NEIGHBOUR
NOUNS
► DOPE-POPPING spying on one’s neighbour → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► NEIGHBOURHEAD friendly relations between neighbours → c1425
► NEIGHBOURHOOD friendly relations between neighbours → c1449
NOUNS – PERSON
► ADJOINANT one living close by; a near neighbour; an associate → c1526 obs.
► ADJOINER he who, or that which, adjoins or lies next; a neighbour → 1627-8 obs.
► BY-DWELLER one who dwells close by or near; a neighbour → 1611 obs.
► DO ME A FAVOUR a neighbour → 1990s rhyming sl.
► EAM an uncle by the mother’s side; a familiar friend or neighbour; a gossip → 1681 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► GUTTER-BLOOD one born within the same town or city as another; one whose ancestors have been in the same town or city for some generations → 1822 Sc.
► HARD LABOUR a neighbour → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► KEBAR a companion, a neighbour → 1835 Sc.
► NABOR a neighbour → 1880 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEAR-BY a neighbour → 1938 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
► NEAR-DWELLER a comparative stranger dwelling in one’s vicinity → 1896 Eng. dial.
► NEIGHBOURER one who neighbours, a neighbour → 1611
► NEIGHBOURESS a female neighbour → 1388
► OLD FAGGOT a constantly carping neighbour → Brit. sl.
► PROME a neighbour → c1400 obs.
► STARE-CAT a women or girl who amuses herself with gazing at her neighbours; a meddlesome or inquisitive neighbour → 1859 US
VERBS
► NEIGHBOURIZE to act in a neighbourly fashion; to associate with others as neighbours → 1899
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