| aeroplaning | The action or practice of flying or travelling in an aeroplane. | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| airliner | A passenger aircraft, esp. one belonging to an airline. | 1908 | Go To Quotation |
| airmail | trans. To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) by airmail. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| Australorp | (See quot. 1929.) | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Beaverette | An imitation beaver fur; also, cloth with a beaver finish (see beaver cloth n. at beaver n. 2). | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| bobble | A small woolly ball used as an ornament or trimming. Also attrib. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| bossa nova | A style of Brazilian music related to the samba; a dance performed to this music. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Boulton | Of the thumb of a glove: cut with a shaped piece extending upwards into the palm. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| breitschwanz | = broadtail n. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| broadcaster | A person whose speech, performance, etc., is broadcast on radio or television… | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Buchan | Used to designate certain specified periods of cold weather foretold by Buchan as of annual occurrence. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| buckshee | Free; spare, extra. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| camouflage | The disguising of any objects used in war, such as camps, guns, ships, by means… | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| camouflage | To conceal by or as by camouflage. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| candelabraed | Furnished with or as with a candelabrum. Also used as pa. pple. of a hypothetical verb *candelabra. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| carbon | intr. Chiefly of parts of an internal-combustion engine: to become coated with carbon… | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| charmelaine | A dress material of artificial silk and wool. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| chirpily | In a chirpy or lively manner. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| cloky | Anglicized variant of cloqué n. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| coalitionism | The principles or advocacy of government by coalition. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| co-favourite | Sport. An equal or joint favourite (cf. favourite n. 1b). | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| conchy | Abbrev. of ‘ consci entious objector’ (viz. to military service): see conscientious objector n.… | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| Couéism | A system of psychotherapy by auto-suggestion, usually of an optimistic nature. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| debadge | trans. To deprive of the badge which in the war of 1914 – 18 exempted a man from military service. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| diddy | Small, tiny. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| diggish | Excellent, splendid. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| fav | Abbrev. (usu. written) of favourite n. 1b, as in the results of a horse-race. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| Fisher | Temporary name for a currency note (esp. of £1). Cf. Bradbury n. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| frowstiness | Frowsty quality; fustiness, stuffiness. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| fundamentalism | A religious movement, which orig. became active among various Protestant bodies in… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| furriered | Made or treated by a furrier. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| garage | A commercial establishment that sells petrol, oil, and similar products and freq.… | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| gift-over | The act of making over as a gift. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Glenurquhart | A Scottish district check (see quot. 1957). Also attrib. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Haganah | A group of Jewish settlers in Palestine who, as an underground defence force, played… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| halutzim | With pl. concord. Jewish pioneers entering Palestine in order to build up their future national home. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| hand-off | Rugby Football. The action of pushing off or away an opponent with the open hand. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| headquarter | Usu. in pass.: to be provided with headquarters. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| home zone | A residential area in which a variety of traffic-calming measures are employed to create… | 1992 | Go To Quotation |
| Honan | ceramics of the Sung dynasty, probably manufactured there. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| hovercraft | A vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| hurdy-gurdyish | Resembling the sound of a hurdy-gurdy; also fig. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| intro | colloq. abbrev. of introduction n. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| jackal | intr. To play the jackal (see jackal n. 2); to do subordinate work or drudgery. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| jazzetry | The reading aloud of poetry to a jazz accompaniment; a recital of poetry accompanied by jazz. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| kook | A cranky, crazy, or eccentric person. Freq. attrib. or as adj. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| lamé | A material consisting of silk or other yarns interwoven with metallic threads. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| lay-up | A period during which a person or thing is (temporarily) out of employment or use, as a ship in winter. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| lethal | trans. To kill (animals) painlessly; = lethalize v. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Limehouse | intr. To make fiery (political) speeches such as Mr. Lloyd George made at Limehouse in 1909. Also as n. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| mass-produce | trans. To produce (an article) in large quantities by an automated process; to manufacture in bulk. Also in extended use. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| mattifying | Of a cosmetic: that reduces the shiny appearance of the skin, esp. on the face; that produces a matt appearance. | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| mobe | A mobile phone. | 1995 | Go To Quotation |
| moisturizer | A cosmetic preparation used to prevent dryness in the skin, hair, etc. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| multilayer | Composed of or taking place in several or many layers; composed of more than one monolayer. Also fig. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| non | In the context of political questions or debate involving a French-speaking country… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| oversprung | Having too many springs; having springs which are too elastic, resilient, etc. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| passive-resistful | Expressive of passive resistance. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| petrol | trans. To refuel (a motor vehicle) with petrol. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| readier | A horse which is deliberately prevented from winning one race in order to secure a handicap in another. Cf. ready v. 4a. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| resegregation | The action or process of resegregating a person or thing; the fact of being resegregated. Also: an instance of this. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Rumpty | A nickname for: a Farman aeroplane, esp. one used for training purposes during the First World War (1914 – 18). | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| scrubbable | That may be scrubbed without damage or injury; capable of being cleaned by scrubbing. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| seadrome | A floating aerodrome, an offshore airport; spec. (in early use) one of a series… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| Seanad Eireann | The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Freq. ellipt. as Seanad. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| shawabti | = ushabti n. Cf. shabti n. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| shedload | A large amount or number. Freq. in pl. (in sing. usu. with of). Cf. shitload n. | 1992 | Go To Quotation |
| Skee-Ball | An indoor game in which balls set rolling down an alley are projected over a hump or otherwise into targets. Also attrib. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| skiving | The action of skive v.; shirking. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| speed-up | The act or process of increasing the speed or working rate of a thing. Also attrib. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| squadrilla | = squadron n. 3b. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| stereogram | An instrument for stereophonic reproduction of sound combining a radio and gramophone in… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| suffragette | A female supporter of the cause of women's political enfranchisement, esp. one of a violent or ‘militant’ type. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| superhero | A person with extraordinary heroic attributes; (now spec.) a benevolent fictional… | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| swoose | A bird that is the offspring of a swan and a goose. Also transf. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| typiste | A female typist. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| under-bid | A lower bid than is warranted by the strength of a hand or of a partnership's combined hands. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| winceyette | A lightweight napped cotton fabric used for nightclothes, etc. (see quot. 1955). | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| Winterhalter | Used attrib. to designate things characteristic of Winterhalter's pictures, esp.… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |