Dictionary: SAN – SANF

► SAN n. – a sanitarium, esp. at a boarding school → 20C sl.
 
► SANA BANGA vb. – to have sex → 1935 Trinidad and Tobago
 
► SANABILITY n. – the state of being curable → 1860
 
► SANABLE adj. 1. – that heals or is concerned with healing; curative → 1597 obs.
► SANABLE adj. 2. – that may be healed; curable → 1656 obs.
 
► SANABLENESS n. – the state of being curable → 1727 obs.
 
► SAN ANTONE! int. – used as a mild oath → 1951 US sl.
 
► SANATE vb. – to heal → 1623 obs.
 
► SANATION n. – the act of healing or the process of becoming healed → c1440 obs.
 
► SANATIVE adj. – having the power to heal; promoting health; curative, healing → a1400
► SANATIVE n. – a remedy → c1440 obs.
 
► SANATIVENESS n. – healing quality → a1661 obs.
 
► SANATORY adj. – conducive to healing; curative → a1832
 
► SANA WANGA vb. – to have sex → 1935 Trinidad and Tobago
 
► SAN BERNAGHETTO n. – San Bernadino, California → 2004 US sl.
 
► SANCHO n. 1. – an unruly, mischievous child → 1862 Amer. dial.
► SANCHO n. 2. – a runty animal, esp. an orphaned one → 1929 Amer. dial.
► SANCHO n. 3. – used by Hispanic inmates for the new boyfriend/lover who takes one’s place while one is incarcerated → 1980s US prison sl.
 
► SANCHO PANZA n. – a magistrate → 1922 (Bk.)
 
► SANCITE vb. – to sanction → 1597 obs.
 
► SANCOCHO vb. – to steal → 1980s drug culture sl.
 
► SANCOME n. – a quagmire, a bog; a flat, spongy piece of ground → 1841 Eng. dial.
 
► SANCOMMY n. – bog land → 1841 Eng. dial. obs.
 
► SANCT adj. – holy, sacred, consecrated → 1890
 
► SANCTANIMITY n. – holiness of mind → 1801
 
► SANCTEOUS adj. – pert. to saints → 1631 obs.
 
► SANCTICOLIST n. – a worshipper of saints → 1615
 
► SANCTIFIABLE adj. – capable of being sanctified → 1894
 
► SANCTIFICATE adj. – sanctified, holy → c1485 obs.
► SANCTIFICATE vb. – to sanctify; to set apart as holy or sacred → a1677
 
► SANCTIFICATION n. – blackmail, esp. by secret services or foreign diplomats → 1970s sl.
 
► SANCTIFICATIVE adj. – serving to sanctify or make holy → 1607 obs.
 
► SANCTIFY vb. – to blackmail someone, esp. for the purposes of extracting political favours → 1970s sl.
 
► SANCTILOGE n. – a catalogue of saints, or a collection of saints’ lives → 1526 obs.
 
► SANCTILOGY n. – a catalogue of saints, or a collection of saints’ lives → 1867
 
► SANCTILOQUENT adj. – speaking of or discoursing on holy or sacred things → 1656
 
► SANCTIMONIAL adj. – holy in character; sacred, holy, consecrated → 1721 obs.
► SANCTIMONIAL n. – a nun → 1513
 
► SANCTIMONIOUS adj. – holy in character; sacred, holy, consecrated → 1604 obs.
 
► SANCTION n. – in organized crime: punishment by death → 1997 US sl.
 
► SANCTIONER n. – one who sanctions; one who permits; one who promises or vows → 1846
 
► SANCTITUDE n. 1. – the quality of being holy or saint-like; holiness, sanctity → c1450
► SANCTITUDE n. 2. – of a writer: chastity or decorum of expression → 1855
 
► SANCTIZE vb. – to make holy, to sanctify → 1691 obs.
 
