Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 86
... slang . In military slang ' bird ' meant sweetheart . In civilian slang it could mean ' harlot ' . A book of contemporary English idiom published in 1927 gives : ' Bird : used like German Biene especially for a more flirtatious or less ...
... slang . In military slang ' bird ' meant sweetheart . In civilian slang it could mean ' harlot ' . A book of contemporary English idiom published in 1927 gives : ' Bird : used like German Biene especially for a more flirtatious or less ...
Pagina 94
... slang . It signifies a gambler's last desperate or hopeful wager , as in CBS News : ' He goes for all the marbles . ' To lose one's marbles means to become foolish , irrational , forgetful , and so on , in American slang . This probably ...
... slang . It signifies a gambler's last desperate or hopeful wager , as in CBS News : ' He goes for all the marbles . ' To lose one's marbles means to become foolish , irrational , forgetful , and so on , in American slang . This probably ...
Pagina 95
... slang for " died " ) , so what's it mean ? ' ' Means a bloke passed his alley in . ' The impressive range of slang built around marbles seems to be derived partly from meubles , partly from the hard crystalline metamorphic rock , and ...
... slang for " died " ) , so what's it mean ? ' ' Means a bloke passed his alley in . ' The impressive range of slang built around marbles seems to be derived partly from meubles , partly from the hard crystalline metamorphic rock , and ...
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