• PAEDARCHY
n. rule or government by a child or children …1830
• PAEDERAST
n. a sodomite …1730
• PAEDERASTIC
adj. pert. to sodomy …1704
• PAEDERASTIST
n. a sodomite …1684 obs.
• PAEDERASTY
n. unnatural connection with a boy; sodomy …1613
• PAEDEUTICS
n. the science or art of education …1864
• PAEDIE-PUMP
n. a prison-issue training shoe worn by sex offenders …2002 UK sl.
• PAEDO
n. paedophilia; a paedophile …2002 UK sl.
• PAEDOBAPTISM
n. infant baptism …1640
• PAEDOCRACY
n. government by children …1647
• PAEDOLOGIST
n. one who studies boys …1894
• PAEDOLOGY
n. the study of the nature of children …1894
• PAEDONYMIC
n. a name given to a person from that of his or her child …1883
• PAEDONYMY
n. the giving of a name to person from that of his or her child …1883
• PAEDOTROPHIA
n. the rearing of children …1857
• PAEDOTROPHIC
adj. relating to the rearing of children …1889
• PAEDOTROPHIST
n. one skilled in rearing children …1889
• PAEDOTROPHY
n. the rearing of children …1857
• PAEWAE
adj. of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless …1898 Sc.
n. a peevish weakling; a querulous, affected person, esp. a woman …1927 Sc.
vb. to eat without appetite, to trifle with one’s food …1923 Sc.
• PAFFALDIN
n. baggage; also, a quantity of unnecessary and heavy clothing …1851 Eng. dial.
• PAFFLE
n. a small parcel of land …1818 Sc.
vb. 1. to fly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to peck at, to scatter with the beak or feet …1896 Eng. dial.
• PAFFLER
n. one who occupies a small farm …Bk1905 Sc.
• PAFFLING
adj. silly, trifling, idle …1811 Eng. dial. obs.
• PAFISTICATED
adj. tipsy …1966 Amer. dial.
• PAG
n. a useless individual …20C Ulster sl.
vb. 1. to carry a heavy, cumbersome burden; to carry a person pick-a-back …1889 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to pack tightly; to fill, to stuff, to stop up …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAGADOR
n. a pay-master …1591 obs.
• PAGAN
adj. 1. heathenish …1550
adj. 2. referring to sexual intercourse in positions other than the missionary position …20C colloq.
n. 1. one who does not worship the true God; a heathen; earlier, a non-Christian …c1375
n. 2. a paramour, a prostitute …1597 obs.
n. 3. a person of heathenish character or habits …1841
n. 4. a White person …1980s African-American sl.
• PAGANDOM
n. the pagan world; heathendom …1853
• PAGANIC
adj. characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish …1676 obs.
• PAGANICAL
adj. characteristic of pagans; pagan. heathenish …1573 obs.
• PAGANO-CHRISTIAN
n. a Christian corrupted by paganism …1680
• PAGE
n. 1. a boy, a youth, a lad …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a male person of the ‘lower orders’, or of low condition or manners; an inferior person; a term of contempt …a1300 obs.
n. 3. a foot-soldier …c1330 obs.
n. 4. a boy or lad in training for knighthood, and attached to the personal service of a knight, whom he followed on foot, being not yet advanced to the rank of squire …1480
n. 5. a boy who helps the shepherd with the sheep …1819 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a clip or other contrivance for holding up a woman’s skirt in walking …1864
n. 7. one thousand doses of LSD soaked into paper …1999 US sl.
• PAGEANT
n. 1. a part acted to deceive or impose upon anyone; a trick …c1380 obs.
n. 2. a scene acted on the stage; one scene or act of a medieval mystery play …c1380 obs.
n. 3. a stage or platform on which scenes were acted or tableaux represented …1450 obs.
n. 4. a scene represented on tapestry, or the like …1557 obs.
vb. to imitate as in a pageant or play; to mimic …1606 obs. rare
• PAGEANTEER
n. a player in a pageant or mystery play …1624 obs. rare
• PAGEANTIC
adj. of the nature of or belonging to a pageant …1825 rare
• PAGE BIZ
n. the publishing business …2002 US sl.
• PAGE ONER
n. a screenplay in need of a complete rewrite …1997 US sl.
• PAGERY
n. the office or position of a page; service as a page …1586 obs.
