FOOD – NOUNS
NOUNS
► ACKEMPUCKY any food mixture of unknown ingredients → 1928 Amer. dial.
► AIR PIE AND A WALK AROUND a clerk’s lunch; i.e. no food → L19 sl.
► AIR PUDDING nothing, esp. nothing to eat → M19 US sl.
► AIRTIGHTS canned food, as peaches, tomatoes, etc. → 1897 Amer. dial.
► ALLIGATOR BAIT unpalatable food, esp. liver → 1926 Amer. dial.
► AMMUNITION food → 1924 Amer. jocular usage
► BABY’S LEG any food, sweet or savoury, that is presented as a pastry roll; meat loaf, jam roly-poly → 1924 UK school & services’ usage
► BACHELOR the last piece of food left on a plate → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BACK-UP a second helping of food → 20C Aust. sl.
► BAG AND BOTTLE food and drink → 17C Eng. colloq.
► BAGGING 1. food eaten between regular meals; an afternoon meal → 1750 Eng. dial.
2. food, provisions → 1805 Eng. dial.
► BAIT food, refreshment; a feed for horses, or slight repast for travellers, upon a journey; light refreshment taken between meals → 1570
► BAIT-TIME the time for taking food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAKE a meal or food usually prepared by baking → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BAKER any item of food which is suitable for baking → 1948 Amer. dial.
► BAKE-STUFF baked goods → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BAKIE any item of food which is suitable for baking → 1948 Amer. dial.
► BALD-HEADED LUMP a parcel of food containing only the basics, with no ‘sweets’ such as cake or pie → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► BALLAST heavy food → E19 sl.
► BALL LUMP a parcel of food given to a tramp → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► BANIAN-DAY a day when little or no food is to be had, or when the scraps remaining from the previous days are consumed → 1851 Eng. dial.
► BARBEQUED BARF dormitory or dining hall food → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BEETING the act of making food; mending, repair; making a fire, kindling → 1517 obs.
► BEGGAR the last piece of food let on a plate → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BELLY-CHEAT something for the belly; food → 1622 sl.
► BELLY-CHEER food of all kinds; provisions → 1579 obs.
► BELLY-FURNITURE something wherewith to furnish the belly; food → 1653 sl.
► BELLY-METAL food → 1590
► BELLY-TIMBER food, provisions → 1607 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BENE PECK good food → M16 sl.
► BENJORAM a liberal supply; a large plateful of food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIB a small drink; a sip; a small quantity of food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BINDER 1. a large quantity, esp. of food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
2. constipating food → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► BIT AND BAID food and clothing → 1768 Sc.
► BITE AND SUP food and drink → 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BITS AND BRATS food and clothing → 1843 Sc.
► BLOTTING PAPER food taken while drinking alcoholic beverages, to mitigate the effects of the alcohol → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BOOTIE FOOD food that goes right straight to the butt → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► BRAXY food of any kind → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BROKEN ARMS leftover food → 1910s US sl.
► BUB AND GRUB food and drink → c1750 sl.
► BUEL food (body and fuel) → 1980s US students’ sl.
► BURNT OFFERING burned food; a badly cooked meal → 1990 sl. (Bk.)
► BUZZARD SHIT vile or unappetizing food → 1939 Amer. military usage
► CAFFRE’S TIGHTENER bread or food of any kind, as distinguished from drink → 1892 S. Afr. sl. (Bk.)
► CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends → 1851 sl.
► CAMMICKS ► CAMMOCKS broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal → 1863 Eng. dial.
► CANT food → 1851-61 tramps’ sl.
► CATES provisions or victuals bought, as distinguished from, and usually more delicate or dainty than, those of home production; in later use, sometimes merely victuals, food → 1461 obs.
► CATHEAD the last piece of food left on a plate → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CAUTCH food improperly cooked or otherwise ruined → 1891 Amer. dial.
► CHARGE an amount or quantity of anything consumed → 1887 Amer. dial.
► CHEER food and drink; provisions → a1470 obs.
