple towards the ear; chiefly in vogue 1840-50
• NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE
n. c1531 sl. – a thief, a sharper, a jailbird
• NEWGATE-RING
n. Bk1902 sl. – moustache and beard as one, without side whiskers
• NEWGATE-SAINT
n. Bk1902 sl. – a condemned criminal
• NEWGATE-SOLICITOR
n. Bk1902 sl. – a pettifogging attorney
• NEW-GET
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to gain afresh
• NEW GUINEA
n. Bk1902 Oxford usage – first possession of income
• NEW-HAT
n. 1. Bk1903 sl. – £1
n. 2. 1876 sl. – a guinea
• NEW HOLLAND CASSOWARY
n. 1842 – the emu
• NEWIE
n. 1. M19 US students’ sl. – a new student, a newcomer
n. 2. 1950s Aust. sl. – anything new or hitherto unknown
n. 3. 20C Aust. sl. – a new immigrant; a new arrival
• NEWING
n. 1641 Sc. – yeast; barm
• NEWINGTON BUTTS
n. 20C rhyming sl. for ‘guts’ – the stomach
• NEWINGTONS
n. 20C rhyming sl. for ‘guts’ (Newington Butts) – the stomach
• NEW INIQUITY
n. M19 Aust. & NZ sl. – an immigrant
• NEWIS
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous
• NEW JACK
adj. 1. 1980s African-American sl. – in tune with the contemporary young Black culture
adj. 2. 1980s African-American sl. – superficial, flashy, meretricious
n. 1. 1980s sl., chiefly African-American – a newcomer or novice, esp. to the fast life of the ghetto streets
n. 2. 2000s African-American sl. – a sophisticate, someone who has succeeded in the ghetto culture
• NEW JACK CITY
n. 1980s African-American sl. – Detroit, New York City, or any other city with a thriving ghetto style
• NEW JERUSALEM
n. M19 sl. – the upper-class area of Belgravia in London
• NEW JILL
n. 2000s African-American sl. – a sophisticate, someone who has succeeded in the ghetto culture
• NEWK
n. 1970s US students’ sl. – a newcomer, a novice
• NEWKY
adj. 1875 Eng. dial. – cross, ill-tempered, ill to deal with
n. 1. 1884 Eng. dial. – a cross child
n. 2. 1970s sl. – Newcastle ‘Brown Ale’
• NEWKY BROWN
n. 1970s sl. – Newcastle ‘Brown Ale’
• NEW LIGHT
n. 1. 1823 sl. – a Methodist
n. 2. 1823 sl. – one who attends the prisons to assist villains in evading justice
n. 3. 1859 Amer. thieves’ sl. – new money
• NEWLINS
adv. 1829 Sc. – newly, recently
• NEWLITY
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a novelty; a dainty
• NEW MAGIC
n. 1970s drug culture sl. – phencyclidine
• NEWMAN’S
n. 19C sl. – Newgate prison
• NEWMAN’S COLLEGE
n. 19C sl. – Newgate prison
• NEWMAN’S HOTEL
n. 19C sl. – Newgate prison
• NEWMAN’S LIFT
n. E19 sl. – the gallows
• NEWMAN’S TEA-GARDENS
n. 19C sl. – Newgate prison
• NEWMARKET HEATH COMMISSIONER
n. 19C sl. – a highwayman
• NEW MEAT
n. 1. 1908 US sl. – a newly arrived soldier
n. 2. 1930s US prison sl. – a new inmate
n. 3. 1960s US students’ sl. – a freshman
• NEW MEXICAN RAIN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – dust clouds
• NEWMOST
adj. 1742 Sc. – lowest; nethermost
• NEWNITED STATES
n. 1922 Amer. dial. – United States
• NEW OFF THE IRONS
adj. L17 sl. – newly graduated from university; just left school; hence, inexperienced, brand new
• NEW OF THE MOON
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – the time of the new moon
• NEW-ON
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – new, fresh; esp. of clothes
• NEWOUS
adj. 1. Bk1905 Sc. – keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous
adj. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – newfangled; full of novelty; fond of what is new
• NEWOUSLIE
adv. Bk1905 Sc. – in a newfangled way
• NEWOUSNESS
n. Bk1905 Sc. – newfangledness
• NEW PAIR OF BOOTS
n. L19 UK middle class usage – a whole new situation
• NEW PAN
n. 1861 Sc. – a second husband
• NEW PEARLS
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – false teeth
• NEW POTATO
n. 1900 Eng. dial. – a term of endearment
• NEW RIVER HEAD
n. L18 sl. – tears
• NEWS
n. 1. 1844 Sc. – gossip; talk, conversation; the subject of talk
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a newspaper
vb. 1. 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to tell as news; to chat; to gossip
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to advertise that one will not be responsible for another person’s debts
• NEW-SAD
adj. 1788 rare – recently made sad
• NEWS-BAG
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a gossiping person
• NEWS-BELL
n. 1874 Eng. dial. – a singing in t he ears supposed to portend bad news
• NEWS BUG
n. 1. 1950s W. Indies sl. – a gossip
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a person who is always poking into other people’s affairs; a nosy person
• NEWS BUTCHER
n. L19 US sl. – a seller of newspapers, sweets, etc., on a train
• NEW SCHOOL
n. 1990s sl. – in rap music: anything recent or new
• NEWSED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – mentioned in the newspaper
• NEWSER
n. 1900 Sc. – a gossip, a retailer of news
• NEW SETTLEMENTS