• PAGE THREE
adj. referring to photographs of women with exposed breasts …1970s Brit. sl.
• PAGE THREE GIRL
n. a girl whose scantily clad, or nude, picture appears as a newspaper pin-up …1975 UK sl.
• PAGGA
n. a fight …1990s Sc. sl.
• PAGGED
adj. fatigued …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGGEL
vb. to mend, to patch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGGER
n. a fight …1990s Sc. sl.
vb. 1. to break or smash; to wreck …1979 UK market traders’ usage
vb. 2. to fight …1990s Sc. sl.
• PAGGERED
adj. drunk …2002 UK sl.
• PAGGLE
vb. 1. to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle …c1590 obs.
vb. 2. to mend, to patch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGICAL
adj. relating to the pages of a book …1606 obs.
• PAGINAL
adj. pert. to a page consisting of or referring to pages …1646
• PAGINARY
adj. pert. to a page consisting of or referring to pages …1823
• PAGINE
n. a page or leaf; pages collectively, book, writing …a1225 obs.
• PAGLED
adj. made or become pregnant; big with young …1599 obs.
• PAG-MAG
n. 1. a collection of rubbish; odds and ends …1895 Eng. dial.
n. 2. nonsense …1895 Eng. dial.
• PAGNE
n. a hangover caused by drinking champagne …1999 UK sl.
• PAGOD
n. 1. an idol temple …1582 arch.
n. 2. an image of a deity, an idol, esp. in India, China, etc. 1582 arch.
n. 3. a person superstitiously or extravagantly reverenced or otherwise likened to a heathen deity; an ‘idol’ …1719
• PAGODA
n. 1. an idol or image …1634 obs. rare
n. 2. in horseracing: the stand where race officials are seated …1951 US sl.
• PAGODY
n. a temple or sacred building in India, China, etc. …1588 obs.
• PAG OFF
vb. to send away; to go away, esp. suddenly and unceremoniously …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAG OUT
vb. to fit out, to furnish, as with provisions for a journey …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAH
adj. nasty; hence, improper, unbecoming …a1654
int. an exclamation of disgust …1592
• PAID
adj. 1. pleased, satisfied, content …c1230 obs.
adj. 2. intoxicated, drunk …1638 sl. obs.
adj. 3. financially stable if not wealthy …1998 US sl.
adj. 4. resulting in a favourable outcome of a parole hearing …2000s US prison sl.
n. a sore …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIDEUTICS
n. the science or art of education …1864
• PAIDLE
n. 1. a field or garden hoe …a1568 Sc.
n. 2. a small leather bag used by peddlers for their smaller articles of trade; a folder, a wallet; also, a flat leather receptacle or pouch used by country housewives for holding household oddments, worn at the right side and suspended by tapes round the waist …1808 Sc.
n. 3. the act of wading or paddling in water …1866 Sc.
n. 4. the act of walking with short, quick steps …1880 Sc.
vb. 1. to move with short, quick steps; to toddle, to walk slowly or aimlessly; to totter; to wander about …1792 Sc.
vb. 2. to press or beat with the feet, to trample, to tread down …1795 Sc.
vb. 3. of a horse: to prance on the spot, to paw the ground without moving forward …1808 Sc.
vb. 4. to wade in or through water or mud …1825 Sc.
vb. 5. to hoe, to loosen the ground …1825 Sc.
• PAIDLER
n. a child learning to walk, a toddler, a small person who walks with short waddling steps …1866 Sc.
• PAIDLING
adj. toddling, waddling; hence, aimless, feckless …1792 Sc.
• PAIDOCRACY
n. government by children …1647
• PAIDOLOGIST
n. one who studies boys …1894
• PAIDOLOGY
n. the study of the nature of children …1894
• PAIFERAL
n. a stupid fellow …Bk1905 Sc.
• PAIGHLED
adj. overcome with fatigue …Bk1905 Sc.
• PAIGLE
n. the menial or rough work to be done about a house; the dirty household jobs …1808 Sc.
vb. to do the dirty work of a household …1880 Sc.
• PAIGLIN
n. the dirty work of a household …1880 Sc.
• PAIK
n. 1. a firm still blow, esp. on the body, a stroke …1508 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a low character; a deceptive fellow …1825 Sc.
n. 3. a term of reproach for a woman, or for a female domesticated animal or bird; always used with an adj., as in ‘auld paik’ …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 1. to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish …c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to walk steadily and continuously …1827 Sc.
vb. 3. to trudge, to tramp along, to pace …1827 Sc.