► CHEW food → 20C S. Afr. schools’ usage
► CHEWINGS food → 1907 Amer. sl.
► CHICK prison food → 20C Amer. criminals’ sl.
► CHINKS Chinese cuisine; Chinese food → 1948 Amer. sl., usually offensive
► CHOKE-DOG bad food or drink; a wretched substance which would choke a dog; a strong variety of home-distilled liquor → E19 US sl.
► CHOW food; a meal → 1856 sl.
► CHOW-CHOW food of any kind → 1892 Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
► CHOW LINE a queue for food → 1910s US sl., orig. military usage
► CHUCK food; a meal; ‘grub’ → 1865 Amer. dial.
► CHUCKAWAY food, a meal → 1873 Amer. dial.
► CHUCK HORRORS a craving for food → 1926 US criminals’ sl.
► CHUM food, provision for the belly → 1867 Sc.
► CHUMP food → L19 UK criminals’ sl.
► CIBOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of food → 1991 (Bk.)
► CIBOSITY plenty of victuals, a store of food → 1656 obs.
► COLDOVERS food saved for another meal; leftovers → 1970 Amer. dial.
► COMESTIBLE an edible, an article of food → 1837
► COMMON DOINGS plain, ordinary fare → 1838 Amer. dial. obs.
► COOK’S PIECE the last piece of food on a plate → 1950 Amer. dial.
► COOK’S PORTION the last piece of food on a plate → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COURTESY MORSEL a small part of a dish or piece of food left uneaten out of politeness → 1614 obs.
► CRAP a scrap of food; a morsel → 1520 obs.
► CRAUNCH apples or the like; food that can be crunched on → 1893 colloq.
► CRIB food, provisions; a light meal, a snack; a piece of bread, cake, etc. → 1652 Eng. dial., Aust. & NZ
► CRUD unpalatable food → 1943
► CRUG food → 1820 sl.
► CURY cooked food; a dish → c1460
► CUT STRAW AND MOLASSES poor food → 1857 Amer. dial.
► DAGO Italian food, esp. pasta → 1942 US sl., derogatory
► DA KINE anything good, as food, drugs, liquor → 1960s US sl.
► DAPATICALL MEATS dainty meats → 1623 obs.
► DESIRES OF THE FLESH food, drink, and sex, usually the latter → euphemism
► DIGS food → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DINNER-PIECE dinner, food for dinner → 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DODGER food, esp. bread → Aust. colloq.
► DOG’S VOMIT ► DOG VOMIT any disgusting and gooey mass of food → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DOINGS food or drink; a prepared dish → 1839 Amer. dial.
► DO ME GOOD food → 1910s rhyming sl.
► DOUBLE-DECKER a food item consisting of two main layers, as a sandwich made with three slices of bread and two layers of filling → 1825 Amer.
► DUFF any sweet edible → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► DUKIE a handout or donation of cold victuals to a beggar → 1912 US tramps’ sl. (Bk.)
► DUTCHING the practice of sending food destined for the UK market for irradiation abroad (usually in the Netherlands), to mask any bacterial contamination before it is put on sale → 1989 Brit. sl.
► EAT that which is eaten, food → a1000 obs.
► EATINGS food → 1876 US sl.
► EATMENTS food → 1942 Amer. sl.
► EATS food, a meal → 1782 UK
► EETEMTATION the smallest particle of anything, particularly of food → 1918 Sc.
► ENDGATE the last piece of food left on a plate → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ESCULENT anything that is eatable or fit for food; especially, vegetables → 1633
► FAG eatables → c1800 Brit. school sl.
► FALLOCH a lump, heap, large piece of anything; generally used of edibles → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk → 1742 Sc.
► FARIN ► FARING food, fare → 1877 Sc.
► FARM food, provision; hence, a banquet, a feast → a900 obs.
► FARMER’S SCRAP the last piece of food left on a plate → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FATTER fattening food → 1528 obs.
► FEED food or drink for human consumption → 1818 Amer. dial.
► FIGHT PIECE the last portion of food, which more than one person wants for himself → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FIXINGS food → 1828 Amer. dial.
