• OLD IDENTITY
n. 1. a person, usually an eccentric one, a ‘character’ …M19 sl.
n. 2. anyone who has lived in the same place for a long time, a regular resident …M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• OLDIE
adj. old …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. an old person …1874 sl.
n. 2. an old saying, story, object, etc. …1934 US sl.
n. 3. in the entertainment industry: an old and familiar popular song, motion picture, etc. …1939 US sl.
• OLDIE BUT GOODIE
n. 1. an old song that is still popular or is being revived …1957 US sl.
n. 2. any person or thing that is old but still desirable …1968 US sl.
• OLDIES
n. parents, regardless of age …1964 Aust. sl.
• OLD IMP
n. 1. the devil …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD INJUN
n. anger; a quick temper …1893 Amer. dial.
• OLD IRON (AND BRASS)
n. 1. grass …1992 UK rhyming sl.
n. 2. a pass …1992 UK rhyming sl., military usage
• OLDISH
adj. cunning, knowing …1837 Eng. dial.
• OLD ISSUE
n. an old soldier …1909 US Army sl.
• OLD JACK
n. 1. a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the devil …1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD JACK LANG
n. slang, spec. rhyming slang …1960s Aust. sl.
• OLD JAMAICA RUM
n. the sun …20C rhyming sl.
• OLD JAW PULLER
n. a dentist …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD JENNY GREENTEETH
n. a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1870 Eng. dial.
• OLD JIMSON
n. the devil …1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD JOE
n. 1. syphilis; rarely, gonorrhea …1948 US sl., esp. Navy usage
n. 2. any venereal disease …1967 US sl.
• THE OLD JOE
n. syphilis; rarely, gonorrhea …1948 US sl., esp. Navy usage
• OLD JOHN COE
n. a man with large land holdings …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD KATE
n. the pileated woodpecker …1955 Amer. dial.
• OLD-KILLED
adj. listless, squeamish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD KING COLE
n. unemployment benefit, the dole …1930s rhyming sl.
• OLD KIRK
n. whisky …1885 Sc.
• OLD KIT BAG
n. a cigarette …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘fag’
• OLD LAD
n. 1. a man, esp. as an affectionate term of address …L16 sl.
n. 2. a healthy old man; an old man who wears well …1790 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the devil …1873 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a father …1970s sl.
• THE OLD LAD
n. the devil …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD LADIES’ HOME
n. a brothel where decorum and the proprieties must be observed …1931 US sl.
• OLD LADY
n. 1. a mother, regardless of age …1722 sl.
n. 2. in gambling: a card that is slightly wider than the rest of the pack and thus identifiable by cheats …1828 card-sharpers’ sl.
n. 3. the female genitals …19C Brit. sl.
n. 4. a wife, regardless of age …1836 US sl.
n. 5. a ship; used affectionately …1841 US nautical sl.
n. 6. a male cook, as on a ranch or in camp …1892 US sl.
n. 7. a pimp’s prostitute …1900s African-American sl.
n. 8. a mistress or steady girlfriend, regardless of age …1918 US sl.
n. 9. a female ‘fence’ …1925 US criminals’ sl.
n. 10. a roommate (of the same sex) …1929 US college sl.
n. 11. of a man: a weakling, a sentimentalist …1930s sl.
n. 12. the passive partner, regardless of sex, in a homosexual relationship …1937 US sl., esp. prison usage
n. 13. a young woman …1979 US sl.
• OLD LADY FIVE FINGERS
n. masturbation …1960s sl.
• OLD LADY OF WESTMORELAND STREET
n. the Irish Times …M19 Irish
• OLD LADY WHITE
n. 1. a drug dealer, presumably in white powders …1900s sl.
n. 2. powdered narcotic …1920s US drug culture sl.
• OLD LAG
n. an ex-convict or habitual convict …1812 sl.
• OLD LANG SYNE
n. old acquaintanceship, former friendship …Bk1905 Sc.
• THE OLD LAY
n. thieving …c1730 criminals’ sl.
• OLD LEPER
n. a term of (affectionate) address …1920s sl.
• OLD LIGHTHOUSE SHITTER
n. a gull (bird) …1945 Amer. dial.
• OLD-LIKE
adj. old in appearance …1634 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD LING
n. the vagina …18C sl.
• OLD LION
n. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD LOB
n. a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1870 Eng. dial.
• OLD LOOPHOLE
n. a lawyer …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD LUTHERFUD
n. the devil …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLDLY
adj. verging on old age; elderly …1382 E19 sl. rare
adv. in the manner of one that is old; in an old or bygone manner …c1200 E19 sl.
• OLD MA
n. one’s grandmother …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MADGE
n. 1. a cudgel …M17 sl.
n. 2. cocaine …20C drug culture sl.
