Reverse Dictionary: SA – SAF

SACK – NOUNS
– BADGER’S CLOUT n. a wisp of hay or straw used to stop a hole in a sack …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BUDGET 1677 US – a bag or sack
– FAIK the neck of a sack, after it has been drawn together and tied …1825 Sc. obs.
– JAGGET a full sack or pocket, hanging awkwardly, and dangling at every motion …1808 Sc.
– POCKET a small bag or sack …1806 Amer. dial.
– POKE a bag or sack, esp. a small one; now usually a paper bag …1806 Amer. dial.
– POOCH a sack, pouch, protrusion; a swelling, or bulge of the body …1971 Amer. dial.
– POOCHER a sack, pouch, protrusion; a swelling, or bulge of the body …1986 Amer. dial. 
– SACKET a small sack or bag …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TANKY BAG a purse, pouch, or sack …1950 Amer. dial.
– THANKY BAG a purse, pouch, or sack …1898 Amer. dial.
– THANKY POKE a purse, pouch, or sack …1952 Amer. dial.

SACRED – ADJECTIVES
– sacred, holy, consecrated SANCT 1890 rare
– sacred, holy, consecrated SANCTIMONIAL 1721 obs. rare
– sacred, holy, consecrated SANCTIMONIOUS 1604 obs.
– speaking of or discoursing on scared or holy things SANCTILOQUENT 1656 rare

SACRED – NOUNS
– an abnormal fear of sacred objects HIEROPHOBIA Bk1991
– the worship of saints and of relics and other sacred objects HIEROLATRY Bk1991

SACRED – VERBS
– to set apart as sacred or holy SANCTIFICATE a1677 rare

SACRIFICE, SACRIFICED – ADJECTIVES
– sacrificed, immolated IMMOLATE 1534 obs. or arch.

SACRIFICE etc. – NOUNS
– a sacrifice, an offering LAKEc1000 obs.
– a sacrifice, a sacrificial victim IMMOLATION 1589
– sacrifice, offering; the act of offering, or that which is offered OFFREDGE 1548 obs.
– the act of offering in sacrifice; sacrificial slaughter of a victim IMMOLATION 1534

SACRIFICE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person sacrificed on any account; a victim OBLATION 1594 obs.
– a person sacrificed to the will of another; a person who falls into the power of an enemy or a destructive agency SACRIFICE 1697 rare
– a person who offers up a sacrifice SACRIFICER 1563
– a person who offers up as a sacrifice SACRIFICANT 1665 rare
– a person who sacrifices SACRIFICATOR 1548 rare

SACRIFICE etc. – PHRASES
– things cannot be accomplished without the sacrifice of something in itself valuable OMELETS CANNOT BE MADE WITHOUT BREAKING EGGS 1898

SACRIFICE etc. – VERBS
– to be prepared to make any sacrifice GIVE ONE’S RIGHT ARM colloq.
– to be ready to make any sacrifice BE WILLING TO GIVE ONE’S EARS 1883
– to be sacrificed or destroyed WALK THE PLANK 1835 sl.
– to present a sacrifice or an offering to LAKE c1200 obs.
– to sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice IMMOLE 1609 obs. rare
– to sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a victim IMMOLATE 1548

SACRIFICIAL – NOUNS
– the slaughtering of a sacrificial victim MACTATION 1640

SACRILEGE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person addicted to or guilty of sacrilege SACRILEGIST 1621
– a person who commits sacrilege SACRILEGER c1380 arch.
– a person who is guilty of sacrilege SACRILEGE 1491 obs.

