1/4: Auah now, don’t get gay — for the horses to be sure. 1905 H. Green Actors’ Boarding House (1906) 98: If you get gay I’ll treat you like I would a hoss thief. 1915 Wodehouse Psmith Journalist (1993) 252: The second policeman gave it as his opinion that Jack was ...
A term phrased for a British policeman in Ireland – after Robert Peel head of the British police force. I first saw it in a letter to my great grandmother from her grandfather. Apparently my great³grandfather had to immigrate to escape the Peelers circa 1830 County Cork- the crime was...
This 1883 term for a policeman is so much better than “pig.” 56. Nanty Narking A tavern term, popular from 1800 to 1840, that meant “great fun.” 57. Nose bagger Someone who takes a day trip to the beach. He brings his own provisions and doesn’t contribute economically at all...
The addition of 'o' and 'ie' to words and names. - It is very common for names to be changed by adding either the letter 'o' or the letters 'ie', as in Johnno for John or Hughie for Hugh. There is no hard and fast rule for how this gets done but it is something you learn...
1897 J. London ‘The Road’ in Hendricks & Shepherd Jack London Reports (1970) 311–21: Attempt to translate this : – Hit a fly on the main-drag for a light piece [...] On the main street I begged a policeman in citizen’s clothes for a small sum. 1907 J. London Road 1: I...
1. n. Information. Derived from the phone number for information. “I need the 411.” 420 1. see “four-twenty” 5– 0 1. n. (pronounced “five oh”) A policeman or the police. 5-0 was derived here in Cali with artists like Too $hort, Spice 1, and NWA. It comes from the ...
A corrupt policeman who, in return for moderate pay, protects a criminal U tya sho zhopa sho rozha: vse prigozhe Your ass is the same as your face: all beautiful. Tya mama huyem v rot ebala Your mother f@#$ed you in the mouth with a d@#$. Veshat lapshu na ushi To tell so...
Americans rarely use the word policeman to express police in their spoken language. The number for the police here is 911. Sometimes Americans use 911 to express urgent things. 24. spooky mysterious; terrible A:, I, had, a, last, night, that, and, I, had, a, big, argument., This,...
1942R. Mulvey‘Pitchman’s Cant’ inASXVII:1 Pt 2 Apr. 93/1:square the shake. The shake is the money demanded by the policeman, sheriff, or local magistrate from the pitchman; when the pitchman has paid him a satisfactory sum, and thereby escaped the threat of conviction or jail sen...
1. A policeman. 2000 N. Barlay Crumple Zone 75: Din the pigs say nuffink ’bou’ witnesses? 2001 D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 140/1: pig n. 1 (also pigshit)a police officer [...] 3 (also pig dog) the police narcotics detection dog. 2007 D. McDonald ...