• THE OLD MAGOO
n. sex appeal …1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD MAHOUN
n. the devil …Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD MAID
n. 1. a person with the alleged characteristics of an elderly spinster, such as primness, prudery, fastidiousness, etc. …1530 often derogatory
n. 2. a horse-fly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a kernel of popcorn that has failed to pop …1947 US sl.
n. 4. an outdoor toilet …1950 Amer. dial. euphemism
n. 5. the last piece of food left on a plate …1950 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a leftover item …1982 US sl.
• OLD MAIDEN
n. an old maid …1775 rare
• OLD MAID’S PIECE
n. the last piece of food left on a plate …1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD-MAKE-NEW
n. the same thing over again, a revival …1830 Sc.
• OLD MAKER
n. the Christian God …1900s African-American sl.
• OLD MAMMA
n. one’s grandmother …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN
adj. large, important, of lengthy duration …M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 1. a husband, esp. one’s own husband …1768 sl.
n. 2. a father, regardless of age …1811 US sl.
n. 3. a full-grown male kangaroo …1828 Aust.
n. 4. orig. a commanding officer or ship’s captain; hence, one’s employer or superior …1830 sl.
n. 5. a term of endearment …US Civil War usage
n. 6. a term of address to a male …1885 sl.
n. 7. a prostitute’s pimp or lover, regardless of age …1891 US sl.
n. 8. God …1902 Amer. dial.
n. 9. the penis …1902 sl.
n. 10. the asthma …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 11. the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a difficult job …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 13. the commanding officer of any military unit, esp. a company commander …World War I US Army usage
n. 14. a long-handled tool used to secure leverage in safecracking …1926 US sl.
n. 15. a bull …1939 Amer. dial. euphemism
n. 16. the bald eagle …1953 Amer. dial.
n. 17. a boyfriend or lover, regardless of age …1966 US sl.
n. 18. old friend …20C US colloq.
vb. to age …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THE OLD MAN
n. 1. the master of a vessel, regardless of age …1823 US nautical sl.
n. 2. a commanding officer …1830 US military sl.
n. 3. any senior figure, the boss, a headmaster …E19 sl., orig. US
n. 4. in cards, the king …L19 sl.
n. 5. God …1902 US sl.
• THE OLD MAN DOWN BELOW
n. the devil …1950 Amer. dial.
• THE OLD MAN HAS HIS SUNDAY CLOTHES ON
phr. used of the penis when erect …L19 sl.
• OLD-MAN-HOUSE
n. a hospital for old men …1634 obs.
• OLD MAN JOSS
n. World War I Amer. sl. – the patron saint of all submarine men
• OLD MAN MOSE
n. death or time …1940s African-American sl.
• THE OLD MAN MUST BE WORKING OVERTIME
phr. L19 – refers to a woman with many children
• OLD MAN RED EYE
n. whisky …1914 US tramps’ sl.
• OLD MAN SATAN
n. the devil …1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN’S HEAD
n. the carnation or pink …1858
• OLD MAN’S MILK
n. 1. wine …E19 sl.
n. 2. cream, eggs, sugar, and whisky …1814 Sc.
n. 3. whisky …M19 sl.
• OLD-MAN’S-SNUFFBOX
n. a puffball …1931 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN WITH THE HORNS
n. the devil …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD MARE
n. a woman who lectures …1935 tramps’ sl.
• OLD MARES’ TAILS
n. long, white, fleecy clouds …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD MARK
n. a lady …1859 criminals’ sl.
• OLD MASSA
n. a Black person’s term of address to a White slave-holder …1680s African-American
• OLD MASTER
n. 1. an artist of distinguished skill who lived before the period accounted ‘modern’; chiefly applied to painters from the 13th to the 16th or 17th century …1840
n. 2. God …1849 Amer. dial.
n. 3. grandfather …1970 Amer. dial.
• OLD MEAT-IN-THE-POT
n. a nickname for a firearm …1907 Amer. dial.
• OLD MEXICO
n. Mexico …1863 Amer. dial.
• OLD MILK
n. skim milk …1790 Eng. dial.
• OLD MOM
n. one’s grandmother …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MOODY
n. a cunning trick, a fraud …1930s sl.
• OLD MOSS
n. a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
• OLD MOSSYFACE
n. 1. the female genitals …L18 Brit. sl.
n. 2. the ace of spades …L19 Brit. sl.
• OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
n. an unbelievable story; a fantasy …L19 sl.
• THE OLD MOTHER OF PEARL
n. a wife; my wife …1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘old girl’
• OLD-MOU’D
adj. sagacious in speech …1768 Sc.
• OLD MOUSTACHE
n. a vigorous old man with a grey moustache …L19 sl.
