DISH
NOUNS
► BALDFACE DISH a plain white china plate → 19C US sl.
► BASIN the hollow part of a plate or dish → 1662 obs.
► BICKER a porridge dish; a bowl → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► DISH SAFE a piece of furniture with a flat top for keeping dishes, tablecloths, etc.→ 1967 Amer. dial.
► GOCKIE a deep wooden dish → 19C Sc.
► LAME a dish, crockery, dishes → 1708 Sc.
► LILLIAN GISH a dish → 1920s Aust. rhyming sl.
► ONE AND EIGHT a plate → 20C rhyming sl.
► PADEL a dish; a pan → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PODGER a pewter dish; an earthen platter, ‘porringer’, or ‘pipkin’ → 1746 Eng. dial.
► SAUCEPAN a small dish for holding melted butter, etc.→ 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCEW a dish, a cup → M16
► SHALE a dish; a cup; a goblet → c1075 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SKELE a dish or platter → a1300 obs.
► SKEW a wooden dish → 1561 cant obs.
► SUNBEAM a plate, utensil, etc. which is not used at a meal, and does not need to be washed → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TAIZIE a bowl, a goblet → 1808 Sc.
► TASS a bowl, a goblet → 1815 Sc.
► TASSIE a bowl, a goblet → 1898 Sc.
► VESSEL dishes, plates, etc. used at a meal → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► IT SAVES THE WASHING-UP a remark to greet the sound of crockery falling with a crash → c1920
► NEITHER DISH NOR DIBLET no table crockery whatever → 1706 Sc.
VERBS
► BUST SUDS to wash the dishes → 1992 African-American sl.
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