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rusty
A gun or in particular an old or worn one.
rusty nail
A has-been, a person whose fame or influence is rapidly declining.
rusty trombone
The act of simultaneously performing anilingus and a hand job.
rut
In omegaverse fiction, the intense biological urge of an alpha to mate, typically triggered by proximity to an omega in heat.
ruthanasia
The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
rux
A noisy disturbance or commotion.
Rzhev Meat Grinder
The Battles of Rzhev.
'rales
The police.
r. m. d
Cash down, immediate payment. The initial letters of READY MONEY DOWN. Another version of this is P. Y. C. (pay your cash), often seen in the market quotations,—as, "Meat fetched 6s. 4d. a stone, P. Y. C., and 6s. 6d. for the account."
rabbit
A Welch rabbit; bread and cheese toasted, i.e. a Welch rare bit. Rabbits were also a sort of wooden canns to drink out of, now out of use.
rabbit
When a person gets the worst of a bargain, he is said "to have bought the RABBIT." From an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner for a rabbit.
rabbit and pork
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
rabbit suckers
Young spendthrifts taking up goods on trust at great prices.
rabble rouser
A person who stirs up trouble or provokes unrest
raccoon eyes
dark circles or smudges under the eyes
race of truth
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
race out of the traps
Start something quickly and energetically
race queen
a female promotional model for racing events
race riot
a violent disturbance involving a large group of people, often due to racial tensions
Race Suicide
The extinction of a race through the undue use of contraceptives by so large a
rack and pinion
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
rack and pinion railway
Railway designed for ascending and descending mountains. It has a third rail cut with teeth over which rides a mechanism which, in the event of an accident, engages the teeth and so prevents the train from falling to the bottom.
rack and ruin
To be completely destroyed or ruined
rack and ruin
Utter destitution. Here "rack" is a variety of -wrack and -wreck.
rack rent
Rent strained to the utmost value. To lie at rack and manger; to be in great disorder.
rack rent
The actual value or rent of a tenement, and not that modified form on which the rates and taxes are usually levied; an ex- orbitant rent, one which is "racked" or stretched.
rack up
accumulate or achieve something, especially points or awards
rackaback
A gormagon. See GORMAGON.
racket
A dodge, manœuvre, exhibition; a disturbance.
racks
The bones of a dead horse. Term used by horse-slaughterers.
raclan
A married woman. Originally Gipsy, but now a term with English tramps.
racy of the soil
Characteristic of the in- habitants, especially the dwellers in the country, workers on the land.
Radcliffe Library
A library at Oxford, founded with a bequest of £40,000 left for the purpose by Dr. John Radcliffe (1650-1714), and origin- ally intended for a medical library. Dr. Rad- cliffe was a ^ prominent London physician, famous for his candour. When summoned to Queen Anne he told her that there was nothing the matter with her but "vapours," and he refused to attend her on her deathbed.
radness
excellence
rafe
Or RALPH, a pawnbroker’s duplicate.—Norwich.
raff
A dirty, dissipated fellow; RAFFISH, looking like a RAFF.
raffs
An appellation given by the gownsmen of the university of Oxford to the inhabitants of that place.
rafter snapper
A large or intense storm
rag
Bank notes. Money in general. The cove has no rag; the fellow has no money.
rag
To divide or share; "let’s RAG IT," or "go RAGS," i.e., share it equally between us.—Norwich.
rag bagger
A person who collects rags and other discarded materials
rag fair
An inspection of the linen and necessaries of a company of soldiers, commonly made by their officers on Mondays or Saturdays.
rag the puck
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
rag water
Gin, or any other common dram: these liquors seldom failing to reduce those that drink them to rags.
ragamuffin
A ragged fellow, one all in tatters, a
ragamuffin
An ill-clad vagabond, a tatterdemalion.
Ragged Robin
A wild flower (Lychnis floscu- culi). The word is used by Tennyson for a pretty damsel in ragged clothes.
Ragman Roll
The set of documents recording the names of the Scottish barons who paid homage to Edward I on his progress through Scotland in 1291, now in the Public Record
rags to riches
From poverty to wealth
rain buckets
raining very heavily
rain death
to attack or criticize severely
rain does not fall on one roof alone
Everyone experiences problems or difficulties at some point
rain dogs and cats
raining very heavily
rain down
to fall or come down in large quantities
rain fire and brimstone
To strongly condemn or punish someone
rain hellfire
to criticize or attack severely
rain off
to be canceled due to rain
rain on someone's parade
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or event
rain or shine
regardless of the weather
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