Anglish Slang Wordbook B

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Anglish	sp.	English
Back seat	adv phr.	An inferior position
Back talk	n.	Retort in anger, heated argument, impudent reply
Backwoodsy	adj.	Uncultivated, unrefined, rustic
Barebones	n.	A skinny persons
Barking irons	n.	Pistols, guns
Beak	n.	Judge, magistrate. 2. the nose
Bean	n.	The head
Bark	n.	A cough
Beat	n.	A reporter's regular run of news sources and places, known as "The Beat"
Beat it	v phr.	To depart, decamp, flee, escape
Bed-to-breakfast folks	phr n.	City dwellers
Bee-line	n.	A direct course; the shortest route
Belly-ache	v phr.	To complain; also bellyacher
Bender	n.	A drunken spree
Bent	adj.	Of a criminal nature, illegal, unlawful
Be there	vb phr.	To measure up to expectations
Be thereabouts	vb phr.	To do something moderately well
Berth	n.	A position in a sporting team
Bestsellerdom	n.	The most popular books
Better half	n.	A wife
Bewifed	vb.	Married
Big drink	n.	The ocean, the sea
Bighead	n.	An egotist, a conceited person
Big-mouth	n.	A talkative, noisy person
Big shot	n.	A prominent person, a powerful person, a leader esp. a gang leader
Big time	n.	As in hit "The Big Time" to find success, importance, fame
Big worm	n.	A boa constrictor
Bird-dog	n.	One who steals another person's girl-friend. 2. Young man who bereft of a partner of his own, tries to steal a woman from someone else. 3. unscrupulous stock broker's agent who scouts for gullible prospects.
Bite the dust	v phr.	To be killed, to die. 2. To go bankrupt, fail
Bitter-ender	n.	A person who will not compromise or yield.
Black gold	n.	Crude oil, oil, petroleum
Black-out	n.	Temporary loss of memory; failure of electricity supply
Blackwash	n.	To magnify defects and give prominence to them
Bleed	vb.	To get money out of someone, esp. in the form of a forced contribution
Blossom nose	n.	A heavy drinker
Blowhard	n.	A braggart
Blow	vb.	To leave, esp. in haste. 2. to spend liberally
Blow off steam	vb phr.	To express one's anger forcibly
Bone bender	n.	A wrestler
Bone box	n	The mouth
Bone eater	n.	A dog
Bonehead	n.	A stupid person, a dullard
Bone idle	adj.	Wilfully and incurably idle, lazy
Boneyard	n.	A cemetery, graveyard. 2. an emaciated person or animal, esp. a horse
Born days	n.	A lifetime. an intensive form of days, as "In all my born days I have never seen such a sight."
Bow out	vb.	To withdraw, resign from a contest or life
Brain pan	n.	The head
Brain stealer	n.	A plagiarist
Brains	n.	The brains, the manager, the head, the leaders, innovators
Breadery	n.	A bakery
Break even	vb phr.	To end without winning or losing; to make no profit, to suffer no loss
Breakfast-to-bed folks	n phr.	Lazy people
Break the ice	vb ph	To take the first step, to be introduced, to begin
Breakup	n.	Analysis, known as "The Breakup"
Breather	n.	A short break from physical or emotional strife or turmoil
Broad	n.	Any girl, a mistress, a prostitute
Broke	n.	Without money
Brown stoners	n.	Aristocrats
Buck	vb.	To oppose, stand up against
Buck-up	vb phr	To brace oneself against illness, to take courage, to become embolden
Buck passer	n.	A person who avoids work aand responsibility by passing it on to someone else
Build-up	n.	The thread of a story, play, movie which links the various parts. 2. Arepuutation gained through deliberate use of publicity; artificial publicity
Burn	vb.	To defraud, hurt financially, hurt emotionally, betray.
Burned	pp.	To be damaged or hurt by another actions
Butter-fingers	n	One who is clumsy and awkward, often dropping things
By one's lonesome	phr.	Alone, independently, also on one's lonesome