• PAIK AT
vb. to fight with …1876 Eng. dial.
• PAIKER
n. 1. one who beats …a1555 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a street-walker, a prostitute …Bk1905 Sc.
• PAIKIE
n. 1. a street-walker, a prostitute …1808 Sc.
n. 2. a drubbing, a beating …1896 Sc.
n. 3. a day labourer; one employed in forestry …1911 Sc.
• PAIKING
n. 1. a beating, a thrashing; a punishment …1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a severe scolding …1862 Sc.
• PAIKMENT
n. a thrashing, a beating, punishment …1897 Sc.
• PAIKS
n. a beating, a thrashing; one’s deserved punishment, one’s deserts …1720 Sc.
• PAIL
n. 1. a hearse …1825 Sc.
n. 2. a car …1940s US sl.
n. 3. the stomach …1945 US sl.
vb. 1. to strike continuously; to beat, to thrash …1740 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to hurry; to run at full speed …1819 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to set about anything with energy …1884 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to milk (a cow) …1892 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to trouble; to harass, to weary …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. of rain: to come pelting down …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. of the sun: to beat fiercely …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAILED
adj. beaten …1897 Eng. dial.
• PAILIE
adj. insipid, dull, colourless …1825 Sc.
• PAIL OF LARD
n. a grossly fat person …1928 Amer. sl.
• PAIL OF VACUUM
n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1967 Amer. dial.
• PAILWUR
n. a term of endearment for a child …1890 Sc.
• PAIN
n. 1. suffering or loss inflicted for a crime or offense; punishment; penalty, a fine …1297 obs.
n. 2. the punishment or sufferings of hell or of purgatory …1340-70 obs.
n. 3. bread …1362 obs.
n. 4. anxious desire or apprehension; distress caused by fear of possible evil, anxiety …1668 obs.
n. 5. a bothersome or annoying person; a bore …1910s sl.
n. 6. an annoying situation; an irritation; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
n. 7. a general insult to someone or something …1910s Aust. sl.
n. 8. a cheque …1990s rhyming sl. (pain in the neck)
vb. 1. to suffer pain or distress; to suffer …c1315 obs.
vb. 2. to inflict a penalty or punishment upon; to punish; to torture by way of punishment; to fine …c1350 obs.
• PAINABLE
adj. painful …1649 obs. rare
• PAIN-DEMAINE
n. white bread, of the finest quality; a loaf or cake of this bread …c1386 obs.
• PAINFUL
adj. 1. performed with labour, care, and attention; diligent, assiduous, laborious, careful …c1380 arch.
adj. 2. of a person: inflicting pain or punishment; tormenting …c1450 rare
adj. 3. painstaking, hardworking, active …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 4. bad …1980s US students’ sl.
• PAINFUL EXPERIENCE
n. a pest, often a drunken one …20C Brit. sl.
• PAINFULLY
adv. 1. in a way that gives trouble; with difficulty …1533 arch.
adv. 2. with great pains, painstakingly, laboriously, with care an effort …1555 arch.
• PAINFUL, NAUSEATING AND MISERABLE
n. a nickname for Pan Am airline company …2002 US sl.
• PAINFULNESS
n. 1. the quality of causing trouble or labour; difficulty, troublesomeness, irksomeness …1526 arch.
n. 2. the quality of taking pains; laboriousness, careful industry, painstaking …1531 arch.
• PAINING
n. 1. the act of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering …c1440 rare
n. 2. the taking of pains …1633 obs.
• PAIN IN ONE’S OWN ARSE
n. one’s own worst enemy; said of someone who is often the cause of his own misery …20C Brit. sl.
• PAIN IN THE ARM
n. 1. an annoying person; a bore …1910s sl.
n. 2. an annoying situation; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
• A PAIN IN THE ARSE
n. someone or something very troublesome or annoying; a nuisance …1934 sl.
• PAIN-IN-THE-ASS
adj. infuriating …1960s US sl.
(nouns usually as ‘pain in the ass’)
n. 1. an annoying or troublesome person …1934 colloq.
n. 2. a difficult or unpleasant task or subject; a great nuisance; an annoying object, situation or circumstance …1934 US colloq.