► FLAGGINGS food of any description, esp. cold victuals → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► FOOD COMA the drowsiness often experienced after eating too much → 1987 US sl.
► GAINESBURGER in the military: canned beef patties → 1983 US Vietnam war usage
► GALLIMAFRAY a hotch-potch; a dish of varied ingredients → 1900 Sc. obs.
► GALLIMAUFRY a dish made by hashing up odds and ends of food; a hodge-podge → 1591 rare exc. Eng. dial.
► GALSH tainted food → 1925 Sc.
► GAP-AND-SWALLOW soft food, as crackers and water, cornmeal mush → 1939 Amer. dial.
► GARBAGE any and all food, usually low in protein and high carbohydrates, not in a bodybuilder’s diet → 1984 US sl.
► GAUDIES dainties, luxurious viands → 1622 obs.
► GEDUNK ice-cream, sweets, potato crisps and other junk food; the ship store where junk food can be bought → 1927 US Navy sl.
► GLOP a sticky or liquid mess, esp. inedible food, unappetizing food → 1945 US sl.
► GNIPPER the smallest piece of anything; especially used of edibles → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GOB a lump or large mouthful of food, esp. raw meat, fat, or gristle → M16
► GOBBET 1. a lump of half-digested food → M16
2. a lump or mouthful of food → LME
► GOBMEAT food → 1889 Eng. dial.
► GOOD CREATURE a material comfort; something which promotes well-being, esp. food → 1540 obs.
► GOO FOOD East Asian food → 1990s US students’ sl.
► GOOGLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses → 1911 Amer. dial.
► GOOK distasteful food → 1940s US sl.
► GOOZLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses → 1911 Amer. dial.
► GORGE a large amount of food, a surfeit; a heavy meal → 1894 Amer. dial.
► GORK baked stuff; in general, the baker’s product → 1903 Amer. dial.
► GRAVY TRAIN cafeteria food → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRAZE a snack; something to eat → S. Afr. colloq.
► GREASY STOMACH an appetite for oily food → 1634 obs.
► GREEN DEATH diarrhoea and nausea resulting from eating university cafeteria food → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRILLADE something grilled; a broiled dish → 1656 obs.
► GRINDAGE food → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRIT food → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GROCERIES food to eat → 1986 Amer. dial.
► GRUB food of any kind → 1659
► GRUB AND BUB food and drink of any kind → c1750 sl.
► GRUBBER food → 1940 sl.
► GRUBBERY food; also, a meal → 1823 sl.
► GRUBBERY food → c1830 sl.
► GRUBBINS food, provisions; a meal → 1847 Amer. sl.
► GRUBBY food → c1820 cant
► GRUB-STAKES ‘grub’, food → c1890 sl.
► GRUNGE a bad, unpleasant thing, esp. food → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRUNT 1. the bill, for food, drink → 1950s US sl.
2. food, esp. snack food → 1968 US students’ sl.
► GRUNTS food, esp. snack food → 1968 Amer. sl.
► GUSTABLE something that can be tasted; an article of food → 1642
► GUT BAG a plastic bag containing frozen food, the exact identity of which is not clear → 1991 US sl.
► GUTBASH a bellyful of food; hence, a resultant belly-ache → c1925 Services sl., esp. Royal Navy
► GUT BOMB a greasy hamburger; broadly; any greasy, tasty, heavy food; any food considered to be especially unhealthy → 1968 Amer. sl.
► GUT BOMBER a greasy hamburger; broadly, and food considered to be especially unhealthy → 1980 Amer. sl.
► GUTFUL as much as the belly will contain; a sufficiency of food → 1900 Eng. dial. & sl.
► GUT-ROT unwholesome or unpalatable liquor or food → 1916 colloq.
► GUTTLE-SHOP a tuck-shop → c1860 Brit. school usage
► GUY something to eat; bread → 20C S. Afr. sl.
► HABBEN ► HABEN bread; hence, corn or food → a1861 Sc. gypsy cant
► HACK AND HARBOUR food and shelter → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAGGRIE a mass of badly cooked an untidily served food → 1866 Sc.
