► SAM adj. 1. ─ of broth, etc.: to skim; to put in thickening → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► SAM adj. 2. ─ half or imperfectly done; half-heated; esp. used of food → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM adj. 3. ─ moist, in a state of perspiration → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM adv. ─ together; mutually → a1300 obs.
► SAM n. 1. ─ a Black person → 1867 Amer. dial.
► SAM n. 2. ─ the USA and American culture, esp. the armed forces or federal agencies of the USA → 19C sl.
► SAM n. 3. ─ a fool, a simpleton → a1790 sl.
► SAM n. 4. ─ a Black person who demeans himself to secure favour with White people → 1938 Amer. dial, chiefly African-American
► SAM n. 5. ─ a state of perspiration → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SAM n. 6. ─ a Liverpudlian → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM n. 7. ─ a name used when someone’s proper name has been forgotten, esp. used of women → 1950s sl.
► SAM n. 8. ─ the embodiment of the male side of one’s personality → 1950s homosexual sl.
► SAM n. 9. ─ a rambunctious, kill-happy police officer → 1960s homosexual sl.
► SAM n. 10. ─ a male with sex appeal and magnetism → 1965 Amer. sl.
► SAM n. 11. ─ the opossum → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SAM n. 12. ─ a federal narcotics agent → 1971 US sl.
► SAM n. 13. ─ a Southern Appalachian Migrant → 1981 US sl.
► SAM n. 14. ─ a masochist who is rude in order to receive punishment (Smart-Assed Masochist) → 1990 US homosexual sl.
► SAM n. 15. ─ a law enforcement officer in the employ of the US government; a policeman → 1995 euphemism (Bk.)
► SAM vb. 1. ─ to assemble → a1000 obs.
► SAM vb. 2. ─ to join or fasten together; to amass, to hoard up → c1000 obs.
► SAM vb. 3. ─ to bring together; to join in marriage, love, friendship, etc. → c1200 obs.
► SAM vb. 4. ─ to cause to coagulate; to make to curdle → 1788 Eng. dial.
► SAM vb. 5. ─ of broth, etc.: to skim; to put in thickening → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► SAM vb. 6. ─ to pack carelessly or closely → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SAM vb. 7. ─ to heat anything for some time over the fire without letting it come to the boil → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► SAM vb. 8. ─ to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with ‘together’ or ‘up’ → 1847 Eng. dial.
► SAM vb. 9. ─ to act with energy → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SAM vb. 10. ─ to pay for a drink → L19 sl.
► SAM vb. 11. ─ to compress or knead together → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM vb. 12. ─ to cheat, to deceive → 1960s sl.
► SAM AND DAVE n. 1. ─ the police, when working in a team of two → 1980s African-American sl.
► SAM AND DAVE n. 2. ─ a grave → 2004 UK rhyming sl.
► SAMANTHA JANUS n. ─ the anus → 2002 UK sl.
► SAMARITAN n. ─ a kind, charitable, or benevolent person → 1640
► SAMBIE n. ─ a sandwich → 1976 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SAMBLANGE n. ─ a mixture → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMBO adj. ─ pert. to Black people or culture → 1950s sl., derogatory
► SAMBO n. 1. ─ a Black person; a nickname for a Black person → 1704 sl., derogatory or offensive
► SAMBO n. 2. ─ the offspring of Black and Indian parents → 1748
► SAMBO n. 3. ─ the colour between mulatto (brown) and Black; a person of this colour → E19 W. Indies
► SAMBO n. 4. ─ the opossum → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SAMBO n. 5. ─ a Black person who humbly accepts the stereotypical subservient role → 1980 African-American
► SAMBO n. 6. ─ a term of address → 1960s sl.
► SAMBO n. 7. ─ a sandwich → 1984 Aust. sl.
► SAMBO BACKRA n. ─ a person of mixed race, usually three-quarters Black → 1950s W. Indies
► SAMBOLIO n. ─ $1 → L19 US sl.
► SAM, COW AND THE DUPPY n. ─ a random selection of the populace; Tom, Dick and Harry → 1965 Barbados
► SAM-DINGLE n. ─ a term of contempt for a fool; a simpleton → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAME AGAIN n. 1. ─ the third drink of a session → 1930s sl.
► SAME AGAIN n. 2. ─ a general response to an offer of another drink, usually in a public house setting; as a query ‘same again?’ it can be the offer → 1930s sl.
► SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL phr. ─ a humorous farewell → 1966 US sl.
► A SAME BREED OF PUP n. ─ a person having the same common traits as others → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SAMED adv. ─ together → a900 obs.
► SAME-DAY SERVICE n. ─ in computing: a lengthy response time → 1991 US sl.
► SAME DIFF n. ─ exactly the same thing, no difference at all → 1940s sl.
► SAME DIFFERENCE n. ─ exactly the same thing, no difference at all → 1940s sl.
► SAME-LIKE adj. ─ similar → 1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAME-LIKE adv. ─ in like manner; similarly → 1904 Eng. dial.(Bk.)
► SAMELY adj. ─ similar, without variety, unvaried, monotonous → 1799
► SAME MUD, SAME BLOOD phr. ─ used for explaining the absence of racism in combat troops → 1981 US sl.
► SAMEN adj. ─ same → 1815 Sc.
► SAMEN adv. ─ together; mutually → c975 obs.
► SAMENFERE n. ─ a fellow-traveller, an associate → a1300 obs.
► SAMENING n. ─ a gathering, an assembly → c950 obs.
► SAMENLY adv. ─ together → a1300 obs.
► SAMENTALE adj. ─ concordant, agreeing → a1300 obs.
► SAMENTALE n. ─ concord, agreement → a1225 obs.
► SAMENWARD adv. ─ together → a1375 obs.
► SAME O.B. n. ─ a shilling (5p), esp. in the context of the charge for most contemporary places of entertainment (Same Old Bob) → L19 sl.
► SAME ODDS n. ─ an equal effect; no difference worth consideration → 2001 UK sl.
► SAME-OLD n. ─ an unchanged condition → 2000 UK sl.
► THE SAME OLD BAT phr. ─ the same old way, as usual → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SAME OLD SAME OLD n. ─ more of the same → 1972 US sl.
► THE SAME OLD SEVEN AND SIX phr. ─ much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine → 1863 Amer. dial.
► THE SAME OLD SEVENTY-SIX phr. ─ much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine → 1981 Amer. dial.
► THE SAME OLD SIX AND SEVEN phr. ─ much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine → 1915 Amer. dial.
► THE SAME OLD SIXES AND SEVENS phr. ─ much as usual, the same as always, the same old routine → 1963 Amer. dial.
► SAME OLD THREE AND FOUR n. ─ a weekly wage, 6 days at 3 shillings and 4 pence a day gives £1 for a 6-day week → L19 sl.
► SAME OL’ SAME OL’ phr. ─ implies that nothing has changed in one’s life; used in response as to one’s current health or feelings → 1970s sl., orig. African-American
► SAME-O SAME-O n. ─ implies that nothing has changed in one’s life; used in response as to one’s current health or feelings → 1972 sl., orig. African-American
► SAME SAME adj. ─ the same → 1956 US Korean & Vietnam war usage
► SAME SHIT, DIFFERENT DAY phr. ─ used as a stock answer when asked how things are going → 1992 US sl.
► SAME-WAYS adv. ─ in the same direction → 1887
► SAMEY adj. ─ monotonous, boring, no different; boring, tedious, undistinguished → 1929 UK sl.
► SAMEY-SAME adj. ─ the same → 1956 US Korean & Vietnam war usage
► SAMFAI MAN n. ─ a confidence trickster → 1959 W. Indies sl.
► SAMFIE n. 1. ─ a confidence trick → 20C W. Indies sl.
► SAMFIE n. 2. ─ a confidence trickster → 20C W. Indies sl.
► SAMFIEISM n. ─ deceit, trickery → 20C W. Indies sl.
► SAMFIE MAN n. ─ a confidence trickster → 1959 W. Indies sl.
► SAMFU n. ─ a military mess which will straighten itself out in time (Self-Adjusting Military Fuck-Up) → World War II Brit. usage
► SAM HILL! int. ─ hell! → 1839 euphemism, orig. US
► SAM-HOLE adj. ─ ‘half-whole’, in poor health → a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SAMI adj. ─ Samoan → 1998 NZ sl.
► SAMI n. ─ a Samoan → 1980s NZ sl.
► SAMING n. ─ a meeting, assembly → c1400 obs.
► SAMKUMSULY n. ─ in moonshining: good whisky → 1944 Amer. dial.
► SAMLET n. ─ a young salmon → 1655
► SAMLY adv. ─ agreeingly → c1350 obs.
