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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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403 words match “SLANG”

A footman; a flunky. [Slang, Eng.] Thackeray.

Spruceness. [Slang, Eng.] Pegge (1814).

JEMMY a. 2 definitions

Spruce. [Slang, Eng.] Smart.

turn about and jump Jim Crow," produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel. [Slang, U. S.]

r supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [Slang]

JUG n. 2 definitions

A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] Gay.

See Claim, n., 3. -- To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]

A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.]

Nonsense; stuff; also, fashion; style. [Slang]

KID n. 2 definitions

A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. [Slang] Charles Reade.

KIDDY v. 2 definitions

To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] Dickens.

Frolicsome; sportive. [Slang]

KNOCK-OUT DROPS n.

Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

KNOCKABOUT a. 2 definitions

Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang]

, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster. [Slang.] Knuckle joint (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes…

LACE n. 2 definitions

Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old Slang] Addison. Alencon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost. -- Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone, Brussels, etc. -- Gold lace, or Silv…

h the fabric lace. A shirt with laced ruffles. Fielding. Laced mutton, a prostitute. [Old slang] -- Laced stocking, a strong stocking which can be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc. Dunglison.

LAG n. 2 definitions

One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]

o weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. [Slang]

A plan; a scheme. [Slang] Dickens. Lay figure. (a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition. -- Lay race, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in w…