pythons
Large and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.
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p'd off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
P's and Q's
Mind your P's and Q's. Be very circumspect in your behaviour.
p. p
An expression much in use among racing men, which means play or pay, i.e., either go on with the arrangement or forfeit the money. The following is a law of the turf on the subject:—
Pacific Ocean
So named by Magellan in 1520, because there he enjoyed calm weather and a placid sea after the stormy and tempestuous passage of the adjoining straits.
pack
To go away; "now, then, PACK off there," i.e., be off, don’t stop here any longer.—Old. "Make speede to flee, be PACKING awaie."—Baret’s Alvearie, 1580. Contraction of "PACK up and be off." Sometimes the term "sent PACKING" is used to indicate a sudden discharge, as of a servant or mistress.
pack fudge
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pack heat
to carry a gun, often illegally
pack in
to stop doing something
pack of lies
A series of false statements
pack shit
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
packaged goods
Products sold in fixed quantities and packaging
packed to the gills
Completely full or crowded
packed to the rafters
Completely full of people or things
packets
Hoaxing lies. Sometimes used as an exclamation of incredulity.—North.
packing a jury
Selecting on a jury perspns whose verdict may be relied on from proclivity, far more than from evidence.
packthread
To talk packthread; to use indecent language well wrapt up.
pact of silence
An agreement to keep something secret
pad
The highway, or a robber thereon; also a bed. Footpads; foot robbers. To go out upon the pad; to go out in order to commit a robbery.
pad
"to stand PAD," to beg with a small piece of paper pinned on the breast, inscribed, "I am starving."
pad out
To add unnecessary material to make something longer
pad the hoof
To walk; "PADDING THE HOOF, on the high toby," tramping or walking on the high road.
padded cell
A room for mentally unstable people
padding
The light articles in the monthly magazines, of which the serial stories are the main attraction. Publishers of magazines seem to think that if they get a serial story from a popular novelist they can pack any amount of rubbish into the remaining pages. This is not so in America, as magazines like the Atlantic Monthly and the Overland Monthly show.
padding-ken
Or CRIB, tramps’ and boys’ lodging-house.
Paddington Fair
A public execution. Tyburn, where executions formerly took place, is in the parish of Paddington. Public executions were abolished in England in 1868.
paddington fair day
An execution day, Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington. To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged.
paddle
To go or run away.—American.
paddle one's own canoe
To be independent and self-sufficient
paddle your own canoe
Mind your own business. The caution was given by President Lincoln, but it is an older saying and was used by Capt. Marryat (Settlers in Canada, ch. vm) in 1844.
paddy
The general name for an Irishman: being the abbreviation of Patrick, the name of the tutelar saint of that island.
paddy
PAT, or PADDY WHACK, an Irishman. A nickname of PATRICK.
paddyland
Ireland
paddystine
Palestine.
padre
A clergyman. From the Portuguese.
pagoda tree
a person with many titles or positions
pain and suffering
Physical or emotional distress
pain in the ass
An annoying or troublesome person or thing
pain in the neck
A person or thing that is annoying or troublesome
painful on the eyes
visually unappealing or unpleasant
paint
The free-throw lane, construed with the.
paint a rosy picture
Describe a situation as better than it actually is
paint oneself into a corner
To put oneself in a difficult or restrictive situation
paint the wagon
to celebrate or have a good time
paint with a broad brush
To describe or characterize something in general terms
painter
I'll cut your painter for you; I'll send you off; the painter being the ropfe that holds the boat fast to the ship. SEA TERM.
painting rocks
Creating something useless or unproductive
pair of shoes
something that fits or suits perfectly
Pair Off
When two members of Parliament of opposite parties agree to absent themselves, so that when a vote is taken the absence of one neutralizes the missing vote of the other, they are said to pair off. In the House of Commons this is usually arranged by the Whips.
paisa vasool
Giving value for money
pal
Palestine.
pal
A partner, acquaintance, friend, an accomplice. Gipsy, a brother.
palace intrigue
Secretive and complex plotting within a powerful organization
palace politics
Intricate and often secretive power struggles within a government or organization
palampo
A quilt or bed-cover. Probably from PALANPORE, a town in India, renowned for its manufacture of chintz counterpanes.—Anglo-Indian.
palaver
To ask, or talk—deceitfully or otherwise, as occasion requires; "PALAVER to his nibs for a shant of bivvy," ask the master for a pot of beer. NANTEE PALAVER (pronounced PERLARVER), cease talking. In this sense used by tramps. Derived from the Portuguese.
pale as milk
Very pale.
pale in comparison
To seem much less important or impressive when compared to something else
pale rider
A mysterious or powerful figure who brings justice
Palissy Ware
Dishes and 'similar articles of pottery covered with models offish, reptiles, shells, flowers, leaves, etc., carefully coloured and enamelled in high relief; so called after Bernard Palissy (1510-89), the French potter and enameller.
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