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busted flush
A situation or plan that has failed or is unlikely to succeed
buster
(BURSTER), a small new loaf; "twopenny BUSTER," a twopenny loaf. "A penn’orth o’ BEES-WAX (cheese) and a penny BUSTER," a common snack at beershops. A halfpenny loaf is called a "starver."
bustle
Money; "to draw the BUSTLE."
busy
As busy is the devil in a high wind; as busy as a hen with one chick.
busy as a beaver
Very busy.
busy as a bee
Very actively and industriously engaged
busy as a nailer
very busy or actively working
busy work
Tasks that keep someone occupied but are not important or productive.
but good
acceptable or satisfactory despite some flaws
but seriously folks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
but then
introduces a contrasting idea
But what is past my help, is past my care. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
butcha
A child.
butcha
A Hindoo word in use among Englishmen for the young of any animal. In England we ask after the children; in India the health of the BUTCHAS is tenderly inquired for.
butcher
A look.
butcher
The king in playing-cards. When card-playing in public houses was common, the kings were called butchers, the queens bitches, and the knaves jacks. The latter term is now in general use.
butcher's bill
A heavy cost or consequence of an action
butcher's dog
To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to married men.
butcher's horse
That must have been a butcher's horse, by his carrying a calf so well; a vulgar joke on an awkward rider.
butcher's thumb
a thumb placed in the way of weighing scales to cheat
butler’s hudibras
With Dr. Grey’s Annotations, 3 vols. 8vo. 1819.
butt
A dependant, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and who serves as a butt for all the shafts of wit and ridicule.
butt and pass
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
butt cheek
A buttock.
butt heads
to disagree or argue strongly
butt in
to interrupt or interfere in someone's conversation
butt out
to stop interfering or meddling in someone's business
butt pirate
A gay man.
butt sex
Anal sex.
butt up
to meet or encounter something unexpectedly
butt-fucking
anal sex
butter
Or BATTER, praise or flattery. To BUTTER, to flatter, cajole. Same as "soft soap" and "soft sawder." Soft words generally. Maybe from the old proverb, "Fine words butter no parsneps."
butter and eggs trot
A kind of short jogg trot, such as is used by women going to market, with butter and eggs.--he looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth, yet I warrant you cheese would not choak her; a saying of a demure looking woman, of suspected character. Don't make butter dear; a gird at the patient angler.
butter bar
A second lieutenant.
butter box
A Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country.
butter face
A person with an attractive body but unattractive face
butter flap
A trap, a light cart.
butter one's bread on both sides
to benefit or profit from multiple sources
butter the cony
to flatter or deceive someone
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
Someone appears very innocent or sweet
butter-fingered
Apt to let things fall; greasy or slippery-fingered.
buttered ale
A beverage made of ale or beer mixed with butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
buttered bun
One lying with a woman that has just lain with another man, is said to have a buttered bun.
butterfly kiss
A kiss with one's eyelashes, that is, stroking the cheek with one's eyelashes.
butterfly upon a wheel
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
butters
Ugly.
butthole
The anus.
buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
buttock ball
The amorous congress. CANT.
buttock broker
A bawd, or match-maker. CANT.
button
A bad shilling, among coiners. His a-se makes buttons; he is ready to bewray himself through fear. CANT.
button
A decoy, sham purchaser, &c. At any mock or sham auction seedy specimens may be seen. Probably from the connexion of buttons with Brummagem, which is often used as a synonym for a sham.—See BONNET.
button nose
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
button one's lip
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
button pusher
A person who operates or activates something, often in a menial or routine capacity
buttoner
A man who entices another to play.
buttons
A page,—from the rows of gilt buttons which adorn his jacket.
buttplugging
buggery
butty
A word used in the mining districts to denote a kind of overseer. Also used by the Royal Marines in the sense of comrade; a policeman’s assistant, one of the staff in a mêlée.
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