Buckley's Chance
An extremely remote chance. Two explanations of the phrase's origin exist.
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Buckmaster's Light Infantry
The 3rd West India Regiment was so called from Buckmaster, the tailor, who used to issue "Light Infantry uniforms" to the officers of the corps without any authority from the Commander-m-Chief.
buckra
A white man. The original of this term is a "flogging man," from the Hebrew, and the application of it to the whites by the West Indian negroes is, therefore, rather interesting. They probably first learned it from a missionary.
bucky
A gun.
buddha
Marijuana.
Buddha and the boar
A Hindu legend relates that Buddha died from eating boar's flesh dried. The third avatar of Vishnu was in the form of a boar, and in the legend "dried boar's flesh" probably typifies esoteric know- ledge prepared for popular use. None but Buddha himself must take the responsibility of giving out occult secrets, and he died while preparing for the general esoteric knowledge.
buddhist priest
The Grand Lama or Dalai Lama (the Sacred Lama) was the ruler of Tibet, under the more or less nominal suzerainty of China. In 1910 he fled to India before an invading Chinese army, was deposed, and Tibet has since been in an unsettled state.
Bude Light
A very bright light obtained by supplying an argand gas-jet with oxygen, invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875) about 1834, and first used in a lighthouse at Bude, Cornwall.
budge
To move, to "make tracks."
Budge Bachelors
A company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge or lambs' wool, who used to accompany the Lord Mayor of London at his inauguration.
budget
A wallet. To open the budget; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing year; as To-morrow the minister will go to the house, and open the budget.
budgy
Drunk.
budju
The vagina.
bufe
A dog. Bufe's nob; a dog's head. CANT.
bufe nabber
A dog stealer. CANT.
buff
All in buff; stript to the skin, stark naked.
buff
The bare skin; "stripped to the BUFF."
buff the muffin
to engage in self-pleasuring activity
buff up
to improve or strengthen something
Buffalo Bill
This was the name made famous by William Frederick Cody (1846- 1917), one of the world's greatest showmen. He was born in Iowa and when little more than a boy was a rider of the Pony Express (#.v.). In 1861 he became a scout and guide for the U.S. army, and fought in the Civil War. In 1867 he made a contract to supply the labourers constructing the Kansas Pacific railway with buffalo meat, hence his sobriquet.
buffer
A boxer.
buffer
One that steals and kills horses and dogs for their skins; also an inn-keeper: in Ireland it signifies a boxer.
buffer
A navy term for a boatswain’s mate, one of whose duties it is—or was—to administer the "cat."
Buffer State
A small, self-governing state separating two larger states, and thus tending to prevent hostilities between the two. The term seems to have originated on the north- west frontiers of India.
buffle-head
A stupid or obtuse person.—Miege. German, BUFFELHAUPT, buffalo-headed. Occurs in Plautus’ Comedies made English, 1694.
buffs
The Third Regiment of Foot in the British army. From their facings.
bufl sessions
In U.S.A. this phrase is applied to long talks, among men only, about life in general or some particular problem.
bufo
toad, frog
bug
A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen; bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Ireland by the English.
bug off
to go away and leave someone alone
bug storm
a sudden, intense period of criticism or controversy
bug-hunter
A low wretch who plunders drunken men.
bug-walk
A bed.
bug-walk
A coarse term for a bed.
bugaboe
A scare-babe, or bully-beggar.
bugaroch
Comely, handsome. IRISH.
bugfuck
mad; crazy
bugger
A blackguard, a rascal, a term of reproach. Mill the bloody bugger; beat the damned rascal.
bugger off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buggins's turn
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
buggish
Crazy.
buggy
A gig, or light chaise. Common term in America and in India, as well as in England.
bughouse
A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
Bugs Bunny
Money.
build
Applied in fashionable slang to the make or style of dress, &c. "It’s a tidy BUILD, who made it?" A tailor is sometimes called a "trousers’ BUILDER."
build a better mousetrap
Improve something that already exists
build a case
Gather evidence to support an argument or claim
build bridges
To establish connections or improve relationships between people or groups
build character
Develop strength and personality through experience and challenges
build on sand
To base something on a weak or unstable foundation
build the plane while flying it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
build up
to increase or strengthen something
built different
Exceptionally talented or skilled
built like a brick outhouse
Very sturdy or strong
built like a brick shipyard
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
built like a brick shithouse
Exceptionally strong or sturdy
bujj
heroin
bulger
Large; synonymous with BUSTER.
bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
bulk billing
a payment system where a doctor bills a patient's insurance directly
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