• OLD MR. GORY
n. 1. a piece of gold, i.e. a gold con …1698 criminals’ sl.
n. 2. £1 … Bk1903 sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM
n. 1. death; used as a personification …1785 sl.
n. 2. the Devil …L18 sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM’S CHARIOT
n. a hearse …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM’S HOUSE
n. the morgue …1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD MUDDY
n. the Mississippi or Missouri river …1846 US sl.
• OLD MUSHY BUCKET OF LARD
n. a person who is very fat; chiefly used of men …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD NAG
n. 1. a woman …1598 sl.
n. 2. a cigarette …20C rhyming sl. for ‘fag’
• OLD NASK
n. Bridewell prison, Totillfields, London …E19
• OLD NASSAU
n. Princeton University …M19 US college sl.
• OLD NED
n. 1. salt pork or bacon …1833 US sl.
n. 2. beef …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a boar …1936 Amer. dial.
n. 4. the devil …1939 US sl.
n. 5. the head …1930s rhyming sl.
• OLDNESS
n. cunning …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD NET
n. ragged work-clothes …1950s W. Indies sl.
• OLD NICHOLAS
n. the devil …M17 sl.
• OLD NICK
n. 1. the devil …1662
n. 2. devilishness, mischief …1817 US sl.
n. 3. the joker in a pack of cards …L19 Anglo-Irish
n. 4. something terrible …1920s sl.
n. 5 a hobgoblin used to threaten children …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD NICKER
n. the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD NICKIE
n. the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD NICKIE BEN
n. the devil …1785 Sc.
• OLD NIGGER
n. a disreputable, down-at-heel person …1950s W. Indies sl.
• THE OLD NIGHT
n. New Year’s Eve …1966 Amer. dial.
• OLDO
n. an old person …1950s sl.
• OLD OAK
n. London …20C rhyming sl. for ‘The Smoke’
• OLD OF THE MOON
n. the period of the waning moon …1904 Amer. dial.
• OLD OIL
n. flattery, sweet talk …M19 US sl.
• OLD ONE
n. 1. an old woman …E19 Irish
n. 2. a sly or crafty person …1847-49 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a father …L19 Aust. sl.
n. 4. the devil …1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. a difficult job …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 6. an adult …1942 Amer. dial.
• THE OLD ONE
n. 1. the devil; Satan …c1000
n. 2. one’s mother or wife …E19 Irish
• THE OLD ONE-TWO
n. 1. masturbation …L19 sl.
n. 2. a knockout blow …20C sl.
n. 3. sexual intercourse …20C sl.
• OLD OYSTER
n. a term of address, esp. to a reserved, uncommunicative person …c1890 sl.
• OLD PACK
n. a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
• OLD PALAVER
n. a fussy, ostentatious person …19C Sc.
• OLD PAP
n. one’s grandfather …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD PAPPY
n. a grandfather …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD PARTICS
n. very old friends …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD PARTICULARS
n. very old friends …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD PARTY
n. 1. an old man or woman …M19 sl.
n. 2. an affectionate term for an animal …M19 sl.
• OLD PASTE-HORN
n. a nickname for a large-nosed man …c1856 sl.
• OLD PATROL
n. an old prostitute …1940s US sl.
• OLD PEG
n. ‘poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk’; an inferior kind of cheese; old cheese…L18 Eng. dial.
• OLD PHARAOH
n. very strong ale …1697 Eng. dial.
• OLD PIE
n. an admirable or adept fellow …1882 US sl.
• OLD PIP
n. an upper-class term of address …c1930
• OLD PITCHFORK
n. the devil …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD POGER
n. the devil …L18 sl.
• OLD POINT COMFORT
n. an outhouse …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD POKE
n. a spoilsport …1930s US sl.
• OLD POKER
n. the devil …1784 colloq.
• OLD POP
n. one’s grandfather …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD POT
n. 1. an old man …L19 sl.
n. 2. one’s father …L19 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 3. a husband …1916 sl., chiefly Aust.
• THE OLD POT
n. one’s father …L19 sl.
• OLD POT AND PAN
n. 1. ‘old man’; husband, father …M19 rhyming sl.
n. 2. ‘old woman’; wife, woman …M19 rhyming sl.
• OLD PROB
n. 1. the weather bureau or its staff …L19 US sl.
n. 2. a meteorologist …c1900 US sl.
• OLD PROBABILITIES
n. 1. the weather bureau or its staff …L19 US sl.
n. 2. a meteorologist …1942 US sl.
• OLD PROBS
n. the weather bureau or its staff …L19 US sl.
• OLD PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY
n. James Buchanan, 15th US president …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD PUT
n. a pretentious old gentleman …M18 sl.
• OLD QUI-HI
n. a former colonial administrator or Indian Army soldier …19C Anglo-Indian
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