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autem diver

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

autem divers

Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor. CANT.

English Idiom Historical

autem goglers

Pretended French prophets. CANT.

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autem mort

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

autem quaver tub

A Quakers' meeting-house. CANT.

English Idiom Historical

Authentic Doctor

A title bestowed on the scholastic philosopher, Gregory of Rimini (d. 1358).

English Idiom Historical

The Hebrew says "his person entered into the iron** (i.e. he was laid in irons); but Coverdale and some others — following the Vulgate — have *They hurte his fete in the stockes, the yron pearsed his herte.

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Authorized Version of the Bible

In the Roman system of numeration it was (and in medical prescriptions still is) used in place of i as the final figure in a series — iij, vij, etc., for iii, vii.

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autumn romance

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

avant la lettre

Describing something that existed before it was formally named or recognized

English Idiom Candidate

avast

A sailor’s phrase for stop, shut up, go away,—apparently connected with the old Cant, BYNGE A WASTE; or from the Italian, BASTA, hold! enough.

English Slang Historical

average bear

An ordinary person with no exceptional abilities

English Idiom Candidate

average joe

An ordinary person without special status

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average up

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

Avignon Popes

In 1309 Pope Clement V left Rome and transferred the papal court to Avignon, where the popes remained for seventy years of strife and confusion.

English Idiom Historical

Avoid evil and it will avoid thee. (Strauss, 1994 p. 520)

English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.

English Proverb Candidate

Avoid Extremes

A traditional saying of Pittacus of Mitylene (652-569 B.C.), one of the seven Wise Men of Greece. It is echoed in many writers and literatures. Compare the advice given by Phoebus to Phaethon when he was preparing to drive the chariot of the sun: — Medio tutissimus ibis (You will go more safely in the middle).— OVID: Met, ii, 137.

English Idiom Historical

avoid the pleasure which will bite tomorrow

Refuse enjoyable things that will have negative consequences later

English Proverb Candidate

avoir du pois lay

Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops. CANT.

English Idiom Historical

awake

Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do.

English Slang Historical

awake

Or FLY, knowing, thoroughly understanding. "I’m awake," i.e., I know all. The phrase WIDE-AWAKE carries a similar meaning in ordinary conversation, but has a more general reference.

English Slang Historical

awareness of something

Knowledge or understanding of a particular issue or situation

English Word pair Candidate

away from somebody

Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.

English Word pair Candidate

away game

Sports event played at opponent's home venue

English Idiom Candidate

away goes the devil if he finds the door shut against him

English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.

English Proverb Candidate

away with the fairies

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

awful

A senseless expletive, used to intensify a description of anything good or bad; "what an AWFUL fine woman!" "awfully jolly," "awfully sorry," &c. The phrase is not confined to any section of society.

English Slang Historical

awko taco

Awkward.

English Slang Candidate

awks

Awkward.

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Awkward Squad

Military recruits not yet fitted to take their place in the ranks.

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awky

Awkward.

English Slang Candidate

ax

To ask. Sometimes pronounced arks.

English Slang Historical

ax to grind

a personal reason for doing something

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axe wound

Vulva.

English Slang Candidate

axis of advance

A military term for the road or track running through an area to be attacked and used by the attackers to maintain direction.

English Idiom Historical

aye aye shepherd's pie

Yes.

English Slang Candidate

aye aye, sir

used to acknowledge and confirm receipt of an order

English Idiom Candidate

ayo

A greeting.

English Slang Candidate

A hành ác nghiệt

Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.

Tiếng Việt Proverb Candidate

A hợp cùng anh duyên ưa phận đẹp

Fate brings people together

Tiếng Việt Proverb Candidate

a đuồi

A deliberately vague Gen-Z code word — boosted by a TAGE rap line; depending on the crowd it labels something awkward-cringe, or stands in for things a couple would rather not name out loud. The fuzziness is the point.

Tiếng Việt Slang Candidate