DIAMOND
ADJECTIVES
► ICED ► ICED DOWN ► ICED OUT wearing jewellery, esp. diamonds → 1950s US sl.
NOUNS
► DAISY ► DASY a diamond → M18 UK criminals sl.
► FISH-EYE a diamond, or an imitation diamond → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► FREEZER BURN an imaginary reaction to seeing brightly sparkling jewellery, esp. diamonds → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GLASS a diamond → 1918 US sl.
► ICE jewellery, esp. diamonds → L19 sl., orig. US
► ICE-CUBE a diamond → 1930s sl.
► MEXICAN DIAMOND a stone cut and polished to look like a diamond → 1950 US sl.
► PARAGON a perfect diamond; now applied to those weighing more than a hundred carats → 1622
► PROP a diamond or valuable piece of jewellery → 1914 criminals’ sl.
► RIGHT a facet of a diamond → 1675 obs.
► ROCK a diamond or other precious stone → 1908 sl., orig. US
► ROCK CANDY diamonds → 1940s African-American sl.
► SCHLENTER a fake diamond sold as the real thing → 1892 S. Afr. mining usage
► SHINER a diamond or other precious stone; usually used in the plural → 1884 sl.
► SIMPLE SIMON a diamond, usually a diamond ring; the playing card → 1910s rhyming sl.
► SPARKLER a diamond or other precious stone → 1822 sl.
► SPARK-PROP a diamond pin or tie-pin → 1879 criminals’ sl.
► STONE a diamond → 1904 criminals’ sl.
► TERRA NOBILIS an old name for the diamond at a time when its real nature was not known → 1882 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ICEMAN a diamond thief → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► I.D.B. an Illicit Diamond Buyer → 1884 S. Afr. colloq.
► KOPJE WALLOPER a diamond-buyer → 1886 S. Afr.
► KOPPIE WALLOPER a diamond-buyer → 1947 S. Afr.
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