bruce
A man.
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bruiser
A boxer; one skilled in the art of boxing also an inferior workman among chasers.
bruiser
A fighting man, a pugilist. Shakspeare uses the word BRUISING in a similar sense.
brum
A counterfeit coin. Nearly obsolete. Corruption of Brummagem, for meaning of which see Introductory Chapter.
brush
A fox’s tail, a house-painter. Also a scrimmage.
brush by
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
brush down
to ignore or dismiss something
brush off
to ignore or dismiss something
brush up
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
brusher
A bumper, a full glass. See BUMPER.
brutally
Extremely.
bruvver
Brother.
brydges’
(Sir Egerton) British Bibliographer, 4 vols. 8vo. 1810-14.
bub
Drink of any kind.—See GRUB. Middleton, the dramatist, mentions BUBBER, a great drinker.
bubber
A drinking bowl; also a great drinker; a thief that steals plate from public houses. CANT.
bubble
To over-reach, deceive, to tempt by means of false promises.—Old. (Acta Regia, ii. 248, 1726.)
bubble and squeak
A Greek.
bubble and squeak
Cold boiled potatoes and greens fried up together, sometimes with bits of cold meat as well. They first bubbled in water when boiled, and afterwards hissed or squeaked in the frying-pan.
bubble bath
A laugh.
bubble over
to be extremely happy or excited
bubble-and-squeak
A dish composed of pieces of cold roast or boiled meat and greens, afterwards fried, which have thus first BUBBLED in the pot, and then SQUEAKED or hissed in the pan.
bubble-company
A swindling association.
bubbley-jock
A turkey, or silly boasting fellow; a prig.—Scottish. In the north of England the bird is called a BOBBLE-COCK. Both names, no doubt, from its cry, which is supposed by imaginative persons to consist of the two words exactly.
bubbly jock
A turkey cock. SCOTCH.
bube
The venereal disease.
buck
A blind horse; also a gay debauchee.
buck
A gay or smart man; an unlicensed cabman; also a large marble used by schoolboys.
buck bail
Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang.
buck down
to work diligently and seriously
buck fever
Nervous excitement or anxiety, especially when hunting
buck fitch
A lecherous old fellow.
buck for
support or promote something
buck in
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buck off
to get rid of someone or something unwanted
buck out
to throw someone off
buck up
to cheer up or become more enthusiastic
buck up one's ideas
to improve or revise one's ideas
buck up to
to accept and deal with a difficult situation
buckaroonie
Dollar.
buckaroonies
Dollars.
bucket
To kick the bucket; to die.
bucket afloat
A coat. This is also called I’m AFLOAT, and is generally contracted to "cool his Imer," or "nark his bucket." There is no necessity to particularize all contractions. With the key already given they will be evident.
bucket and spade
basic equipment for a seaside holiday
bucket down
raining very heavily
bucket list
A list of experiences to have before dying
bucket of bolts
Something, especially a vehicle, that is old and in poor condition
bucket of rust
An old, unreliable vehicle
bucket of syrup
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buckhorse
A smart blow or box on the ear; derived from the name of a celebrated "bruiser" of that name. Buckhorse was a man who either possessed or professed insensibility to pain, and who would for a small sum allow anyone to strike him with the utmost force on the side of the face.
buckinger's boot
The monosyllable. Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs; notwithstanding which he drew coats of arms very neatly, and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling; he was married to a tall handsome woman, and traversed the country, shewing himself for money.
buckle
To bend; "I can’t BUCKLE to that." I don’t understand it; to yield or give in to a person. Shakspeare uses the word in the latter sense, Henry IV., i. 1; and Halliwell says that "the commentators do not supply another example."
buckle down
to work hard and seriously
buckle to
to start working hard or make an effort
buckle up
Prepare for a challenging or rough experience
buckle-beggar
A COUPLE-BEGGAR, which see.
buckle-to
To bend to one’s work, to begin at once, and with great energy—from buckling-to one’s armour before a combat, or fastening on a bundle.
buckled
To be married. Also to be taken in custody. Both uses of the word common and exchangeable among the London lower classes.
buckley
"Who struck BUCKLEY?" a common phrase used to irritate Irishmen. The story is that an Englishman having struck an Irishman named Buckley, the latter made a great outcry, and one of his friends rushed forth screaming, "Who struck Buckley?" "I did," said the Englishman, preparing for the apparently inevitable combat. "Then," said the ferocious Hibernian, after a careful investigation of the other’s thews and sinews, "then, sarve him right."
buckley's and none
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buckley's chance
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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