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1. afty, n. View full entry 1966
...= afternoon1. Chiefly in this afty....
2. anadama bread, n. View full entry 1915
...A traditional yeast bread made with corn meal and molasses....
3. bing, n.3 and int. View full entry 1922
...A thump or blow. dial. (See E.D.D.)....
4. bodger, n.3 View full entry 1911
...In full chair bodger. A local name in Buckinghamshire for a chair-leg turner. Hence (chair-)bodgering, the action or process of chair-leg turning....
5. ˈbodging, n.2 View full entry 1953
...= bodgering; see bodger...
6. boodie-rat, n. View full entry 1910
...A species of rat-kangaroo. Also called boodie....
7. bosting, adj. View full entry 1974
...Excellent, superb....
8. Brummy, n. View full entry 1941
...A local name for a native or inhabitant of Birmingham. Also attrib....
9. charver, n.2 View full entry 1997
...A young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations of a low social status. Cf. chav...
10. clat-fart, n. View full entry 1913
...Idle chatter, gossip, nonsense....
11. coonass, n. and adj. View full entry 1941
...A Cajun; a native of inhabitant of Louisiana, esp. a member of the Acadian communities of the southern bayou areas....
12. could, v. View full entry 1938
...pa. tense (and obs. and dial. pa. pple.) of can, q.v. Also spec. in ellipt. phr. could be: it could be (that);...
13. cram-jam, adv. View full entry 1903
...Chock- or cram- (full)....
14. crivens, int. View full entry 1917
...An exclamation of astonishment or horror....
15. dap, n.2 View full entry 1924
...pl. Rubber-soled shoes; spec.slippers;plimsolls....
16. divvy, adj.2 and n.2 View full entry 1975
...Foolish, idiotic; half-witted, daft. Esp. of persons....
17. dool-owl, n. View full entry 1928
...An owl (as a symbol of gloom); in quots. transf., a dull, depressing person....
18. eggy, adj.2 View full entry 1935
...Annoyed, irritated....
19. finney, n. View full entry 1906
...Local name of finnan haddock....
20. gawk, n.2 View full entry 1940
...A look, a glance....
