ATLANTIC
NOUNS
1780 — THE POND the Atlantic Ocean
.M19 — DITCH the Atlantic Ocean → sl.
1840 — THE BIG POND the Atlantic Ocean → US sl.
1855 — DAMP POT the Atlantic Ocean → sailors’ sl.
1880 — THE PUDDLE the Atlantic Ocean → colloq.
1900 — THE BIG DITCH the Atlantic Ocean → US sl.
1915 — BIG DRINK the Atlantic Ocean; an ocean → US sl.
VERBS
2006 — CROSS THE DAMP-POT to cross the Atlantic → US sl. (Bk.)