► HARDS that part of boiled food which sticks to the pot → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HARDTACK coarse food → US Civil War usage
► HASKINESS dryness and insipidity of food; the parched condition of land → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEART-HUNGER a ravenous desire for food → 1825 Sc.
► HOG AND HOMINY southern rations → US Civil War usage
► HOGWASH bad food or drink → US sl. (Bk.)
► HUNGRIES the craving for food that follows the smoking of marijuana → 1970 US sl.
► INSIDE LINING food → 1851
► IN THE NUDE food → 1979 UK rhyming sl.
► INWARD MEAT the edible parts of the entrails of an animal → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IRON-RATIONS tinned meat; boiled salt-beef → 1896 nautical sl. (Bk.)
► JABBLE a quantity of liquid or half-liquid food; a quantity of any kind of liquid; soup → 1790 Sc.
► JABBLICK a quantity of worthless liquid or half-liquid food → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► JACK-BIT food → 1939 army sl.
► JEWISH PIECE the last piece of food left on a plate → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JOCK food → 1879 sl., orig. dialect
► JUNKET a dainty sweet, cake, or confection; any choice item of food or drink, a delicacy → 1538 obs.
► JUNKETRY a sweet or dainty dish → 1599
► KAI food → M19 NZ colloq.
► KALE dinner, food → 1794 Sc.
► KANT food → 1851-61 tramps’ sl.
► KARIBAT food → M19 Anglo-Indian
► KEDGING food of all kinds; stuffing → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEGGY decaying vegetables or food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEG-MEG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind, anything valueless or worthless → 1875 Eng. dial.
► KEMPLE a lump, a fragment, esp. of food → 1866 Sc. obs.
► KETTLE MEAT foods made from parts of the head and inner organs of an animal, as heart, liver, etc. → 1968 Amer. dial.
► KITCHEN anything eaten as a relish with other food → Sc. obs.
► KITCHEN PHYSIC food, esp. nourishing, healthy, or substantial food → 1889 Amer. dial.
► LAB-OATS sloppy food → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAMMING LOAD a large amount of food taken into the body through gluttony → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LATTER-MEAT food left over from a meal and served again, esp. ‘victuals brought from the master’s to the servants’ table’ → 1721 Sc. obs.
► LEBBERS droppings of food or drink from the mouth → 1825 Sc.
► LOBLOLLY 1. a soft or gelatinous food; jelly; pudding → 1902 Amer. dial.
2. food in general, esp. an unappetizing meal → 1916 Amer. dial.
► LOPYN a morsel or lump of food → c1430 obs.
► LOUNCE ► LOWNCE a ration of food → Royal Navy colloq.
► LUSH MUSH good food → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MACCAS food from McDonald’s™ restaurant → 1996 Aust. sl.
► MALHAVELINS odds and ends, bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → M19 sl.
► MALT AND MEAL food and drink → 1861 Sc.
► MAMMOCK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice → 1520 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAN’S MEAT food for men → 1475 obs.
► MANABLINS ► MANAROLINS ► MANAVALINS ► MANAVELINGS ► MANAVELINS ► MANAVELLINGS ► MANAVILINS odds and ends, bits and pieces, typically of food or small change → M19 sl.
► MANGA food → 1907 Aust., NZ & services’ sl.
► MANGARLY ► MANGARY food → M19 Brit. sl.
► MANGE food → L19 sl.
► MANGERY board; necessary food → 1596 obs.
► MANNERS-BIT a portion of a dish left by the guests that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation; the last slice or small portion left on a plate or dish → 1829 Eng. dial.
► MARROW nourishing food → 1382
► MARROW AND FATNESS nourishing food → 1535
► MASHLUM a mixture of any kind of edibles → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MASS AND MEAT prayers and food → 1827 Sc.
► MAST luxurious or fattening food → 1575 obs.
► MATTER a number, quantity; a quantity of food → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MEAL-OF-MEAT food enough for one meal; the food taken at a meal; a meal → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MEAL OF VICTUALS a meal; food enough for a meal → 1895 Amer. dial.