SAD, SADDENING, SADLY, SADNESS – ADJECTIVES
– ACHY-BREAKY aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending …1992 colloq.
– ALAN LADD sad …1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
– BAISE;  BAISS sad, sorrowful …1825 Sc. obs.
– BEAT sad; disillusioned; world-weary …1947 Amer. sl.
– BLACK – sad, melancholy; unlucky, malignant, wicked … 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BLUE depressed, low-spirited, sad, sorrowful, dismayed, downcast …a1450
– BOOT-FACED grim-faced, sad-faced; with an expressionless face …1942 colloq.
– DARK gloomy, cheerless, dismal, sad …1597
– DARKSOME characterized by gloom, sadness, or cheerlessness; melancholy, dismal …1649
– DAUNSY downcast, sad …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DERE grievous, sad …1686 Eng. dial. obs.
– DISCONSOLATORY disheartening, saddening … 1823 Sc.
– DISHEARTSOME – disheartening, saddening … 1825 Sc.
– DOWF sad, melancholy, out of spirits; also, tedious …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– DROOPY depressed; dejected; sad; gloomy; drooping …a1225
– DUMB-COMPLAINING showing sadness or grief in the face, but not expressing it in words …1788
– DUMPISH sad, melancholy; dejected in the dumps …1560
– EARNFUL causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad …c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– EERIE dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful …1773 Sc.
– EERIESOME dismal, dull, sad, melancholy …1869 Sc.
– ERNEFUL;  ERNFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy …1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FRIDAY-FACED sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy …c1600 obs.
– FUNEBRIOUS pert. to funerals; hence, gloomy, sad, melancholy, mournful …1653 obs.
– HEARTFUL sorrowful, sad-hearted …1877 Sc.  
– HEAVISOME of heavy mood, doleful, sad, dejected; dull, gloomy, dark …1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HEAVY-HEARTED grieved, sad, melancholy …c1400
– HUMPY out of humour; melancholy, sad …1889
– LUGUBRE expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable …1727 obs.
– LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable …1601
– LUGUBROUS expressing or causing mourning; doleful, mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable …1632 obs.
– MESTFUL mournful; sad; melancholy; dismal; gloomy …1577 obs. rare
– MESTIFICAL making sad or sorrowful …1656 obs.
– MESTIVE sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy …1578 obs.
– MISHAPPY unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched …c1386 obs.
– NEW-SAD recently made sad …1788 rare
– OFF sad, sorrowful, regretful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OORIE;  ORIE;  OWRIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing …1788 Sc.
– OORLICK of things: sad and depressing, eerie …1922 Sc.
– RUTHFUL 1513 obs. – sad, dejected, doleful
– SADDED saddened, made sorrowful …1680 obs.
– SAFFLE dull, sad, melancholy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAIR serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing …1776 Sc.
– SAIRIE;  SAIRY sad, doleful, sorrowful …1838 Sc. obs.
– SIGHFUL sorrowful, sad …1606 rare
– SITHEFUL sighful, sad …1610 obs.
– SUBTRIST somewhat sad …1820 rare
– THOUGHT-SICK sick from thinking; sick with anxiety; uneasy with sad reflections; sad, sorrowful, melancholy …1598 obs.
– TRISTITIOUS full of sadness, sorrowful …1694 obs. rare
– UGLY depressed, sad …1836 Eng. dial.
– UNBLITHE unhappy; sad, sorrowful; not delighted …c897 obs.
– UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad …1660 Sc.
– UNHEARTY disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad …1845 Sc.
– VEXSOME sorrowful, full of vexation; grievous, sad …1852 Sc.
– VULTUOSOUS of a grave and solemn countenance; of a heavy and sad look …1656 obs.
– WAN sad, dismal; also, awful, deadly, cruel, wicked …c1400 poetic usage, obs.
 
SAD etc. – ADVERBS
– DOWLY sadly, dolefully, lamentably … c1540 N. Eng. dial. obs.
– DULLY gloomily, sadly …1600 obs.
– HEAVISOMELY sadly …1382 obs.
– SADLIES sadly; to a great degree …Bk1904 Sc.
– SADLINS sadly; greatly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SODLIES sadly; to a great degree …Bk1904 Sc.
 
SAD etc. – INTERJECTIONS, PHRASES
– A-DEARY ME! exclamation of sadness or surprise …1868 Eng. dial.
– FACE AS LONG AS A WET SUNDAY, A used for describing an expression of depression or sadness …1984 Can. sl.
 
