ADDRESS, ADDRESS BOOK
NOUNS
1871 — BACKING the address or return address on an envelope or letter; the act of writing an address → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1960 — BURMA written on an envelope, or at the foot of a lover’s letter as lover’s code for ‘Be Undressed (or Upstairs) and Ready My Angel) → UK sl.
1970 — SCORE-CARD an address book → US homosexual sl.
2006 — ADDY address → US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1688 — DEDICATE to address a letter or other communication to → obs.
1859 — BACK to address an envelope or letter → Sc. & Amer. dial.