► SANCTOLOGIST n. – the compiler of a ‘sanctology’, a catalogue of saints, or a collection of saints’ lives → 1824
 
► SANCTORIUM n. – a shrine → 1816
 
► SANCTORUM adj. – irreproachable → 1824 obs.
► SANCTORUM n. – ? persons of superior rank → 1675 obs.
 
► SANCTUARIUM n. – a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship → 1796
 
► SANCTUARY n. 1. – Heaven → 1382
► SANCTUARY n. 2. – a shrine or box containing relics → c1386 obs.
► SANCTUARY n. 3. – a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery → 1432-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SANCTUARY vb. – to place in safety as in a sanctuary; of place: to afford protection or shelter from → 1615 obs.
 
► SANCTUARY GARTH n. – a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery → 1412-13 obs.
 
► SANCTUM SANCTORIUM n. – a bedroom → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
► SANCTUM SANCTORUM n. – a person’s private retreat, where he is free from intrusion → 1706
 
► SANCTUM SULLY n. – in moonshining: good whisky → 1984 Amer. dial.
 
► SANCTUM SULY n. – in moonshining: good whisky → 1944 Amer. dial.
 
► SANCTUS n. 1. – an outcry → 1594 obs.
► SANCTUS n. 2. – something repeated with wearisome iteration → a1670 obs.
 
► SAND n. 1. – a serving of food, a course → a700 obs.
► SAND n. 2. – the act of sending; that which is sent, a message, present → c1000 obs.
► SAND n. 3. – a person or body of persons sent on an errand; an embassy; an envoy, a messenger → 1038 obs.
► SAND n. 4. – the shore of a sea → c1205 poetic usage, obs.
► SAND n. 5. – moist sugar → 1812 sl. obs.
► SAND n. 6. – courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy → 1867 Amer. dial.
► SAND n. 7. – money → L19 sl., orig. US
► SAND n. 8. – cocaine → 2002 US sl.
► SAND vb. 1. – to nonplus, to surprise and confuse someone → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SAND vb. 2. – to mark the edges of playing cards with sandpaper or another abrasive for the purpose of cheating → 1979 US sl.
 
► SANDAL SHOON n. – sandals → 1602 arch.
 
► SAND AND CANVAS vb. – to clean something thoroughly → 1912 sl., orig. naval usage
 
► SAND AND SPECKS n. – salt and pepper → World War I Amer sl.
 
► SANDAPILE n. – a coffin or bier → 1623 obs.
 
► SAND AUGER n. – a little sand whirlwind; a dust devil → 1900 Amer. dial.
 
► SANDBAG n. 1. – the stomach of a crab → 1895
► SANDBAG n. 2. – a confidence trick → 1900s US sl.
► SANDBAG n. 3. – a sanitary towel or tampon → 2001 US sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 1. – to ambush; to take by surprise → L19 sl., orig. US
► SANDBAG vb. 2. – to cheat → L19 US sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 3. – to feign weakness in order to mislead an opponent → 20C US sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 4. – to get rid of → 1910s sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 5. – to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize → 1919 sl.. orig. & chiefly US
► SANDBAG vb. 6. – to intimidate → 1920s US sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 7. – to extort → 1930s sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 8. – to lull someone into a false sense of security, and then suddenly attack them → 1940 US sl.
► SANDBAG vb. 9. – in poker: to resist raising the bet immediately in the hope of making a larger raise later on → 1947 US sl.
 
► SANDBAG AND JEMMY adv. – completely → 1900s Aust. sl.
 
► SANDBAG ARTIST n. – an extortionist → 1920 sl.
 
