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1. barnet, n. View full entry 1857
...In full Barnet fair, the hair; hence, the head....
2. bee, n.1 View full entry a1000
...A well-known insect, or rather genus of insects, of the Hymenopterous order, living in societies composed of one queen, or perfect female, a small number of males or ‘drones,’ and an indefinite...
3. Berkeley Hunt, n. View full entry 1937
...Rhyming slang for cunt (usu. in sense 2a, ‘a fool’). Also ellipt. as Berkeley. Cf. the abbrev. berk...
4. Berkshire, n. View full entry 1811
...Name of an English county, applied to a famous breed of pig....
5. bird-lime, n. View full entry c1440
...A glutinous substance spread upon twigs, by which birds may be caught and held fast....
6. Bristol, n. View full entry 1551
...Short for ‘Bristol-stone’: see Bristol-stone....
7. ˌbubble-and-ˈsqueak, n. View full entry 1767
...A dish of meat and cabbage fried up together, ‘cold meat fried in butter with vegetables’. Nowadays potatoes and other vegetables are often used instead of meat....
8. bull, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...The male of any bovine animal; most commonly applied to the male of the domestic species (Bos taurus); also of the buffalo, etc....
9. butcher, n. View full entry a1300
...One whose trade is the slaughtering of large tame animals for food; one who kills such animals and sells their flesh; in mod. use it sometimes denotes a tradesman who merely deals...
10. ˌcarpet-ˈbag, n. View full entry 1830
...A travelling bag, properly one made of carpet....
11. chevy | chivy, n. View full entry 1665
...As a hunting cry....
12. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
13. choice, n. View full entry 1297
...The act of choosing; preferential determination between things proposed; selection, election....
14. cocoa, v. View full entry 1936
...In phr. I should cocoa (Rhyming slang), I should say so. Freq. used ironically....
15. daisy, n. View full entry c1000
...The common name of Bellis perennis, family Compositæ, a familiar and favourite flower of the British Isles and Europe generally, having small flat flower-heads with yellow disk and...
16. ˈdicky-bird | dickey-bird, n. View full entry 1781
...In nursery and familiar speech: A little bird, such as a sparrow, robin, or canary-bird....
17. elephant, n. View full entry 1340
...A huge quadruped of the Pachydermate order, having long curving ivory tusks, and a prehensile trunk or proboscis. Of several species once distributed over the world, including Britain, only two now exist,...
18. Everton, n. View full entry 1857
...(see quot. 1951);rhyming slang for ‘coffee’....
19. fisherman, n. View full entry 1526
...One whose occupation is to catch fish....
20. five, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...In concord with n. expressed....
