pudding-snammer
One who robs a cook-shop.
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puddings
The guts: I'll let out your puddings.
puddle jumper
A small airplane that travels short distances
puff
To blow up, or swell with praise; declared by a writer in the Weekly Register, as far back as 1732, to be illegitimate.
puff out
To inflate.
puffed up
Conceited ; elated with conceit or praise; filled with wind. Apujfis a tartlet with a very light or puffy crust.
puffing
Bidding at an auction, as above; also praising any thing above its merits, from interested motives. The art of puffing is at present greatly practised, and essentially necessary in all trades, professions, and callings. To puff and blow; to be out of breath.
pug
A Dutch pug; a kind of lap-dog, formerly much in vogue; also a general name for a monkey.
pug
A fighting man’s idea of the contracted word to be produced from pugilist.
pug carpenteter
An inferior carpenter, one employed only in small jobs.
puggled
Drunk.
puke up
To vomit.
pukeworthy
sickening
pull
To be pulled; to be arrested by a police officer. To have a pull is to have an advantage; generally where a person has some superiority at a game of chance or skill.
pull
An advantage, or hold upon another; "I’ve the PULL over (or of) you," i.e., you are in my power—perhaps an oblique allusion to the judicial sense. See the following.
pull a face
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull a lever
To take action that sets a process in motion
pull a rabbit out of a hat
To produce something unexpectedly or surprisingly
pull ahead
To gain an advantage or move into a leading position
pull an all-nighter
Stay up all night to work or study
pull away
to move away or leave a place
pull back
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back.
pull back the curtain
Reveal a hidden truth or secret
pull devil pull baker
Let each one do the best for himself m his own line of business, but let not one man interfere in that of another.
pull faces
make funny or silly expressions
pull for
support or cheer for someone
pull in
to earn or attract money
pull in one's horns
to reduce one's ambitions or activities
pull my finger
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull off
to succeed in doing something difficult
pull one's finger on
to stop procrastinating
pull one's finger out
to start working harder or faster
pull one's finger out of one's arse
to start taking action or making an effort
pull one's pud
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull one's punches
to hold back or restrain one's effort or criticism
pull one's socks up
Improve one's behavior or performance
pull one's weight
Contribute a fair share of effort to a group or task
pull oneself together
To regain control of one's emotions or situation
pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
To improve one's situation through one's own efforts
pull out
to leave or depart suddenly
pull out of one's arse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull out of one's ass
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull out of the fire
To save someone from a difficult or dangerous situation
pull out of the hat
To produce or achieve something surprisingly or unexpectedly
pull over
to stop a vehicle at the side of the road
pull punches
To hold back or restrain one's effort or criticism
pull rank
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull someone's plumes
to take advantage of someone
pull strings
Influence events or people secretly
pull teeth
to do something very difficult or unpleasant
pull the ladder up after oneself
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull the ladder up behind oneself
To improve one's situation and then prevent others from doing the same
pull the long bow
to exaggerate or tell a lie
pull the other leg
to tease or deceive someone
pull the other one, it's got bells on
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pull the rug out from under
To suddenly withdraw support or stability from someone
pull the shutters down
to stop or close a business or activity
pull the trigger
To make a decision or take action after hesitation
pull the wool over someone's eyes
To deceive or cheat someone by hiding the truth
pull up
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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