► SAMM vb. 1. ─ to pack carelessly or closely → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SAMM vb. 2. ─ to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with ‘together’ or ‘up’ → 1847 Eng. dial.
► SAMM vb. 3. ─ to act with energy → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SAMMENLY adv. ─ together → a1300 obs.
► SAMMENTRAW adj. ─ tall and slender → 1859 Eng. dial. obs.
► SAMMER adj. ─ larger than usual → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMER n. ─ anything large of its kind → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMER vb. ─ to adjust, to assort, to match; to agree → 1825 Sc.
► SAMMIE n. ─ a sandwich → 1976 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SAMMIN adj. ─ very great → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMO n. ─ a sandwich → 1930s Aust. & US sl.
► SAMMUCK vb. ─ to stroll in an aimless manner → 1893 Eng. dial.
► SAMMY adj. 1. ─ watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration → 1809 Eng. dial.
► SAMMY adj. 2. ─ foolish, dull → E19 sl.
► SAMMY adj. 3. ─ untidy in dress; slovenly in gait → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY adj. 4. ─ of tea: half-cold, insipid → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY n. 1. ─ a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SAMMY n. 2. ─ an Indian man; used as a term of address → 1886 S. Afr. sl., offensive
► SAMMY n. 3. ─ a term of endearment; a favourite → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY n. 4. ─ a US soldier in WWI → 1917 Brit. sl.
► SAMMY n. 5. ─ an Indian fruit peddler → 1910s sl.
► SAMMY n. 6. ─ any male Jewish college student; any young Jewish male → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAMMY n. 7. ─ a Somali → 1990s US military sl., derogatory
► SAMMY n. 8. ─ Saddam Hussein → 1993 US soldiers during 1991 war against Iraq
► SAMMY BILLY n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY CODLIN n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SAMMY DAWKIN n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1879 Eng. dial.
► SAMMY DINGLE n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY HALL n. ─ a testicle → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘ball’
► SAMMY-HEAD n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY HEAVEN n. ─ Paris → World War I Amer. sl.
► SAMMY-HOUSE n. ─ an idol temple or pagoda → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► SAMMY LEE n. ─ urine; an act of urination → 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘pee’ or ‘wee’
► SAMMY NODDY n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY SOFT n. 1. ─ a drunkard → 1837 sl.
► SAMMY SOFT n. 2. ─ a fool; an oaf → c1840 sl.
► SAMMY SUCK-EGG n. ─ a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMMY VICK n. ─ one who overeats → c1928 Amer. sl.
► SAMOAN FAMILY CAR n. ─ a used police car bought at auction → 1982 Hawaiian youth usage
► SAMOA-SAMOA n. 1. ─ a coloured domestic → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAMOA-SAMOA n. 2. ─ a man who saunters about his home nude or with a towel tied around his hips → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAMOLEON n. ─ a dollar → 1896 US sl.
► SAM-OPE adj. ─ of a door: half open, ajar → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SAMP vb. 1. ─ of the wind or the sea: to lull → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMP vb. 2. ─ to fill up a glass of ‘grog’ when partially full with more spirits and water → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM PATCH n. ─ the devil; hell → 1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
► SAMPLARS n. ─ young trees left in woods for timber → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMPLE adj. ─ soft, supple, flexible → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMPLE n. 1. ─ a warning → a1300 obs.
► SAMPLE n. 2. ─ a portion → 1893 Eng. dial.
► SAMPLE n. 3. ─ a timid man → 1995 W. Indies sl., derogatory
► SAMPLE vb. 1. ─ to illustrate; to explain by examples or analogies; to symbolize → 1613 obs.
► SAMPLE vb. 2. ─ to imitate; to copy → 1613-16 obs.
► SAMPLE vb. 3. ─ to fondle a woman sexually → 19C colloq.
► SAMPLE vb. 4. ─ to coit a virgin or to experience copulation with a particular woman for the first time → 19C colloq.
► SAMPLE vb. 5. ─ to drink → c1845 sl.
► SAMPLE-COUNT n. ─ a commercial traveller → L19 colloq.
► SAMPLE OF SIN n. ─ a prostitute → M18 Brit. euphemism
► SAMPLER n. 1. ─ an illustrative or typical instance; a specimen → a1300 obs.
► SAMPLER n. 2. ─ example to be imitated; a model, a pattern; the original from which a copy is or may be taken → a1300 obs.
