dig one's own grave
to cause one's own downfall
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dig oneself in a hole
To get oneself into a difficult situation
dig out of a hole
to recover from a difficult situation
dig up
to discover or uncover something hidden or forgotten
diggers
Spurs; also the spades on cards.
diggings
Lodgings, apartments, residence; an expression probably imported from California, or Australia, with reference to the gold diggings. It is very common nowadays for a man moving in very decent society to call his abode or his office, or anyplace to which he frequently resorts, his "DIGGINGS."
digital courage
Bravery or confidence when expressing oneself online
dil-ya-ble
phone call
dilberries
Small pieces of excrement adhering to the hairs near the fundament.
dildo
[From the Italian DILETTO, q. d. a woman's delight; or from our word DALLY, q. d. a thing to play withal.] Penis-succedaneus, called in Lombardy Passo Tempo. Bailey.
diligent
Double diligent, like the Devil's apothecary; said of one affectedly diligent.
diligent youth makes easy age
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
dillbrain
A fool.
dilly
(An abbreviation of the word DILIGENCE.) A public voiture or stage, commonly a post chaise, carrying three persons; the name is taken from the public stage vehicles in France and Flanders. The dillies first began to run in England about the year 1779.
dilly
Originally a coach, from diligence. Now a night-cart.
dim and distant
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
dimber
Pretty. A dimber cove; a pretty fellow. Dimber mort; a pretty wench. CANT.
dimber
Neat or pretty.—Worcestershire, but old cant.
dimber damber
A top man, or prince, among the canting crew: also the chief rogue of the gang, or the completest cheat. CANT.
dimber-damber
Very pretty; a clever rogue who excels his fellows; chief of a gang. Old Cant in the latter sense.
dime novel
Cheap publication of a lurid nature, originally costing a dime.
dime's worth
a small amount of something, especially advice or opinion
diminishing returns
A situation where increased effort yields less benefit
dimmock
Money; "how are you off for DIMMOCK?" diminutive of DIME, a small foreign silver coin, in the United States 10 cents.
dinarly
Money.
dinarly
Money; "NANTEE DINARLY," I have no money, corrupted from the Lingua Franca, "NIENTE DINARO," not a penny. Turkish, DINARI; Spanish, DINERO; Latin, DENARIUS.
dine and dash
Leave a restaurant without paying the bill
dine on ashes
To suffer disappointment or frustration
dinero
Money.
ding
To knock down. To ding it in one's ears; to reproach or tell one something one is not desirous of hearing. Also to throw away or hide: thus a highwayman who throws away or hides any thing with which he robbed, to prevent being known or detected, is, in the canting lingo, styled a Dinger.
ding
To strike; to throw away, or get rid of anything; to pass to a confederate by throwing. Old, used in old plays.
ding boy
A rogue, a hector, a bully, or sharper. CANT.
ding dong
Helter skelter, in a hasty disorderly manner.
ding-a-ling
An eccentric, crazy, or stupid person.
ding-dong
A woman's breast.
dingey christian
A mulatto; or any one who has, as the West-Indian term is, a lick of the tar-brush, that is, some negro blood in him.
dingus
The penis.
dingy
A small boat. Generally the smallest boat carried by a ship. The g in this is pronounced hard.
dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham letters to the lodgers, and, whilst waiting in the entry for the postage, go into the first room they see open, and rob it.
dink
The penis.
dinkle
penis
dinkum oil
The truth.
dinlo
A fool.
diogenes lectured
Similarly we speak of the "Porch" (q.v.), meaning Stoic philosophy; the "Garden" (q.v.), Epicurean philosophy; the "Academy" (q.v), Platonic philosophy ; and the "Colonade," meaning Aristotelian philosophy.
Dionysius's Ear
A bell-shaped chamber connected by an underground passage with the king's palace. Its object was to enable the tyrant of Syracuse to overhear what was passing in the prison.
dip
To dip for a wig. Formerly, in Middle Row, Holborn, wigs of different sorts were, it is said, put into a close-stool box, into which, for three-pence, any one might dip, or thrust in his hand, and take out the first wig he laid hold of; if he was dissatisfied with his prize, he might, on paying three halfpence, return it and dip again.
dip a toe into
To try something new or unfamiliar cautiously
dip into
To take or use a small amount of something temporarily
dip one's finger in
to try or participate in something slightly
dip one's toe in
To try something new cautiously
dip one's wick
to have sexual intercourse
diplomatic flu
A pretended illness to avoid an unpleasant situation
dipsey
Deep sea.
dipstick
The penis.
dipt
Pawned or mortgaged.
Dircsean Swan
Pindar; so called from Dirce, a fountain in the neighbourhood of Thebes, the poet's birthplace (518-442 B.C.). The fountain is named from Dirce, who was put to death by the sons of Antiope for her brutal treatment of their mother, and was changed into the spring by Bacchus.
dire straits
A very difficult or desperate situation
Direct Action
A method of attaining, or attempting to attain, political ends by non- political means (such as striking or with- drawing labour).
direct tax
One collected directly from the owner of property subject to the tax, as the income-tax. Indirect taxes are taxes upon marketable commodities, such as tea and sugar the tax on which is added to the article, and is* thus paid by the purchaser indirectly.
director of first impressions
A receptionist or person who greets clients or customers