• PAIN IN THE ASSHOLE
n. 1. an annoying person …1930s sl.
n. 2. an annoying object, situation or circumstance …1930s sl.
• PAIN IN THE BACKSIDE
n. 1. an annoying person …1934 sl.
n. 2. a nuisance; an annoying object, situation or circumstance …1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE BREAKFAST
n. an annoying object, situation or circumstance …1930s sl.
• PAIN IN THE BUM
n. 1. an annoying person …1930s sl.
n. 2. an annoying object, situation or circumstance …1930s sl.
• PAIN IN THE BUTT
n. 1. an annoying person …1930s sl.
n. 2. an annoying object, situation or circumstance …1930s sl.
• PAIN IN THE DERRIERE
n. 1. a difficult or unpleasant task or subject …20C US colloq.
n. 2. an obnoxious person …20C US colloq.
• PAIN IN THE FACE
n. 1. an annoying person; a bore …1910s sl.
n. 2. an annoying situation; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
• PAIN IN THE GUTS
n. 1. an annoying person; a bore …1910s sl.
n. 2. an annoying situation; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
• PAIN IN THE HEAD
n. 1. an annoying person; a bore …1910s sl.
n. 2. an annoying situation; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
• PAIN IN THE NECK
n. 1. a bothersome or annoying person; a bore …1910s sl.
n. 2. an annoying situation; an irritating nuisance; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
n. 3. a cheque …1992 UK rhyming sl.
• PAIN IN THE NET
n. a person who posts inflammatory attacks on Internet discussion groups …1991 US sl.
• PAIN IN THE PLASTER
n. a bore; a nuisance; an irritation …1990s sl.
• PAIN IN THE PUKU
n. a stomach-ache …1940s NZ sl.
• PAIN IN THE REAR
n. 1. a difficult or unpleasant task or subject …20C US colloq.
n. 2. an obnoxious person …20C US colloq.
• PAINKILLER
n. intoxicating liquor …1933 US sl.
• PAINLINESS
n. the condition of being in pain; distressful state …1435 obs. rare
• PAINOUS
adj. painful; severe …c1400 obs. rare
• PAIN PERDU
n. French toast …1896 Amer. dial.
• PAINS
n. 1. judicial torture …1533 obs. rare
n. 2. chronic rheumatism, rheumatic twinges …1795 Sc.
• PAINSFUL
adj. painful …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAIN SLUT
n. a person who derives sexual satisfaction from physical and verbal abuse …1996 UK sl.
• PAINS-OF-PEG
n. labour pains …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAINSWORTHY
adj. worthy of trouble; worth taking pains about …1650 rare
• PAINT
adj. 1. of a horse: marked by irregular areas of white and black or some other colour …1845 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. stupid; time-wasting …2000s African-American sl.
n. 1. make up; cosmetics …1660 UK
n. 2. a painting, a picture …c1710 obs. rare
n. 3. money … Bk1903 sl.
n. 4. jam …1910s Aust. sl.
n. 5. in card games: a face card or a ten …1920s US tramps’ sl.
n. 6. cheap red wine …1930s Aust. sl.
n. 7. ketchup/catsup …1940s US sl.
n. 8. the inside rails of a horseracing track …1965 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to apply make up …1382 UK sl.
vb. 2. to talk speciously; to feign; to fawn; to flatter or deceive with specious words …c1430 obs.
vb. 3. to change colour; to blush …1616 obs.
vb. 4. to drink …1853 sl.
vb. 5. to bribe …c1890 US sl.
vb. 6. in lowball poker: to draw a face card to a hand of four low cards …1967 US sl.
vb. 7. to have a bowel movement during anal intercourse …1980s US homosexual sl.
vb. 8. in hearts: to play a heart on a non-heart trick …1987 US sl.
vb. 9. to mark a target with laser beams …1991 US Gulf War usage
• PAIN-TAKING
n. 1. receiving or suffering of punishment …1382 obs.
n. 2. painstaking, assiduous effort; sometimes including the notion of enduring pain …1528 obs.
• PAINT-BRUSH BARONET
n. an ennobled artist …L19 UK society usage
• PAINTED-BOX
n. a coffin …L19 US sl.
• PAINTED-CAT
n. a prostitute; a frontier harlot …20C US colloq.
• PAINTED DOLL BABY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics
• PAINTED LADY
n. a prostitute …E20 colloq.