► SANDBAGGER n. 1. – a street robber, a ‘mugger’ → L19 US sl.
► SANDBAGGER n. 2. – a blackmailer → 1891 US criminals’ sl. obs. (Bk.)
► SANDBAGGER n. 3. – one who plots for the purpose of overreaching and defrauding unsuspecting persons → 1895 (Bk.)
► SANDBAGGER n. 4. – a person who lulls an opponent into security, and then suddenly attacks → 1940 US sl.
► SANDBAGGER n. 5. – one who is believed to win unfairly in a betting game → 1961 US sl.
► SANDBAGGER n. 6. – in clayshooting: a competitor who by devious methods shoots in a lower class than his true form warrants → 1983 UK sl.
► SANDBAGGER n. 7. – a golfer who purposely posts false or inflated scores in order to achieve a handicap higher than that which his ability warrants → 1997 golfing usage (Bk.)
► SANDBAGGER n. 8. – in bowling: an individual who purposely keeps down his average in order to receive a higher handicap than he deserves → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
► SANDBAG MAN n. – a common thief employing a bag of sand to knock down and disable his victim → 1919 Aust. criminals’ sl. 
 
► SAND-BEARDED adj. – having a sandy-coloured beard → 1624 obs.
 
► SAND-BED n. – one who ‘absorbs’ much liquor; an insatiable drinker; an inveterate drunkard → 1824 Sc.
 
► SAND-BED OF DRINK n. – an inveterate drunkard → 1838 Sc.
 
► SANDBEEF n. – a sandwich → L19 sl.
 
► SAND-BLIND adj. – half-blind, dim-sighted, purblind → a1400 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
 
► SANDBOX n. 1. – a toilet, a lavatory → 1968 US sl.
► SANDBOX n. 2. – in computing: the research and development → 1991 US sl.
 
► SAND BOX EXPRESS n. – military transport to Saudi Arabia or Kuwait during the first Gulf war → 1991 US sl.
 
► SANDBURNER n. – a Jeep → 1981 UK sl.
 
► SAND-CLEEK n. – a nickname for an Aberdonian → 1950 Sc.
 
► SAND-COON n. – an Arab from the Middle East → 2000s sl., derogatory
 
► SAND CUTTER n. – a native of Kansas → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
 
► SAND DEVIL n. – a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust → 1944 Amer. dial.
 
► SAND-DUST n. – the gritty matter that forms in the eyes when one is sleepy or sleeping → 1977 Amer. dial.
 
► SAND-DUSTER n. – a short person → 1950s US sl.
 
► SANDED adj. 1. – of a sandy colour → 1590 obs.
► SANDED adj. 2. – sand-blind, half-blind, dim-sighted → 1629 obs.
 
► SANDER adv. – sooner → a1450 obs.
 
► SANDERBODE n. – a messenger; an envoy; an ambassador → c1200 obs.
 
► SANDER MAN a messenger, envoy, ambassador → 1123 obs.
 
► SANDESMAN n. – a messenger, an envoy, an ambassador → 1123 obs.
 
► SAND-EYED adj. – sand-blind, half-blind, dim-sighted → 1592 obs.
 
► SAND FLEA n. – someone who associates with surfers at the beach but rarely if ever enters the water → 1985 US sl.
 
► SAND GOOK n. – an Arab; a Middle Easterner → 2007 US sl.
 
► SAND-GROPE vb. – to bungle → L19 Aust. sl.
 
► SAND-GROPER n. – a non-Aboriginal person, native to or resident in Western Australia → 1896 Aust. sl.
 
► SAND-GROPER LAND n. – Western Australia → L19 Aust. sl.
 
► SAND HILL STATE n. – Arizona → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
► SANDHOG n. – a tunnel construction worker; any underground worker → 1903 US sl.
 
► SAND-HOGGER n. – a tunnel construction worker; any underground worker → 1877 US sl. 
 
► SAND-HOPPER n. – an Arab → 1970s sl., derogatory
 
► SAND HOUSE n. – a cave or shelter beneath an overhanging cliff → 1969 Amer. dial.
 
