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1. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
2. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
3. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
4. boy, n.1 and int. View full entry c1300
...A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc....
5. cabbage, n.1 View full entry 1391
...As a count noun. The compact round or conical head of thick, short-stemmed, typically green leaves, formed by numerous cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea (family Brassicaceae),...
6. chemically, adv. View full entry 1616
...By a chemical or (in early use) alchemical process; using chemical methods, by means of chemicals; as regards chemistry. ...
7. drug, n.1 View full entry c1400
...Originally: any substance, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, used as an ingredient in pharmacy, chemistry, dyeing, or various manufacturing processes. In later use: spec. a natural or synthetic substance...
8. druggard, n. View full entry 1569
...Perh.: (as a term of contempt) = druggleObs....
9. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
10. eight ball | eight-ball | eightball, n. View full entry 1932
...The black ball, numbered eight, in the North American variety of pool (pool2); this variety of pool....
11. freak, n.1 View full entry 1563
...A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a capricious humour, notion, whim, or vagary....
12. girl, n. View full entry c1300
...Chiefly in pl. A child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (Wexford)....
13. green, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Of a colour intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum; of the colour of grass, foliage, an emerald, etc....
14. ice, n. View full entry eOE
...Frozen water; water made solid by cooling to a low temperature, either naturally (by weather or climate) or artificially (as by refrigeration)....
15. Jack, n.1 View full entry 1362
...(As proper noun.) A familiar by-form of the name John; hence, a generic proper name for any representative of the common people....
16. jazz, n. and adj. View full entry 1912
...U.S.slang. Energy, excitement, ‘pep’; restlessness; animation, excitability. Now rare....
17. love, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A feeling or disposition of deep affection or fondness for someone, typically arising from a recognition of attractive qualities, from natural affinity, or from sympathy and manifesting itself in concern for the...
18. man, n.1 (and int.) View full entry eOE
...A human being....
19. Mary Ann, n. View full entry 1868
...derogatory. An effeminate man, or one who takes a female role; a male homosexual. Cf. nancy2....
20. Mexican, n. and adj. View full entry 1578
...A native or inhabitant of Mexico. In early use perh. also: †a native or inhabitant of Mexico City (obs.)....