• PAINTED MISCHIEF
n. playing cards …1879 sl.
• PAINTED PEEPERS
n. black eyes …19C sl.
• PAINTED PONY
n. a zebra …1981 US circus & carnival usage
• PAINTED-WILLIE
. a catamite …20C US sl.
• PAINTED WOMAN
n. a prostitute …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PAINTER
n. 1. the American panther or cougar …1823
n. 2. a firefighter assigned to a hook-and-ladder truck …1954 US sl.
n. 3. a card cheat who marks cards for identification in another player’s hand …1993 US sl.
• PAINTERLY
adj. pert. to a painter; characteristic of painter, artistic …a1586 rare
adv. in a way proper to a painter, artistically …1822 rare
• PAINTERS ARE IN
phr. to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle …1961 euphemism
• PAINTER STAINERS
n. artists …L19 UK society usage
• PAINT IN BRIGHT COLOURS
vb. to embellish; to exaggerate; to emphasize the pleasant aspects of …1847
• PAINTINESS
n. the quality of abounding in paint …1884
• PAINTING
n. pigment, paint …1591 obs.
• PAINTING-CRATCH
n. a painter’s easel …1856 Eng. dial.
• PAINTINGS
n. the painted woodwork of a room, as the doors and skirting-boards …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAINT JOB
n. one’s skin colour …2000s US sl.
• PAINTMENT
n. painting, adornment with colours …1597 obs. rare
• PAINT ONE’S PICTURE
vb. to sign one’s name …1965 Amer. dial.
• PAINT REMOVER
n. 1. cheap, strong whisky or another drink …20C sl., orig. US
n. 2. strong, bitter coffee …20C sl., orig. US
• PAINTRESS
n. 1. a woman who paints or rouges her face …1633 obs.
n. 2. a woman who paints pictures; a female artist …1741
► PAINTRIX n. a woman who paints pictures; a female artist → 1547 arch.
• PAINTRY
n. the act or product of painting …1511 obs.
• PAINTS
n. the painted woodwork of a room, as the doors and skirting-boards …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAINT SOMEONE’S EYE FOR THEM
vb. to give someone a black eye …L19 sl.
• PAINT-STRIPPER
n. an alcoholic drink of inordinate strength and fierceness …20C sl.
• PAINT THE BARN
vb. to apply make up …2002 Can. sl.
• PAINT THE BARN RED
phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation …1965 Amer. dial.
• PAINT THE BUS
vb. to change something’s appearance without changing its basic foundations …1974 US sl.
• PAINT THE PLACE RED
vb. to go on a spree …L19 sl., orig. US
• PAINT THE TOWN PINK
vb. to go on a modest spree …1900s sl., orig. US
• PAINT THE TOWN RED
vb. 1. to go on a drinking spree; to celebrate wildly; to have a raucous time on the town …1884 US sl.
vb. 2. to vomit …1960s sl.
• PAINT THE WALLS
vb. to vomit forcefully …1990s sl.
• PAINTURE
n. 1. that which is painted; painting, pictorial work; a painting, a picture …a1225 obs.
n. 2. the act or art of painting, or depicting objects in colours; style of painting …c1386 obs.
n. 3. a substance used in painting; a paint, pigment …1387 obs.
• PAINT WHITE
vb. to turn pale …c1613 obs.
• PAINTY
adj. 1. of a picture: overcharged with paint; having the paint too obtrusive …1870
adj. 2. belonging to or abounding in paint …1873
• PAIOCKE
n. a peacock …1602 obs.
• PAIP
n. the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. …1721 Sc.
• PAIPSEY
adj. 1. insipid, weak …20C W. Indies sl.
adj. 2. ugly …1965 Barbados sl.
• PAIR
n. 1. impairment, abatement …c1375 obs. rare
n. 2. a single thing …1798 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a gang of miners …1895 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a pair of female breasts, usually large and shapely breasts …L19 US sl.
n. 5. a sexual pair, usually consisting of male and female …20C colloq.
n. 6. a pair of testicles; hence, manliness or courage …1960s US sl.
n. 7. in cricket: the score of a batsman who is out for no score in each leg of a match …2003 UK sl.
vb. 1. to make worse; to lessen …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to become or grow worse, to deteriorate, to fall off …c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to be a match for; to match, to equal …1603 obs.
vb. 4. to marry …1878 Sc.
vb. 5. to dirty …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to grow mouldy; esp. used of cheese …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIRAGE
n. equality; similarity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIRED
adj. of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness …1777 Eng. dial.