► SAMPLER n. 3. ─ the female genitals → 19C Brit. sl.
► SAMPLER n. 4. ─ a con artist who tricks merchants into selling him goods on credit for which he has no intention of paying → 1929 con artists’ sl.
► SAMPLE ROOM n. ─ a saloon, a barroom; a bar, often as attached to a grocery, in which one can purchase liquor by the glass → 1856 Amer. dial.
► SAMPSON n. 1. ─ a drink combining brandy, cider, sugar and water → M19 sl.
► SAMPSON n. 2. ─ an adept → 1888 Sc.
► SAMPSON n. 3. ─ the fist → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMPSON FOX n. ─ a red fox with woolly or otherwise abnormal fur → 1903 Amer. dial.
► SAMPSON PECKETT n. ─ a person of great consequence → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SAMPSOUS adj. 1. ─ lucky, fortunate → 1888 Eng. dial.
► SAMPSOUS adj. 2. ─ looking healthy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM SAVAGE n. ─ a rambunctious, kill-happy police officer → 1960s homosexual sl.
► SAM-SAWDERED adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1873 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SAWDLED adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1864 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SAWED adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1874 Eng. dial.
► SAM SCRATCH n. ─ the devil; hell → 1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
► SAMSHOO n. ─ a fiery liquor, distilled from rice and sorghum → M19 Anglo-Chinese
► SAM SLED n. ─ in drag racing: a driver who consistently underperforms → 1965 US sl.
► SAM-SOD adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SODDEN adj. 1. ─ half cooked, half done → a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SAM-SODDEN adj. 2. ─ ‘half-baked’, stupid → 1891 Eng. dial.
► SAM-SODDLING adj. ─ of food: overcooked → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMSON n. 1. ─ a person of enormous strength; a strong man → 1565
► SAMSON n. 2. ─ a young salmon → 1769 Eng. dial. obs.
► SAMSON n. 3. ─ an adept → 1888 Sc.
► SAMSON n. 4. ─ the fist → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMSON n. 5. ─ a drink made of brandy, cider, sugar, and a little water → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMSONESS n. ─ a strong woman → 1707
► SAMSON FOX n. ─ a red fox with woolly or otherwise abnormal fur → 1903 Amer. dial.
► SAMSONIAN n. ─ a strong man → 1654
► SAMSONISTIC adj. ─ strong, powerful → 1849
► SAMSON PECKETT n. ─ a person of great consequence → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SAMSON’S POSTS n. ─ a mousetrap → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMSON-TRAP n. ─ a mousetrap → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMTALE adj. ─ accordant, agreed → c1200 obs.
► SAM TOGETHER vb. ─ to pull oneself together, to collect one’s thoughts → 1884 Eng. dial.
► SAMUEL PEPYS n. ─ a sense of uneasiness or distaste; a nervous feeling → 1980s rhyming sl. for ‘creeps’ (‘Pepys’ pronounced ‘peeps’)
► SAMUELS n. ─ a sensation of dread or unease → 1980s UK rhyming sl. for ‘the creeps’ (Samuel Pepys)
► SAM UP vb. 1. ─ to pay up → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM UP vb. 2. ─ to finish → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM UP vb. 3. ─ to add up quickly; to amount to → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAMURAI n. 1. ─ a Japanese man who is abundantly masculine, virile, brave, and demeaning towards women → 1982 Hawaiian youth usage
► SAMURAI n. 2. ─ in computing: a hacker hired to do legal cracking for legitimate reasons → 1997 (Bk.)
► SAMURAI SUE n. ─ a Japanese homosexual → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAMURAI SWORD n. ─ the penis of a Japanese homosexual man → 1980s US homosexual sl.
► SAM-ZAWED adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1874 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZAWEY adj. ─ of food: lukewarm; neither hot nor cold → 1891 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZOAKY adj. ─ of food: sodden → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM-ZOD adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZODDEN adj. 1. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZODDEN adj. 2. ─ stupid, half-baked → 1891 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZODDERED adj. ─ half-done, sodden; over-done; half-warm; generally used of meat → 1873 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZODY adj. 1. ─ sodden, soft, damp, wet → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZODY adj. 2. ─ stupid, soft → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZOED adj. 1. ─ sodden, soft, damp, wet → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM-ZOED adj. 2. ─ stupid, soft → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAM-ZRUDDLED adj. ─ of food: boiled to rags → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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