CLOSE (intimate)
ADJECTIVES
1892 ► TIGHT AS A CUP very close or tight → Eng. dial.
1901 ► TIGHT AS A RAT-TRAP very close or tight → Eng. dial.
1905 ► TIGHT AS WAX very close or tight → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1960 ► LIKE FUNK ON A SKUNK very close, extremely intimate → African-American sl.
1960 ► LIKE STANK ON SHIT very close, extremely intimate → African-American sl.
1960 ► LIKE STINK ON GLUE very close, extremely intimate → African-American sl.
1960 ► LIKE STINK ON SHIT very close, extremely intimate → African-American sl.
2000 ► AS CLOSE AS STINK ON SHIT very close, intimate, inseparable → US sl. (Bk.)
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