► SANDIA n. – a watermelon → 1648
 
► SANDIE n. 1. – a nickname for a Scotchman → 1473
► SANDIE n. 2. – the devil, Satan → 1786 Sc.
► SANDIE n. 3. – a generic term for a young fellow, a chap, esp. a country man, a yokel → 1804 Sc.
► SANDIE n. 4. – a pig → 1818 Sc.
 
► SANDIE CAMPBELL n. – a pig → 1818 Sc.
 
► SANDIE FRY n. – the devil → 1868 Sc.
 
► SANDIES n. – sand flies → 1980s Aust. sl.
 
► SANDIFEROUS adj. – producing sand → obs.
 
► SANDINESS n. – the quality of having ‘sand’ or pluck, or courage → 1897 US sl.
 
► SANDISH adj. – somewhat sandy → 1664 obs.
 
► SANDISMENE n. – messengers → 1852 obs. (Bk.)
 
► S AND J n. – a beating by a police officer; ‘sentence and judgement’ → 2001 US sl.
 
► SAND-JOCKEY n. – an Arab from the Middle East → 2000s sl., derogatory
 
► SANDLAPPER n. 1. – one who eats dirt; hence, a low-class or countrified White person → 1836 Amer. dial., derogatory
► SANDLAPPER n. 2. – a native of South Carolina → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SANDLAPPER n. 3. – a homesteader in Oregon → 1964 Amer. dial.
 
► SAND-LAPPERS n. – during the Civil War: troops from South Carolina → 1860s US military usage
 
► SANDLING n. – a tract of sandy ground → 1784 Eng. dial.
 
► SANDLOTTER n. – in baseball: a sandlot or amateur player; a graduate of the lower realms of the game → 1911 arch. baseball usage
 
► S AND M adj. – pert. to sado-masochism → 1960s sl.
► S AND M n. 1. – a sado-masochist → 1960s sl.
► S AND M n. 2. – sado-masochism → 1964 US sl.
► S AND M n. 3. – in a sado-masochistic relationship: slave and master (or mistress) → 1977 US sl.
► S AND M n. 4. – Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California → 1987 US sl.
► S AND M n. 5. – sausage and mushrooms → 1996 US sl.
 
► SAND-MAN n. 1. – a messenger, an ambassador → c1205 obs.
► SAND-MAN n. 2. – in nursery language: a personification of sleep or sleepiness → 1861
► SAND-MAN n. 3. – a footpad, a ‘mugger’ → 1910s Aust. sl.
 
► SAND NIGGER n. – an Arab; an Indian or Pakistani person → 1984 US sl., offensive
 
► SANDOZ n. – LSD → 1967 US sl.
 
► SANDOZ’S n. – LSD → 1967 US sl.
 
► SANDPAPER n. – playing cards that have been altered for cheating by a minute sanding of the edges → 1962 US sl.
 
► SANDPAPER SUIT n. – a school cadet uniform → 1930s NZ sl.
 
► SANDPAPER THE ANCHOR vb. – to perform a job that need not and, in fact, cannot be performed → 1975 US sl.
 
► SAND-POT n. – a quicksand → 1914 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
► SANDRA BULLOCKS n. – itching, uncomfortable testicles → 1990s sl.
 
► SAND RAT n. – a cheap prostitute → 1936 British army usage 
 
► SAND SCRATCHER n. – a Syrian; an Indian → 2000s US sl., derogatory
 
► SAND-SMELLER n. – an oil geologist → c1920 Amer. student sl. 
 
► SAND TOAD n. – an Arab; a Middle Easterner → 1990s US sl. , derogatory
 
► SAND-TOT n. – a sand-hill → 1825 Eng. dial.
 
