• SAM
adj. 1. half or imperfectly done; half-heated; esp. used of food …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. moist, in a state of perspiration …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adv. together; mutually …a1300 obs.
n. 1. a Black person …1867 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the USA and American culture, esp. the armed forces or federal agencies of the USA …19C sl.
n. 3. a fool, a simpleton …M19 sl.
n. 4. a Black person who demeans himself to secure favour with White people …1938 Amer. dial, chiefly Black usage
n. 5. a state of perspiration …1854 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a name used when someone’s proper name has been forgotten, esp. used of women …1950s sl.
n. 7. the embodiment of the male side of one’s personality …1950s homosexual sl.
n. 8. the opossum …1968 Amer. dial.
n. 9. a federal narcotics agent …1971 US sl.
n. 10. a Southern Appalachian Migrant …1981 US sl.
n. 11. a masochist who is rude in order to receive punishment (Smart-Assed Masochist) …1990 US homosexual sl.
vb. 1. to assemble …a1000 obs.
vb. 2. to join or fasten together; to amass, to hoard up …c1000 obs.
vb. 3. to bring together; to join in marriage, love, friendship, etc. …c1200 obs.
vb. 4. to cause to coagulate; to make to curdle …1788 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. of broth, etc.: to skim; to put in thickening …1790 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 6. to pack carelessly or closely …1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to heat anything for some time over the fire without letting it come to the boil …1825 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 8. to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with ‘together’ or ‘up’ …1847 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to act with energy …1889 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to pay for a drink …L19 sl.
vb. 11. to compress or knead together …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
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.
n. 2. a grave …2004 UK rhyming sl.
• SAMANTHA JANUS
n. the anus …2002 UK sl.
• SAMBIE
n. a sandwich …1976 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SAMBLANGE
n. a mixture …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMBO
adj. pert. to Black people or culture …1950s sl., derogatory
n. 1. a Black person; a nickname for a Black person …1704 sl., now derogatory or offensive
n. 2. the offspring of Black and Indian parents …1748
n. 3. the colour between mulatto (brown) and Black; a person of this colour …E19 W. Indies
n. 4. the opossum …1927 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a Black person who humbly accepts the stereotypical subservient role …M20 African-American usage
n. 6. a term of address …1960s sl.
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 …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAME AGAIN
n. 1. the third drink of a session …1930s sl.
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.
adv. in like manner; similarly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► 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.
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.
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. more of the same …1972 US sl.
• 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 …1929 UK sl.
• SAMEY-SAME
adj. the same …1956 US Korean & Vietnam war usage
• SAMFIE
n. 1. a confidence trick …20C W. Indies sl.
n. 2. a confidence trickster …20C W. Indies sl.
• SAMFIEISM
n. deceit, trickery …20C W. Indies sl.
• SAMFIE MAN
n. a confidence trickster …20C 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.
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.
vb. 2. to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with ‘together’ or ‘up’ …1847 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to act with energy …1889 Eng. dial.
• SAMMENTRAW
adj. tall and slender …1859 Eng. dial. obs.
• SAMMER
vb. to adjust, to assort, to match; to agree …1825 Sc.
• SAMMIE
n. a sandwich …1976 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SAMMENLY
adv. together …a1300 obs.
• SAMMER
adj. larger than usual …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. anything large of its kind …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. to agree, to assort, to match …Bk1904 Sc. obs.
• SAMMIN
adj. very great …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• 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.
adj. 2. foolish, dull …E19 sl.
adj. 3. untidy in dress; slovenly in gait …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. of tea: half-cold, insipid …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic …1876 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of endearment; a favourite …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an Indian man; used as a term of address …1906 S. Afr. sl., offensive
n. 4. a US soldier in WWI …1917 Brit. sl.
n. 5. an Indian fruit peddler …1910s sl.
n. 6. a Somali …1990s US military sl., derogatory
n. 7. Saddam Hussein …1993 US soldiers during 1991 war against Iraq
• SAMMY BILLY
n. a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• 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 …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY HALL
n. a testicle …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘ball’
• SAMMY-HEAD
n. a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY HEAVEN
n. Paris …World War I Amer. sl.
• SAMMY-HOUSE
n. an idol temple or pagoda …Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• 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 …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY SOFT
n. a fool; an oaf …c1840 sl.
• SAMMY SUCK-EGG
n. a simpleton; a foolish, stupid person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMOAN FAMILY CAR
n. a used police car bought at auction …1982 Hawaiian youth usage
• 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 …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to fill up a glass of ‘grog’ when partially full with more spirits and water …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAM PATCH
n. the devil; hell …1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SAMPLARS
n. young trees left in woods for timber …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLE
adj. soft, supple, flexible …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a warning …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a portion …1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to illustrate; to explain by examples or analogies; to symbolize …1613 obs.
vb. 2. to imitate; to copy …1613-16 obs.
vb. 3. to fondle a woman sexually …19C colloq.
vb. 4. to coit a virgin or to experience copulation with a particular woman for the first time …19C colloq.
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.
n. 2. example to be imitated; a model, a pattern; the original from which a copy is or may be taken …a1300 obs.
n. 3. the female genitals …19C Brit. 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.
n. 2. an adept …1888 Sc.
n. 3. the fist …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• 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.
adj. 2. looking healthy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• 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.
adj. 2. ‘half-baked’, stupid …1891 Eng. dial.
• SAM-SODDLING
adj. of food: overcooked …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMSON
n. 1. a person of enormous strength; a strong man …1565
n. 2. a young salmon …1769 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 3. an adept …1888 Sc.
n. 4. the fist …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a drink made of brandy, cider, sugar, and a little water …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMSONESS
n. a strong woman …1707
• SAMSON FOX
n. a red fox with woolly or otherwise abnormal fur …1903 Amer. dial.
• SAMSONIAN
n. 1654– a strong man
• SAMSONISTIC
adj. 1849 – strong, powerful
• SAMSON PECKETT
n. 1876 – a person of great consequence → Eng. dial.
• SAMSON’S POSTS
n. Bk1904 – a mousetrap → Eng. dial.
• SAMSON-TRAP
n. Bk1904 – a mousetrap → Eng. dial.
• 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 …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to finish …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to add up quickly; to amount to …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMURAI
n. a Japanese man who is abundantly masculine, virile, brave, and demeaning towards women …1982 Hawaiian youth usage
• 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 …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• 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.
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.
adj. 2. stupid, soft …1889 Eng. dial.
• SAM-ZOED
adj. 1. sodden, soft, damp, wet …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. stupid, soft …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAM-ZRUDDLED
adj. of food: boiled to rags …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
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