noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a slang term
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‘The Old Bill’ is a slang term for the police.
rhyming slang
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
rhyming
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I'd be doing rhyming slang if I didn't watch out.
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I remember thinking that use of rhyming slang was going to help clear matters up in no time.
■ NOUN
term
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The slang term square might convey an impression which includes the suit, crew-cut and tie.
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Have you not heard the slang term posh, Watson?
word
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Two hundred years ago it was their slang word for gourd.
■ VERB
rhyme
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Anne: In cockney rhyming slang what is tomfoolery?
use
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There is nothing wrong with using slang .
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These terms do not carry negative connotations; however, for convenience we will continue to use the popular term slang .
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He somehow seemed familiar with the jokes that the young were making and used their slang .
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Once he started transmitting he couldn't help using all that C.B slang , even in an emergency.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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'Doolally', meaning 'crazy', is 19th century soldiers' slang , and comes from the name of an Indian town.
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"Baloney" is US slang for nonsense.
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"Bladdered" is slang for "drunk".
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"Shepherd" was a slang term for a spy.
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I was totally confused by the slang that the other kids were using.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anne: In cockney rhyming slang what is tomfoolery?
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Have you not heard the slang term posh, Watson?
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He kept a notebook full of characters' names, prospective titles and slang .
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Once he started transmitting he couldn't help using all that C.B slang , even in an emergency.
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The name, by the way, is Louisiana slang for one of its chief seafood products, crawfish.
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Yet when I came to think about it, it was only the slang that I didn't quite understand.