► MEAL’S MEAT food enough for one meal; the food taken at a meal; a meal → 1880 Eng. dial.
► MEAL’S VICTUALS food enough for one meal; the food taken at a meal; a meal → 1830 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MEAL’S VITTLES a meal; food enough for a meal → 1878 Amer. dial.
► MEALTIDE meal-time; the hour for a meal; the customary time of taking food; also, a meal, food → c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
► MEAT food in general, victuals, board; a meal → 1802 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MEAT AND MALT food and drink → 1892 Sc.
► MEATIES food for infants or very young children → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MEAT-STINT lack of food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MESS a dish of food; a quantity of food sufficient for a dish or a meal → 1697 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MESS FOR A MAD DOG, A a queer compound of food, an unsavoury dish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MILLION-DOLLAR-HUSBAND PIECE the last piece of food left on a plate → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MILLION-DOLLAR-MAN the last piece of food left on a plate → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MINCHIN ► MINGIN a mite or crumb of anything; a small piece of food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOBGEE food → Amer. World War I sl.
► MOMMOCK a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice → 1816 Eng. dial.
► MONGEE ► MONGEY food → 1914 Amer. hobo & military sl.
► MONKEY FARE whatever food has been prepared → 1939 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY FOOD snack food, finger food; a small amount of food eaten between regular meals → 1940 Amer. dial.
► MOOSH prison food, often porridge → L19 Aust. sl.
► MOTHER-IN-LAW’S BITE the last piece of food left on a plate → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MRS. MURPHY’S CHOWDER any unknown food found on the table → 1958 Amer. dial.
► MUCK any unpleasant, vile, or disgusting thing to eat or drink → 1882 UK sl.
► MUCK-A-MUCK food → 1882 Amer. dial.
► MUCKETY-MUCK food, drink → M19 US sl.
► MUCK-MUCK food → 1898 Amer. dial.
► MUNCHIE food, esp. snack food → 1906 sl.
► MUNCHIES, THE hunger; esp. a craving for food brought on by the lowering of blood-sugar levels that is a well-known side effect of smoking marijuana → 1971 sl.
► MUNGA ► MUNGER ► MUNGEY ► MUNGY tucker, food → 1907 Aust., NZ & services’ sl.
► MUNGAREE ► MUNJARI food → 1889
► MUSH prison food, esp. porridge → 1945 Aust.
► NAMMET a luncheon; esp. one eaten in the field by farm-labourers either in the middle of the morning or of the afternoon; a plain meal without meat; food generally → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NAM-NAM a child’s expression for something good to eat → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NINE-MILE ANTS anything sustaining, whether to eat or drink → L19 sl.
► NOSEBAG 1. a bag of food, a lunch box, a meal, a take-away meal → 1879 sl.
2. food handed out in a paper bag → 1974 Amer. hobo usage (Bk.)
► NOSH food, a meal; orig. food which may nibbled as a snack or delicacy → 1873 colloq.
► NUMMY food or a meal, esp. lunch → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NUM-NUMS food → 1975 S. Afr. sl.
► NYAM food → 1827 sl., orig. W. Indies
► OLD BACHELOR the last piece of food left on a plate → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OLD BACHELOR’S PIECE the last piece of food left on a plate → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OLD MAID. the last piece of food left on a plate → 1950 Amer. dial.
► OLD MAID’S PIECE the last piece of food left on a plate → 1950 Amer. dial.
► OMNIVORACITY a devouring or eating all kinds of food → 1889
► OMNIVOROSITY a devouring or eating all kinds of food → 1896
► OMNIVOROUSNESS a devouring or eating all kinds of foods → 1727
► OPSOMANIA a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food → 1857
► OPSONY anything eaten along with bread to give it relish → 1657 obs.
► ORDINARY customary fare; a regular daily meal or allowance of food; by extension, a fixed portion, an allowance of anything → 1481 obs.
► PACKING food → 1891 UK criminals’ sl.
