NEIGHBOURHOOD
(also see PLACE)
ADJECTIVES
► AROUND THE WAY from the neighbourhood → 1980s Black British teen sl.
► GUTTER-BLOOD said of a person who has been brought up in the same neighbourhood, and is of the same rank as another → 1822 Sc.
NOUNS
► CHECKERBOARD a town, neighbourhood, public gathering place, factory, etc., which contains both Black and White elements → 20C Amer. sl.
► DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises → 1834 Amer. dial.
► KILGUBBIN a low or poor neighbourhood → 1910 Amer. dial.
► KINGDOM a neighbourhood; an area of town → 1969 Amer. dial.
► NABE a neighbourhood → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► NEIGHBOUR-ROW a company, a social circle; a neighbouring row of houses; a neighbourhood → 1785 Eng. dial.
► ONE’S OWN PADDOCK one’s own neighbourhood → 1988 NZ sl.
► PARISH one’s own area or neighbourhood; the area in which one has influence and/or does business → L19 sl.
► RICK a number of people living in one neighbourhood; a lot, company, band → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SMOKY HOLLOW a nickname for a community or neighbourhood → 1852 Amer. dial.
► SMOKY ROW a nickname for a community or neighbourhood → c1903 Amer. dial.
► VICINAGE neighbourhood; vicinity → 1774 US
► VOISINAGE the neighbourhood, the adjoining district → 1642 obs.
► WAY a familiar neighbourhood; your home territory → 1987 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AROUND-THE-WAY GIRL a young woman from the neighbourhood or ghetto; a casual girlfriend rather than a steady one → 1990s African-American sl.
► HOMEBOY a neighbourhood person → L19 sl.
► OLD HEADS the old people of the neighbourhood → 1899 US sl.
► YARDIE a person from your neighbourhood; a friend → 2003 Jamaica sl.
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