• PAIRER
n. one who impairs …c1400 obs. rare
• PAIRING
adj. matrimonial …1884 Sc.
n. 1. injury, damage, impairment …1382 obs.
n. 2. a marriage feast where the newly-married couple receive presents from their friends …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIRLESS
adj. companionless …1853 Sc.
• PAIRMENT
n. impairment; injury, deterioration …c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAIR OF ARROWS
n. a set of three arrows …1890
• PAIR OF BASTARDS ON A RAFT
n. poached eggs on toast …1980s NZ sl.
• PAIR OF BRACES
n. horse-races …1910s rhyming sl.
• PAIR OF CARDS
n. a pack of cards …1530 obs.
• PAIR OF COMPASSES
n. the human legs, esp. when accentuated by the tight trousers that were fashionable …c1880 …L19 sl.
• PAIR OF DRAWERS
n. a chest of drawers …1867 Eng. dial.
• PAIR OF DRUMS
n. trousers …M19 Brit. sl.
• PAIR OF DUCKS
n. in cricket: the score of a batsman who is out for no score in each leg of a match …2003 UK sl.
• PAIR OF FIVES
n. 55 miles an hour, the nearly uniform road speed limit in the US in the mid-1970s …1976 US sl.
• PAIR OF FOOTPRINTS
n. a pipe-wrench …1930s Aust. sl.
• PAIR OFF WITH
vb. to marry …1827 colloq.
• PAIR OF LAWN SLEEVES
n. a bishop …M19 sl.
• PAIR OF NICKELS
n. 55 miles an hour, the nearly uniform road speed limit in the US in the mid-1970s …1976 US sl.
• PAIR OF NICKERS
n. £2 …20C Brit. sl.
• PAIR OF NOSTRILS
n. a sawn-off shotgun …2002 UK sl.
• PAIR OF PANTIES
n. paragliding …1992 US sl.
• PAIR OF PANTS
n. a man …1930s African-American sl.
• PAIR OF STAIRS
n. a flight of stairs …1530
• PAIR OF STEPS
n. a flight of steps; also, a portable set of steps used in a library, etc. …1755
• PAIR OF TABLES
n. a backgammon board …1483 obs.
• PAIR-OF-TAWSE
n. a leather strap cut into thongs at one end, used as a schoolmaster’s instrument of punishment …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAIR OF TONGS
n. a very thin person …L19 sl.
• PAIR OF WHEELS
n. a 2-wheeled vehicle …E17
• PAIR OF WINGS
n. oars …1788 UK sl. obs.
• PAIR-ROYAL
n. a set of three persons or things; three of a kind …1592
• PAIR-WISE
adv. in pairs …1831
• PAIR WITH
vb. to match with, to agree with …1892 Sc.
• PAIRY
adj. of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAISA
n. money …1940s W. Indies sl.
• PAISAN
n. 1. an Italian-American; used as a term of address that evokes a common heritage, esp. Italian …1947 US sl.
n. 2. a fool …1950s sl.
• PAISANO
n. 1. an Italian-American; used as a term of address that evokes a common heritage, esp. Italian …1947 US sl.
n. 2. a fool …1950s sl.
• PAISE
n. 1. Easter …1775 Sc.
n. 2. a fulcrum, leverage; a lever …1783 Eng. dial.
n. 3. poise, balance …1867 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift …1783 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to weigh, esp. to weigh in the hand; to estimate the weight of …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to walk about leisurely or lazily …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAISLEY MITTENS
n. the trouser pockets; used jocularly to imply laziness in Paisley men …1868 Sc.
• PAISLEY SCREWDRIVER
n. a hammer…1950 Sc.
• PAIT
n. a badger …1649 Eng. dial.
• PAITER
n. 1. chatter, talk; a word …1838 Sc.
n. 2. a talkative person; generally applied to a female …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. to mutter; to talk incessantly; to be talkative …1896 Sc.
• PAITHMENT
n. pavement …c1375 Sc. obs.
• PAITTERING
adj. chattering, muttering …1895 Sc.
• PAIXY
adj. untidy; dirty …1892 Eng. dial.
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