► PACKOUT food prepared and packaged by a restaurant to be consumed off the premises; take-out food → 1955 Amer. dial.
► PAN-MEAT cooked food → c1000 obs.
► PANNAM any form of food → L19 Aust. sl.
► PAP soft or semi-liquid food for invalids or infants, made of bread, meal, etc., moistened with water or milk → c1430
► PAPPY infant’s food, pap → 1807
► PARTICULARS perishable foodstuffs → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PAUNCHINGS the intestines of animal, esp. as used for food, tripe served in potato soup → 1866 Sc.
► PECK food, meat → 16C sl.
► PECKAGE ► PECKIDGE food; food supply → 17C sl.
► PECK AND BOOZE meat and drink → 18C sl.
► PECK AND PERCH food and lodging → 1828 sl.
► PECK AND TIPPLE meat and drink → 18C sl.
► PHAGOMANIA a mania for food and eating → 1991 (Bk.)
► PLANNED-OVERS intentional leftovers → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PLARRY an unappealing mess of food → 20C Ulster sl.
► POBBIES pieces of bread softened in milk, generally given to young children or the elderly when unwell; any food of a similar consistency → 1848 Eng. dial.
► POKE-OUT a bag of food given to a beggar → 1894 sl.
► POOR DO a dish made up of scraps of food → 1870 US
► PREY something which is procured as or serves for food, not necessarily meat; provisions or rations → a1382 obs.
► PROG 1. food obtained by begging or wandering about → 18C
2. food, provisions → 1834 Amer. dial.
► PUKE any food or drink that is repulsive → sl.
► PULE a small amount of food; a bite, a nibble → E19 Sc.
► PULTS soft-boiled food; pap, pottage → 1550 obs.
► PULUTAN food or snacks provided as an accompaniment to alcoholic drinks → 1962 Philippine English
► PURVEY the food provided for a gathering; now esp. for a funeral or wedding → 1886 Sc.
► PURVEYANCE a supply or stock esp. of food or other necessities → 1340 obs.
► QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind → 1825 Sc.
► RASHER a slice of food, intended for broiling → 1634 obs.
► RATIONS food, without reference to amount → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► REVLETS the particles of food from one’s mouth which find their way into a bottle of soda when one gives another a swig → 1978 African-American
► ROUGH AND ROUND plain and plentiful food; simple but generous fare or hospitality → 1808 Sc.
► RUM PECK good food → L17 cant
► SABBLEMENT sloppy food → 1877 Eng. dial.
► SAIKER a large helping; a fill to satiety of food → 1929 Sc.
► SAIRING sufficiency, as much as satisfies one, esp. of food → 1856 Sc.
► SARRO an unpalatable heterogeneous mixture of food, a mess → 1880 Sc.
► SAULEE satisfaction of appetite; a satisfying meal or quantity of food → 1377 obs.
► SAVOUR a small quantity or morsel of food → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAFF food, provisions of any kind → 1768 Sc.
► SCAFFING food of any kind; abundant provision → 1827 Sc. obs.
► SCARF food → 1932 US sl.
► SCLAFF a thin flat slice of anything, esp. food → 1882 Sc.
► SCOFF food → 1846 sl., orig. S. Afr.
► SCRADGE food → 2003 Antarctica usage
► SCRAN 1. payment for food at an inn → 18C sl.
2. food, provisions, victuals, esp. inferior or scrappy food → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRAND food, esp. various bits of food, leftovers, broken victuals, etc. thrown together for an impromptu meal, or a meal taken onto their job by a labourer → E18 sl.
► SCRANNY food, esp. various bits of food, leftovers, broken victuals, etc. thrown together for an impromptu meal, or a meal taken onto their job by a labourer → E18 sl.
► SCRIM a small piece of anything edible; a fragment, a crumb → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRUNCH food, esp. sweets → 1920s Aust. sl.
► SCULCH food unfit to eat, or good food served too often → 1890 Amer. dial.
► SECONDS a second helping of food → 1792 sl.
► SET-BACK FOOD food that has cooled for a time and then has been placed on the table → 1958 Amer. dial.