SAD etc. – NOUNS
– BALEFULNESS hurtfulness; distress, sadness …1592
– EGRIMONY great sorrow, grief, sadness …1626 obs. rare
– HEAVINESS sadness, grief …c1275 obs.
– HEAVITY heaviness of heart; sorrow, sadness …c1400 obs.
– MOP a sad face or expression
– SKELETON AT THE FEAST, A a reminder of saddening or serious things in the midst of enjoyment; a source of gloom or depression …1857
– SORE CUP OF TEA something sad, painful, or disgusting …1889 Eng. dial.
– TEAR-JERKER a story, film, song, etc. calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy …1921 sl., orig. US
 
SAD etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– AGELASTIC one who never laughs; one who is perpetually sad …1626 obs.
– GLOOMY GUS a very unhappy, sad, dismal, or gloomy person; a pessimist …1904 US sl.
– PRUNEFACE a homely or sad-looking person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SAD SACK a sad person; a listless or depressed person …1943 Amer. sl. 
 
SAD etc. – NOUNS, PERSON, OTHER
– GHOST AT THE FEAST, A someone who brings gloom or sadness to an otherwise pleasant or celebratory occasion …1995
 
SAD etc. – VERBS
– ATTRIST to make sad, to sadden …1680 obs.
– CONTRISTATE to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve …1616 obs.
– DRAG ONE’S ASS AROUND to go around looking sad and depressed …Bk2006 US sl.
– DUMP to be in the dumps; to be sad or downcast in spirit …1582 obs.
– EAT ONE UP to sadden one greatly …Bk1995 US sl.
– FUNERALIZE to render sad or melancholy …1654 obs.
– HAVE THE CAFARD to be fearful and sad … World War I Amer. sl.
– HAVE ONE’S ASS IN A SLING Bk1975 US sl. – to be or to appear to be sad, rejected, tired, or defeated
– MOP to make a grimace or sad expression
– MOP AND MOW to make a grimace or sad expression
– SAD to sadden …1775 Sc. obs.
– TRISTITIATE to make sad or sorrowful, to sadden …1628 obs. rare

SADDLE, SADDLEBAG – ADVERBS
– SIDELING on a side-saddle; facing to the side …1603 obs.
 
SADDLE etc. – NOUNS
– APPLE a saddle horn, a pommel … 1915 US Western usage
– BASTO the skirt of a saddle; also, the leather lining of a saddle …1881 Amer. dial.
– BEAR TRAP a saddle which had a small seat and cantle close to the fork, making it a major achievement to fall out of it …1944 Amer. dial.
– BISCUIT the saddle horn …1940 Amer. Western usage
– CACK a saddle, esp. an old or ill-fitting one …1936 Amer. dial.
– CACK BISCUIT a saddle sore…1961 Amer. dial.
– CACTUS a packsaddle …1940 Amer. dial.
– CANTLE the protuberant part at the back of a saddle …1592
– CHAIR a cowboy’s saddle …1940 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN SADDLE an unusually small saddle …1944 Amer. sl.
– DISH the seat of a saddle …1961 Amer. dial.
– GRANDMA a cowboy’s term for the horn of a saddle …1940 Amer. dial. 
– HEN-SKIN a small or inferior saddle …1942 Amer. sl.
– KACK a saddle, esp. an old or ill-fitting one …1936 Amer. dial.
– KACK BISCUIT a saddle sore…1961 Amer. dial.
– KAK a saddle, esp. an old or ill-fitting one …1939 Amer. dial.
– LIZZIE;  LIZZY a saddle horn …1936 Amer. dial.
– OLD SUSIE the horn of a saddle …1940 Amer. dial.
– PAD a soft, stuffed saddle …1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PANCAKE SADDLE in western Canada, an English saddle …1987 Can sl. 
– PANEL a piece of cloth placed under the saddle to protect the horse’s back from being galled; later, the pad or stuffed lining of a saddle employed for his purpose …a1300 obs.
– PANEL an ass’s wooden saddle …1530
– PANNEL a soft saddle; a pillion; the lining of a saddle …1838 Eng. dial. 
– PIG the horn of a saddle …1940 Amer. dial.
– PIGSKIN a saddle …c1860 sporting sl.
– RIM-FIRE a saddle with two cinches …1894 Amer. dial.
– RIMMY a saddle with two cinches …1936 Amer. dial.
– SADDLE POCKET a saddlebag …1857 Amer. dial.
– SUGGAN a saddle …1722 Anglo-Irish
– SUMPTER a pack, a saddlebag …1570 obs.
– TORE the pommel of a saddle …a1671 Sc. rare or obs. obs.
 
SADDLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– NACKER a knacker; a collar-maker; a saddle or harness maker …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– SADDLER one who makes or deals in saddles or saddlery …1389
 
SADDLE etc. – VERBS
– PANEL to furnish a saddle with a ‘panel’ or pad …1508 obs. rare

SADISM, SADIST, SADISTIC – ADJECTIVES
– pert. to any sadistic, virile male LEATHER 20C US sl.

SADISM etc. – NOUNS
– a form of sadism and masochism ; ‘Bondage and Discipline’ B. AND D. M20 US sl.
– sadism and masochism S. AND M. M20 US sl.

SADISM etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a sadist SAD-ASS 1972 US homosexual sl.
– a sadistic man who beats homosexual males after having sex with them DIRT 20C sl.
– a sadist; one who flogs the back of another INDORSER E20 US criminals’ sl.
– a sadist who mistreats prostitutes INDORSER 1942 US sl. 

SADO-MASOCHISM, SADO-MASOCHIST, SADO-MASOCHISTIC – ADJECTIVES
– pert. to sado-masochism S AND M 1960s sl.
– sado-masochistic SADO-MASO 1970s US sl.

SADO-MASOCHISM etc. – NOUNS
– in sado-masochistic sex: a torture chamber GAME ROOM 1960s sl. 
– sado-masochism SADIE AND MAISIE 1960s sl.
– sado-masochism SADIE-MAISIE 1965 sl.
– sado-masochism S AND M 1964 US sl.

SADO-MASOCHISM etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a practitioner of sadism and masochism SADDIE-MAISIE;  SADIE-MAISIE M20 US sl.
– a sado-masochist SADO-MASO 1970s US sl.
– in a sado-masochistic relationship: slave and master (or mistress) S AND M 1977 US sl.
– in sado-masochism: a person dressed all in leather, including the face GIMP 1993 sl.

SAFE, SAFELY, SAFETY (secure, unharmed) – ADJECTIVES
– ABS-NABBEMS safe, secure from capture …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– ADAM FAITH safe …1960s Brit. rhyming sl.
– HAIL free from injury, infirmity, or disease; sound, unhurt, safe; healthy, robust; hale …c1205 obs.
– HALE free from injury; safe, sound, unhurt …c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HALE-SCART without a scratch, unhurt; wholly safe …1829 Sc.
– JEOPARDLESS free from risk or peril; safe, secure …1549 obs.
– O.K. well, safe; unharmed; undamaged …1839 colloq.
– OKAY well, safe; unharmed; undamaged …1839 colloq.
– OKEY safe, unharmed …M19 sl.
– QUARTFUL sound, healthy; safe,  prosperous …c1460 obs.
– SAFE AS A BRICK-BUILT SHITHOUSE completely safe …1976 sl.
– SAFE AS A GUN, AS perfectly safe …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAFE AS BRANDY, AS perfectly safe …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAFE AS DEATH, AS perfectly safe …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAFE AS HOUSES, AS perfectly safe …Bk1904
– SALUTIFEROUS conducive to well-being, safety, or salvation …c1540
– SALVATORY saving; imparting safety or salvation to …1830 rare
– SCART-FREE safe and sound; uninjured …1897 Sc.
– SICKER free from danger or harm; secure, safe …c897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNDANGERED safe, secure …c1400 
 
