cowboy up
to show courage or determination
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cowboys and Indians
a playful or violent confrontation
cowgirl position
A sex position where the woman is on top
Cowper-Temple Clause
Clause 14 of the Education Act of 1870 (so called from its author, W. Cowper-Temple (1811-88), which regulated religious teaching in public elemen- tary schools. It enacted that "in any school provided by a School Board, no religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination, shall be taught.
cows and kisses
Mistress or missus—referring to the ladies.
coxcomb
Anciently, a fool. Fools, in great families, wore a cap with bells, on the top of which was a piece of red cloth, in the shape of a cock's comb. At present, coxcomb signifies a fop, or vain self-conceited fellow.
coxie
A coxswain.
coxy-loxy
Good-tempered, drunk.—Norfolk.
Coyne and Livery
An old Irish term for food and entertainment for soldiers, and forage for their horses, formerly exacted from private persons by Irish chiefs when on the march. Coyne is Irish coinnemh, billeting, or one billeted.
coyote ugly
Very ugly.
crab
To ruin.
crab
To catch a crab; to fall backwards by missing one's stroke in rowing.
crab
A disagreeable old person. Name of a wild and sour fruit.
crab louse
A species of louse peculiar to the human body; the male is denominated a cock, the female a hen.
crab mentality
Behavior where individuals undermine others' success out of jealousy
crabbed
Sour, ill-tempered, difficult.
crabs
Pubic lice.
crabs
A losing throw to the main at hazard.
crabs
In dicing, a pair of aces.
crabshells
Or TROTTER-CASES, shoes.—See CARTS.
crack
The favourite horse in a race. Steeplechase and hunting CRACKS have been made the subjects of well-known pictures, and "the gallops of the CRACKS" is a prominent line in the sporting papers.
crack a bottle
To drink. Shakspeare uses CRUSH in the same slang sense.
crack a crust
break through a hard or resistant surface
crack a fat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
crack a smile
show a slight smile, often when trying to be serious
crack down
to enforce rules or laws more strictly
crack hardy
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
crack on
To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
crack snacker
A lesbian.
crack through
to solve or overcome something difficult
crack up
to laugh loudly or become amused
cracker
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
crackers
Testicles.
cracking a crust
Rubbing along in the world. CRACKING A TIDY CRUST, means doing very well. This is a very common expression among the lower orders.
cracking tools
Implements of house-breaking, such as a crow, a center bit, false keys, &c.
crackle
Or CRACKLING, the scored rind on a roast leg or loin of pork; hence applied to the velvet bars on the gowns of the students at St. John’s College, Cambridge, long called "Hogs," and the covered bridge which connects one of the courts with the grounds, Isthmus of Suez (SUES, Lat. SUS, a swine).
crackmans
Hedges. The cull thought to have loped by breaking through the crackmans, but we fetched him back by a nope on the costard, which stopped his jaw; the man thought to have escaped by breaking through the hedge, but we brought him back by a great blow on the head, which laid him speechless.
cracksman
A house-breaker. The kiddy is a clever cracksman; the young fellow is a very expert house-breaker.
cracksman
A burglar, i.e., the man who CRACKS.
cracky
crazy, mad
cradle robber
Someone who romantically pursues much younger people
cradle snatcher
someone who romantically pursues much younger people
cram
To lie or deceive, implying to fill up or CRAM a person with false stories; to impart or acquire learning quickly, to "grind" or prepare for an examination.
crammer
One skilled in rapidly preparing others for an examination. One in the habit of telling lies.
cramp rings
Bolts, shackles, or fetters. CANT.
cramp someone's style
To restrain or limit someone's freedom of action or expression
cramp words
Sentence of death passed on a criminal by a judge. He has just undergone the cramp word; sentence has just been passed on him. CANT.
crank
Gin and water; also, brisk, pert.
crank one's hog
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
crank out
to produce something quickly and in large quantities
crank the handle
to do something repetitive and uninteresting
crank up
to increase or start something, especially an engine or activity
cranky
Foolish, idiotic, rickety, capricious (not confined to persons). Ancient cant, CRANKE, simulated sickness. German, KRANK, sickly. A CRANK or CRANKY vessel is one which pitches very much.
crap
Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
crap
To ease oneself by evacuation.
crap up
to spoil or ruin something
crapping case
Or KEN, the water-closet. Generally called CRAPPING-CASTLE.
craptastical
Craptastic.
CRAPTCHA
A CAPTCHA.
crash and burn
To fail completely and spectacularly
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