► SHELLMEAT edible shellfish; food covered with a shell, as eggs, nuts, etc. → 1642 obs.
► SITIOMANIA a morbid repugnance or aversion to food → 1887
► SITIOPHOBIA a morbid repugnance or aversion to food or eating → 1887
► SITOMANIA a morbid repugnance or aversion to food → 1882
► SITOPHOBIA a morbid repugnance or aversion to food or eating → 1882
► SKIP nothing to eat → 1939 Amer. dial.
► SKRAN food, provisions, victuals, esp. inferior or scrappy food → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SLIP-SLOPS liquid food → 1776 US
► SLOBBER food; a meal → 1988 Sc. sl.
► SLOP 1. inferior food → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
2. prison food → 1996 sl.
► SLUSH food, esp. of a watery consistency → 1941 sl.
► SMACK food, esp. when taken between regular meals; a snack → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SMALL CHOP small items of food → 1963 W. Afr.
► SMIDGET a small amount; a small piece of food → 1893 Amer. dial.
► SNAPS snack food → 1986 US sl.
► SOCK eatables of various kinds, esp. dainties → 1825 Eton College sl.
► SOSS a sloppy mess or mixture; a dish of food having this character → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SOUVENIR a penny or a morsel of food → Amer. World War I sl.
► SOWL any kind of food eaten with bread, as meat, cheese, etc.; tasty matter added to liquid food → 960 Eng. dial.
► SPLIFF a particle of food lodged between teeth → 1980s US students’ sl.
► STAY-HOME SAUCE food or drink made with ingredients believed to instil sexual fidelity or attraction → 1991 Guyana
► STODGE 1. food → 1890 sl.
2. heavy, usually fattening food → 1963 sl.
► STOMACH-TIMBER food → 1820 sl.
► SUCKLING MEATS food suitable for infants → c1610 obs.
► SUNKET food, something to eat; chiefly plural → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TABNAB a cake, bun, or pastry; a savoury snack → 1933 nautical sl.
► TACK foodstuff → 1833
► TACKLE victuals; food or drink → 1857 Eng. dial. & sl.
► TACKLING food or drink → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE-OUT take-away food → 2002 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKEY-AH-WAYS take-away food → 1998 NZ sl.
► TAKING food or drink → 1873 Eng. dial.
► TANTADLIN ► TANTADLING ► TANTATLIN ► TANTATLING a small tart; an apple-dumpling; light delicacies, esp. sweets in contradistinction to more substantial food → 1857 Eng. dial.
► TANTADLIN-TART 1. a small light tart; any kind of dainty; fancy food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
2. unpalatable food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATS odds and ends; small victuals → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THICKENING-STUFF food of any kind → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIDDLEWINKS ► TIDDLYWINKS knickknacks of victuals → 1893 sl.
► TOMMY food, provisions generally → 1911
► TRAIL MARKER an unappetizing piece of food, the identity of which is uncertain → 1991 US sl.
► TRUCK food in general → 1838 Amer. dial.
► TUCK food → 1857 schools’ sl.
► TUCKER food → 1850 Aust. & NZ sl.
► VIEVERS food, provisions → 1814 Sc.
► VITTLES food → 1946 US sl.
► VIVERS food, provisions, victuals, eatables → 1714 Sc.
► WABBLE wishy-washy, tasteless liquid food or drink → 1899 Sc.
► WAD food, esp. a bun, cake, or sandwich; in all cases its filling qualities are more important than taste etc. → 1919 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
► WARM-UPS leftover food → 1950 Amer. dial.
► WHACK food, sustenance → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► WIND PUDDING nothing, esp. nothing to eat → M19 US sl.
► WITH-IT a food accessory to the principal dish of a meal; a side dish → 1939 Amer. dial.
► WITH-ITS the vegetables and other dishes served with the main course of a dinner → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WOMB-JOY gratification of the appetite, luxurious fare, belly-cheer → 1388 obs.
► YACKER ► YAKKER food → L19 Aust. sl.
► YAM food → E18 sl.