drag ass
to move or work slowly
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drag lay
Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons.
drag on
to continue for too long
drag one's balls across
to do something with great difficulty or reluctance
drag one's feet
To delay or procrastinate in taking action
drag the chain
to delay or procrastinate
drag through the mud
To unfairly criticize or slander someone
dragging
Robbing carts, &c., by means of a light trap which follows behind laden vehicles. Cabs are sometimes eased of trunks in this way, though it is hard to say whether with or without the complicity of the cabmen.
dragging time
The evening of a country fair day, when the young fellows begin pulling the wenches about.
draggletail
A dirty, dissipated woman; a prostitute of the lowest class.
Dragon's Blood
A picturesque name given to no more awesome substance than the red resinous exudation from the fruits of a number of palms. It was formerly used as an astringent in medicine, and is still employed as a colour- ing matter for varnishes.
Dragon's Hill
A site in Berkshire where one legend has it that St. George killed the dragon. A bare place is shown on the hill, where nothing will grow, for there the blood of the dragon ran out.
dragooning it
A man who occupies two branches of one profession, is said to dragoon it; because, like the soldier of that denomination, he serves in a double capacity. Such is a physician who furnishes the medicines, and compounds his own prescriptions.
drain
Gin: so called from the diuretic qualities imputed to that liquor.
drain
A drink; "to do a DRAIN," to take a friendly drink—"do a wet;" sometimes called a "common sewer."
drain the dragon
To urinate.
drain the lizard
To urinate.
drain the main vein
To urinate.
drain the python
completely eliminate or solve a complex problem
drain the snake
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
dram
A glass or small measure of any spirituous liquors, which, being originally sold by apothecaries, were estimated by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram; to spit in his mouth, and clap his back.
dram-a-tick
A dram served upon credit.
drama king
Someone who overreacts to situations
drama queen
Someone who overreacts to situations
dramatic unities
The three dramatic unities, viz. the rules governing the so-called "classical** dramas, are founded on Renaissance miscon- ceptions of passages in Aristotle's Poetics, and are hence sometimes, though very in- correctly, styled the Aristotelean 'Unities.
draper
An ale draper; an alehouse keeper.
Drapier's Letters
A series of letters written by Dean Swift to the people of Ireland and published in 1724, advising them not to take the "copper money coined by William
draw a line
set a boundary or limit
draw a long bow
to exaggerate or tell a lie
draw a straight furrow
To act or work consistently and steadily
draw attention to somebody
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
draw even
To reach a point where two or more people or things are equal.
draw fire
to attract criticism or attention
draw in
to attract or pull someone into a conversation or activity
draw latches
Robbers of houses whose doors are only fastened with latches. CANT.
draw off
to distract or divert attention away
draw one's last breath
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
draw stumps
To stop or abandon an activity
draw the long bow
to exaggerate or tell a lie
draw the short straw
to be randomly chosen for an unpleasant task
draw-boy
A cunning device used by puffing tradesmen. A really good article is advertised or ticketed and exposed for sale in the shop window at a very low price, with a view of drawing in customers to purchase other and inferior articles at high prices. These gentry have fortunately found to their cost, on one or two occasions, by means of magisterial decisions, that DRAW-BOYS have drawn for their owners something other than profit.
drawers
Formerly the ancient cant name for very long stockings.
drawing card
A major attraction or advantage
drawing teeth
Wrenching off knockers.—Medical Student slang.
dream come true
Something that is very desirable and has finally happened
dreams go by contraries
Opposites of what one dreams may actually happen
dress down
to criticize or scold someone
dress to kill
To dress in a way that is extremely attractive or impressive
dribble
A method of pouring out, as it were, the dice from the box, gently, by which an old practitioner is enabled to cog one of them with his fore-finger.
dribs and drabs
In small, scattered amounts over time
dried-fish woman
A woman who has lost her attractiveness and charm
drift apart
Gradually lose contact or connection with someone
drift off
to gradually fall asleep
drink and drive
operate a vehicle after consuming alcohol
drink from a firehose
to receive too much information at once
drink someone's bathwater
To admire or worship someone excessively
drink the constable
See MOROCCO. To overrun or outrun the constable. To get into debt; to spend more than one's income; to talk about what you do not understand.
drink with the flies
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
drinker
A pub.
drinkie
drink
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