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lso, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. [Colloq. or Humorous] W. Irving.

Quality of being slangy.

Slangy. [R.] John Bee.

Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang. [Written also slangey.]

A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang] Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey. The Almighty, the omnipotent God. Rev. i. 8.

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]

Very; excessively. [Slang]

e rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning. -- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair…

To cheat; to wheedle. [Slang] Foote.

A pistol. [Slang] Dickens.

A pair of pistols. [Slang]

A magistrate or policeman. [Slang, Eng.]

A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]

A treat, or drink money. [Slang]

A sharper; one who cheats. [Slang] Johnson.

A blustering, talkative fellow. [Local slang, U. S.] Barllett.

A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]