n. 1823 Oxford usage – a final reckoning
• NEWSFU’
adj. 1812 Sc. – full of gossip
• NEWS-GIZZENED
adj. 1871 Eng. dial. – empty of news
• NEWS HAWK
n. 1. 1910s sl. orig. US – a newspaper reporter
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – a newspaper seller
• NEWS HEN
n. 1940s US sl. – a female journalist
• NEWSHOG
n. 1. 1910s sl. orig. US – a newspaper reporter
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – a newspaper seller
• NEWSHOUND
n. 1. 1910s sl. orig. US – a newspaper reporter
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – a newspaper seller
• NEWS-HUGGER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller
• NEWSIE
n. 1. L19 US sl. – a seller of newspapers in the street; orig. boys and girls only
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – a news broadcaster or journalist
n. 3. 2000s sl. – a newsagent’s
• NEWSING
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – gossiping
• NEWS-LASSIE
n. 1870 Sc. – a newspaper girl
• NEWS OF THE DAY
n. L19 UK criminals’ sl. – a public house
• NEWS OF THE SCREWS
n. 1990s sl. – a nickname for the ‘News of the World’ (a Sunday paper in the UK)
• NEW SOUTH
n. 1990s Aust. rhyming sl. – the mouth
• NEWS PACKER
n. 1983 Amer. dial. – a tattletale, a gossip
• NEWSPAPER
n. 1926 sl. – thirty days imprisonment
• NEWSPAPERACIOUS
adj. 1843 – of a form or style usual in newspapers
• NEWSPAPER-BILLY
n. 1886 Sc. – a reporter for the Press
• NEWSPAPER-MAN
n. 1892 Sc. – a man who is a great reader of newspapers
• NEWSPAPERS
n. 2003 UK sl. – LSD
• NEWSPAPER-WOMAN
n. 1892 Sc. – a woman who is a great reader of newspapers
• NEWS-POAK
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a gossip
• NEWSSTAND
n. 1986 US sl. – a dealer in pornographic literature and magazines
• NEWST
adv. 1. 1881 Eng. dial. – near, hereabout
adv. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – nearly, almost, pretty much
prep. 1825 Eng. dial. – near to, nigh
• NEWST OF A NEWSTNESS
phr. 1678 Eng. dial. – much about the same, almost alike
• NEWSTRALIAN
n. 1950s Aust. sl. – a New Australian, i.e. any immigrant, usually from continental Europe, whose first language is not English
• NEWS WALKER
n. US Civil War usage – a self-appointed reporter who would wander up and down the lines after battle to exchange information
• NEWSY
adj. 1. 1832 UK sl. – full of information, esp. of trivial or personal matters
adj. 2. 1832 sl. – giving information
adj. 3. 1873 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial. – talkative; full of gossip; scandal-loving; inquisitive, prying, nosy
• NEWSY-BREECHES
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a gossip; a busybody; an inquisitive person
• NEWSZINE
n. 1976 US sl. – a fan magazine that does not contain any fiction, just news
• NEWT
n. 1920s US college sl. – a stupid, unsophisticated or socially inadequate person
• NEWTED
adj. 1970s sl. – drunk
• NEW THINGER
n. 1960s sl., orig. US – a devotee of the ‘new thing’, an experimental form of jazz, which dispensed with the normal harmonic and rhythmic framework, popular in the 1960s
• NEWTON AND RIDLEY
adj. 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘tiddly’ – tipsy, drunk
• NEWTON HEATH
n. 1959 UK rhyming sl. – teeth
• NEWTON PIPPIN
n. L19 sl. – a cigar
• NEWTOWN-PIPPIN
n. Bk1902 sl. – a cigar
• NEW UN
n. 1843 Eng. dial. – a fresh, vigorous person
• NEW WRINKLED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – new; novel
• NEWY
n. 1950s Aust. sl. – anything new or hitherto unknown
• NEW YEAR’S TIDE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the beginning of the year
• NEW YORK
vb. 1950s W. Indies sl. – to retch, to vomit
• NEW YORK CITY SILVER
n. 1970s drug culture sl. – an imaginary brand of marijuana, silver/white because its seeds have grown in darkness, after being flushed away into the sewer system
• NEW YORK CITY WHITE
n. 1970s drug culture sl. – an imaginary brand of marijuana, silver/white because its seeds have grown in darkness, after being flushed away into the sewer system
• NEW YORKER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a style of haircut; the top was a brush cut, the rest long and combed into a ‘duck’s ass’
• NEW YORKERS
n. 1980s drug culture sl. – MDMA
• NEW YORK INDIAN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a Jew
• NEW YORK MINUTE
n. 1920s US sl. – a very short period of time; an instant
• NEW YORK NIPPERS
n. 1930s rhyming sl. – kippers
• NEW YORK SECOND
n. 1920s US sl. – an instant
• NEW YORK TURKEY
n. 1905 Amer. dial. – bacon
• NEXTISH
n. 1982 US sl. – the next issue of a single-interest fan magazine
• NEXT NEVER’S-TIDE
adj. 1885 Eng. dial. – never
• NEXUS
n. 1995 US drug culture sl. – 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethyliamine, a mild hallucinogen
• NEYGER
adj. a1400 obs. rare – black
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