SAFE etc. (secure, unharmed) – ADVERBS
– SICKER with security; safely, confidently …c1205 obs.
– SICKERLY without danger or harm; securely, safely …c1290 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– WITHOUT ACCIDENT safely, without incident or misfortune … 1741
 
SAFE etc. (secure, unharmed) – NOUNS
– ALYO a condition of calm or safety …Amer. sl.
– FASTNESS security from invasion, difficulty of access; safety, strength …1596 obs.
– GARRISON defense, protection; deliverance, safety; means of defense …c1320 obs.
– HAIL health, safety, welfare …a1400-50 chiefly N. Eng. dial. obs.
– HEAL well-being, welfare, safety; prosperity …c950 obs. exc. Sc.
– HEALTH well-being, welfare, safety; deliverance …c1250 obs.
– INCOLUMITY safety, soundness, freedom from danger …1533 obs.
– LIFE-SAFE 1893 Sc. – safe-conduct
– SAFITY safety …1879 Sc.
– SAFT safety …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
– SALUTE safety, well-being, salvation …1471 obs.
– SICKERNESS sure keeping; safe custody …1678 obs.
 
SAFE etc. (secure, unharmed) – PHRASES
– ALL’S SNUG 18C criminals’ usage – all is safe
– IT’S ALL RUG L17 – all is safe
– UNDER TRUST in a state of supposed safety …1545 obs. exc. arch. 
 
SAFE etc. (secure, unharmed) – VERBS
– COME THROUGH WITH ALL HAIRS LYING FLAT to come through unscathed …1934 Amer. dial.
– WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of; to defend, to protect …a1035 arch.

SAFE (for money, etc.) – NOUNS
– BLOOMER Bk1975 US criminals’ sl., arch. – an empty or nearly empty safe
– BOX a safe …1904 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– CAN a safe …1925 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– CAN-OPENER a tool for opening safes, etc. …1912 sl.
– DAMPER a safe or safe-deposit box …1872 US criminals’ sl.
– DRUM a safe …1912 US sl.
– FLUNK the strongbox within a safe …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– ICEBOX a safe …1940s US criminals’ sl.
– JOHN O’BRIEN an empty safe …1910s US sl.
– KEESTER a safe …1913 US sl.
– KEISTER a safe …1913 US sl.
– KEYSTER a safe …1913 US sl.
– PETE a safe …1911 sl.
– PETE-BOX a safe …1911 sl.
– PETER a safe; also, a cash-box or cash register …1859 sl.
– RIPPER a tool for opening safes, etc. …1889 sl.
– TANK a safe …1930s NZ criminals’ sl. 
 
SAFE (for money, etc.) – NOUNS, PERSON
– DAMPER-SNEAK a thief of safes …1872 US criminals’ sl.
– TANK MAN a person who specializes in stealing from safes …Bk2002 Aust. prison sl. 
 
SAFE (for money, etc.) – VERBS
– BLOW A TANK to dynamite a safe …1932 NZ sl.
– DECK to drill through the top of a safe …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– KNOCK to rob, esp. a safe or till …1767 sl.
– NEEDLE to drill a hole, such as in a safe …1970s US criminals’ sl.
– PETER to blow open a safe in order or steal from it …1962 sl.
– SIEVE to drill holes in a safe for the placement of explosives to be used in opening it …1970 US sl.
– TICKLE THE PETER to rob a safe, till, or cashbox …1945 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
​- UNBUTTON to force or rip open a safe …1949 US sl.

