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1. ad, n.3 View full entry 1799
...= advertisement4a....
2. aeolist, n. View full entry 1704
...A derogatory term for: a person who claims to speak with divine inspiration or who behaves as if inspired....
3. antiseptic, adj. and n. View full entry 1751
...Counteracting putrefaction; antiputrescent....
4. anythingarian, n. View full entry a1704
...One who professes no creed in particular; an indifferentist. (A contemptuous term.)...
5. babu, n. View full entry 1763
...A title of respect typically appended (sometimes prefixed) to the surname of a Hindu man....
6. bean-eater, n. View full entry 1710
...A person who habitually or frequently eats beans....
7. bigwig, n. View full entry 1703
...A person of high official standing; a noteworthy or important person....
8. black and tan, adj. and n. View full entry 1786
...Of an animal, esp. a dog: having a coat of a black and tan (yellowish-brown) colour; spec. designating breeds of dog noted for such colouring (see sense B. 1...
9. blackface, n. View full entry 1704
...orig. and chiefly U.S. A dark-skinned person. Also without article, as if a name. Now rare and offensive....
10. blackleg, n. View full entry a1722
...In sing. and †pl....
11. blackleg, v. View full entry 1791
...trans. With it. Prob.: to make a living by swindling or other dishonest practices. Cf. blackleg2. Obs.rare....
12. blacky, n. View full entry 1759
...A black person. Freq. without article, as though a proper name. Now offensive....
13. brattery, n. View full entry 1783
...A collection of brats, a nursery. (contemptuous.)...
14. † buschie, n. View full entry 1731
...In early accounts of South Africa: = bushman1a....
15. canteen, n. View full entry 1737
...A kind of sutler's shop in a camp, barracks, or garrison town, where provisions and liquors are sold to soldiers and non-commissioned officers. Now under regimental control. Also, in Indian and colonial...
16. Chelsea, n. View full entry 1711
...a kind of rolled currant-bun originally made in Chelsea....
17. Chinaman, n. View full entry 1772
...A dealer in porcelain....
18. churchite, n.1 View full entry 1791
...A supporter of the Christian Church or its doctrine; spec. (in mid to late 19th cent. England) a supporter of the Anglican Church. Also more generally: a member of the...
19. clique, n. View full entry 1711
...A small and exclusive party or set, a narrow coterie or circle: a term of reproach or contempt, applied generally to such as are considered to associate for unworthy or selfish ends,...
20. clubbist, n. View full entry 1793
...A member or supporter of the political clubs of the French Revolution, or of their principles; transf. to English politics as a term of abuse....