► SANDWICH n. 1. – a sandwich man, carrying a pair of advertising boards around the streets → M19 sl.
► SANDWICH n. 2. – a gentleman between two ladies → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SANDWICH n. 3. – a sexual threesome, involving any permutation of the sexes → 1971 sl.
► SANDWICH n. 4. – heroin sandwiched between layers of cocaine → 1998 UK sl.
► SANDWICH vb. 1. – to kiss → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► SANDWICH vb. 2. – in poker: to surround a player with two confederates whose collusive betting tactics relieve the middle player of his bankroll and drive him from the game → 1973 US sl.
► SANDWICH vb. 3. – to rob someone → 1990 Trinidad and Tobago
 
► SANDWICH DATE n. – a boy with two girls → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
► SANDWICHER n. – a native of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) → 1817 obs.
 
► SANDWICH LANE n. – the middle land of a 3-lane highway → 1970s US sl.
 
► SANDWICH-MAN n. 1. – a man carrying two advertisement boards suspended from the shoulders, one in front and the other behind → 1864
► SANDWICH MAN n. 2. – a man having sex with two women at the same time → 1970s African-American sl.
 
► A SANDWICH SHORT OF A BISCUIT adj. – not completely sane, stupid → 1992 UK sl.
 
► SAND WOG n. – an Arab or Middle Easterner → 1990s sl., derogatory
 
► SANDY adj. – brave, resolute → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SANDY n. 1. – a nickname for a Scotchman → 1473
► SANDY n. 2. – a drunken spree of which one has no memory → L19 US sl.
► SANDY n. 3. – a bluff, a deception, a trick, a joke → 1916 Amer. dial.
► SANDY n. 4. – anyone with sandy hair → 1958 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
 
► SANDY BAY PEACH n. – a nectarine → 20C S. Afr. street vendors’ usage
 
► SANDY CAMPBELL n. – a pig → 1899 Sc.
 
► SANDY FRY n. 1. – a pig → 1865 Sc.
► SANDY FRY n. 2. – the devil → 1868 Sc.
 
► SANDY-GREY-RUSSET n. – a dirty, ugly colour → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 
► SANDY HOOKERS n. – residents of Nelson, NZ; spec. local musterers, from living near Farewell Spit → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
 
► SANDY MACNAB n. 1. – the stomach → 1910s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘flab’
► SANDY MACNAB n. 2. – a crab, a body louse; usually in plural → 1910s rhyming sl.
► SANDY MACNAB n. 3. – a scab → 1920s Aust. rhyming sl.
► SANDY MACNAB n. 4. – a taxi-cab → 1940s rhyming sl.
 
► SANDY MCNAB n. 1. – the stomach → 1910s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘flab’
► SANDY MCNAB n. 2. – a crab, a body louse; usually in plural → 1910s rhyming sl.
► SANDY MCNAB n. 3. – a scab → 1920s Aust. rhyming sl.
► SANDY MCNAB n. 4. – a taxi-cab → 1940s rhyming sl.
 
► SANDY MILL n. – a sandcastle → 1788 Sc.
 
► SANDY-PATE n. – a person having light or red hair → a1700
 
► SANDY PETE n. – a centipede → 1889 Amer. dial.
 
► SANDY-POWED adj. – sandy-haired → 1866 Eng. dial.
 
► SANDY POWELL n. 1. – a towel → 1940s rhyming sl.
► SANDY POWELL n. 2. – a trowel → 1940s rhyming sl.
 
► SANDY-TAM n. – whisky → 1899 Sc.
 
► SANE adj. – of the body, it’s organs or functions: healthy, sound, not diseased → 1755
► SANE n. 1. – a 10-shilling note → 1930s Aust. sl.
► SANE n. 2. – a 10-year prison sentence → 1930s Aust. sl.
► SANE n. 3. – 10 oz. of tobacco → 1930s Aust. sl.
► SANE vb. – to cure, to heal → c1386 obs.
 
► SAN FAIRY ANN(E) phr. – no matter, forget it (French: ca ne fait rien) → 1919 sl., orig. military usage
 
► SAN FERRY ANN phr. – no matter, forget it (French: ca ne fait rien) → 1919 sl., orig. military usage
 
► SAN FRAN n. – San Francisco → 20C US sl.