SAFE-BREAKER, SAFE-BREAKING – NOUNS
– OIL in safe-breaking: dynamite, or nitroglycerin …1924 criminals’ sl. 
– OLD MAN a long-handled tool used to secure leverage in safecracking …1926 US sl.
– OPEN WORK safe-breaking …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– PETE nitroglycerine as used for safe-breaking …1931 sl.
– PUFF gunpowder or other explosives used for safe-breaking …1904 sl., orig. US
– SOUP nitroglycerine or gelignite, esp. as used for safe-breaking …1902 sl., orig. US
 
SAFE-BREAKER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BANG MAN a safecracker who uses explosives …Bk1992 criminals’ sl.
– BLACKSMITH a safebreaker …1926 US criminals’ sl.
– BOX MAN a safecracker …1902 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– BOX SLUGGER a safecracker …1970 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– BURNER – a criminal who specializes in breaking into safes using an acetylene torch …1950 US sl.
– BUTCHER Bk1966 US police sl. – a person who breaks into a safe in a crude manner
– GAS MUG the man that does the talking for a gang of safe-blowers …1925 US criminals’ sl.
– GAY CAT a safebreaker …1919 US criminals’ sl.
– GERVER a safe-breaker …1910 US criminals’ sl.
– GREASE-MAN a safe-blower who uses nitroglycerine …1970s US criminals’ sl.
– IRONWORKER a specialist in robbing safes …1931 US criminals’ sl.
– MOB a safecracker …Bk1975 Amer. criminals’ sl. arch. 
– PARLOR MAN the safe-breaker who lights the fuse on a charge of nitroglycerine …1910s US criminals’ sl.
– PETE-MAN a safe-breaker …1911 sl.
– PETER-GEE a safecracker …1940s US criminals’ sl.
– PETERMAN a safe-breaker …1900 sl.
– SAFEBLOWER a criminal expert who specializes in breaking and entering locked safes by means of dynamite explosion, or picking the combination locks …1873 criminals’ usage, orig. US
– SAFECRACKER a criminal who breaks into locked safes to steal the contents …1934 orig. US
– SAFE CRACKSMAN an expert thief who is proficient in the art of opening locked safes and vaults; a safeblower …Bk1992 criminals’ sl.
– SOUP MAN an expert user of nitro-glycerine, etc., one who specializes in safe-blowings …1961 criminals’ sl.
– TANK ARTIST a safe-cracker …1967 NZ criminals’ sl.
– TANK BLOKE a safe-cracker …1968 Aust. sl.
– TANKBLOWER a safe-cracker …1967 NZ criminals’ sl.
– TANKMAN a safe-cracker …1967 Aust. & NZ criminals’ sl.
– TANK-OPENER a safe-blower …1928 Aust. criminals’ sl.
– TOOL-MAN a lock-picker or a safe-breaker …1949 sl.
– VALENTINE a skilled safe-burglar …1935 criminals’ sl. 
– YEGG a criminal, esp. a burglar or safecracker …1903 US sl.
– YEGGMAN a burglar or safe-breaker …1905 US
 
SAFE-BREAKER etc. – VERBS
– OIL in safe-breaking: to use nitroglycerin on a safe …1925 US sl. 

SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX – NOUNS
– a safe-deposit box GOODY-BOX 1970s sl.
– a safe or safe-deposit box DAMPER 1872 US criminals’ sl.

SAFEGUARD, SAFEGUARDING – ADJECTIVES
– that has custody or guardianship of something or someone; esp. protecting, safeguarding CUSTODIENT a1646 obs.

SAFEGUARD etc. – NOUNS
– a safeguard WARETACK 1542 obs.
– a safeguard; a defense; a restriction PALE c1400
– a safeguard, protecting institution; anything on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc. is believed to depend PALLADIUM 1600

SAFEGUARD etc. – VERBS
– to safeguard; to protect CUSTODITE 1657 obs. rare

SAFEKEEPING – NOUNS
– safe-keeping, defense, protection; watchful care, heed WARE c893 obs.
– safe-keeping, guardianship WARDENSHIP a1300 rare

SAFETY-PIN – NOUNS
– a safety pin CAREFUL PIN 1950 Amer. dial.
– a safety pin LATCH-PIN 1940 Amer. dial.
– a safety-pin SICK-BAY SHACKLE c1939 Royal Navy usage
– a safety pin TALL PIN 1952 Amer. dial.
– a safety pin used as a hypodermic needle SAFETY 1950s US drug culture sl.