bite my shiny metal ass
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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bite of the cherry
a single opportunity to do something
bite of the reality sandwich
a dose of unpleasant truth
bite off
take on more responsibility than one can handle
bite one's lip
to stop oneself from speaking or reacting
bite one's nails
to nervously or anxiously wait for something
bite one's tongue
To refrain from speaking one's mind
bite someone's hand off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bite someone's head off
To respond to someone angrily or aggressively
bite the big one
to die or meet a dramatic end
bite the biscuit
to endure a difficult or unpleasant situation
bite the curb
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bite the hand that feeds one
To act against the interests of someone who helps or supports you
bite to eat
a small amount of food
biter
A wench whose **** is ready to bite her a-se; a lascivious, rampant wench.
Bites and Bams
Hoaxes and quizzes; humbug. [His] humble efforts at jocularity were chiefly confined to ... bites and bams. — SCOTT: Guy Mannering, ch. 3.
bits
Genitals.
bits and bobs
Various small, unrelated things
bits and pieces
Small, scattered parts or remnants of something
bitter
Diminutive of bitter beer; "to do a BITTER," to drink beer.—Originally Oxford, but now general.
bitter end
to the very end, no matter how unpleasant
bitter pills may have blessed effects
Unpleasant experiences can have beneficial outcomes
bittock
A distance of very undecided length. If a North countryman be asked the distance to a place, he will most probably reply, "a mile and a BITTOCK." The latter may be considered any distance from one hundred yards to ten miles.
bivvy
Beer.
bivvy
Or GATTER, beer; "shant of BIVVY," a pot or quart of beer. In Suffolk the afternoon refreshment of reapers is called BEVER. It is also an old English term.
biz
Contraction of the word business; a phrase much used in America in writing as well as in conversation.
blab
A tell-tale, or one incapable of keeping a secret
black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
Black Agnes
The palfrey of Mary Queen of Scots, given her by her brother Moray, and named after Agnes of Dunbar.
black and blue
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
Black and Tans
Members of the irregular force enlisted in 1920 for service in Ireland as auxiliaries to the Royal Irish Constabulary. So called because their original uniform was the army khaki with the black leather accoutre- ments of the R.
black and white
clear and straightforward
Black Arl
The art practised by conjurors, wizards, and others who professed to have dealings with the devil; so called from the idea that necromancy (<?.v.) was connected with the Lat. niger, black.
black art
The art of picking a lock. Cant.
Black Assize
July 6th, 1 577, when a putrid pestilence broke out at Oxford during the time of assize. The chief baron, the sheriff, and a large number of the Oxford gentry (some accounts say 300) died.
black babies
difficult or unpleasant tasks
Black Bess
The famous mare ridden by the highwayman Dick Turpin, which, tradition says, carried him from London to York.
black book
He is down in the black book, i.e. has a stain in his character. A black book is keep in most regiments, wherein the names of all persons sentenced to punishment are recorded.
Black Book of the Admiralty
An old navy code, said to have been compiled in the reign of Edward III.
Black Book of the Exchequer
An official account of the royal revenues, payments, perquisites, etc., in the reign of Henry II.
black books
To be in my black books. In bad odour; in disgrace; out of favour. A black book is a book recording the names of those who are in disgrace or have merited punishment. Amherst, in his Terrce Filius^ or the Secret History of the Universities of Oxford (1726), speaks of the Proctor's black book, and tells us that no one can proceed to a degree whose name is found there.
Black Brunswickers
A corps of 700 volunteer hussars under the command of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick, who had been forbidden by Napoleon to succeed to his father's dukedom. They were called "Black" because they wore mourning for the deceased Duke. Frederick William fell at Quatre-Bas, 1815.
black cap
A small square of black cloth. This is worn by a judge when he passes sentence of death on a prisoner; it is part of the judge's full dress, and is also worn on 'November 9th, when the new Lord Mayor takes the oath at the Law Courts.
Black Cattle
Negro slaves. BIRDS, and see BLACK Ox. Black Country, The.
black dark
nighttime.
black day
A day of disaster or misfortune
Black Death
A plague which ravaged Europe in 1348-51; it was a putrid typhus, in which the body rapidly turned black. It reached England in 1349, and is said to have carried off twenty-five millions (one fourth of the population) in Europe alone, while in Asia and Africa the mortality was even greater.
black diamonds
Coals; talented persons of dingy or unpolished exterior; rough jewels.
Black Diamonds
Coals Coals and dia- monds are both forms of carbon. Black Dog. See DOG.
Black Doll
The sign of a marine store shop. The doll was a dummy dressed to indicate that cast-off garments were bought. See DOLLY SHOP.
Black Douglas
Sir William Douglas, lord of Nithsdale, who died about 1392.
black eye
We gave the bottle a black eye, i.e. drank it almost up. He cannot say black is the white of my eye; he cannot point out a blot in my character.
black fly
The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest.
Black Friars
The Dominican friars; so called from their black cloaks.
Black Friday
December 6th, 1745, the day on which the news arrived in London that the Pretender had reached Derby; also May 10th, 1886, when widespread panic was caused by Overend, Gurney and Co., the brokers, suspending payment.
Black Game
Heath-fowl; in contra-dis- tinction to red game, as grouse. The male bird is called a blackcock.
Black Genevan
A black preaching gown, formerly used in many Anglican churches, and still used by Nonconformists. So called from Geneva, where Calvin preached in such a robe.
black gold
Oil, especially crude oil, due to its high value
black guard
A shabby, mean fellow; a term said to be derived from a number of dirty, tattered roguish boys, who attended at the Horse Guards, and Parade in St. James's Park, to black the boots and shoes of the soldiers, or to do any other dirty offices. These, from their constant attendance about the time of guard mounting, were nick-named the black-guards.
Black Hand
A lawless secret society, formerly active in the U.S.A.; most of the members were Italians.
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