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CHOCOLATE - adjectives
• CHOCOLATICAL † of the nature of chocolate ...1652
chocolate - nouns
• CHOC a chocolate ...1874 sl.
• CHOCCY, CHOCKY chocolate, a chocolate ...1896 UK
• KI, KIE, KYE cocoa or drinking chocolate ...1943 nautical sl.
• NUTTY chocolates and other sweets ...1947 naval sl.
• SWEET AND HOT hot chocolate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CHOICE (option) - adjectives
• EASY having no preference when given a choice ...1941 Aust. sl.
• OPTATIVE characterized by desire or choice; expressing desire ...1611
choice (option) - nouns
• ACTION one's choice, one's preference ...1950s US sl.
• HANG-CHOICE a choice between two evils; no difference, one as bad as the other ...1816
• KEACH the choice or pick of anything ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST OF PEA PICKINGS. the last choice; used to indicate the worthlessness or undesirability of a person or thing ...1909 Amer. dial.
• OFFER choice; disposal ...1787 Sc.
• OPTATION a choice or preference ...1874
• RATHERS choice, preference ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RITHERS preference, choice ...1920s US Black sl.
• WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE OR CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLE-EE-CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WILL AND WALE free choice ...1742 Sc.
choice (option) - phrases
• GET THE NOD to be chosen or approved; to be chosen over others; to be singled out for a desired job or position ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• IF I HAD MY RATHERS if I had my choice ...Bk1997 Amer. dial.
• ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives

CHOICE (excellent, fine) - adjectives
• DAINTY † valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or obs.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
choice (excellent, fine) - nouns
• DAINTY † anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity ...1340
• GARLAND † the principal ornament, the thing most prized, the choice ...1591
• PARTICULAR one's special choice, as a glass of my 'particular' ...19C sl.
 
CHOICELY - adverbs
• DEARLY † in a precious, worthy, or excellent manner; worthily, choicely, finely, richly ...a1000
 
CHOICEST - nouns
• EMPS-PIECE † the best, the choicest piece of food; a tidbit ...1671 Eng. dial.
• GEM an object of rare beauty or priceless worth; the choicest part of anything; something greatly prized, a 'treasure' ...c1560
• HEART the best, choicest, or most important part ...1589
• OFFMAGANDY the best and choicest of delicacies ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
CHOIR - nouns
• CAROL † a company or band of singers; a choir ...1483
• KERE † choir ...c1400
• QUEER, QUERE the choir or chancel of a church; the persons composing the choir ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
choir - person
• QUIRER - † a chorister ...1624

CHOKE, CHOKING - person
• UGLYMAN that member of the garrotting team who actually does the choking ...M19 sl.
choke, choking - verbs
• ACHOKE † to choke, to suffocate ...c1200
• BECHEKE † to choke, to stifle ...c1175
• CHOKE OUT to render someone unconscious through a choke hold that cuts off cerebral blood flow at the carotid artery in the neck; usually applied with a police officer's baton across the throat ...1985 US sl.
• EFFOCATE * to choke, to strangle ...1656
• GAG to choke on food or foreign matter in the throat ...20C US colloq.
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• HEMP to hang, to choke to death; ...L17 sl.
• KECK to choke; to make a choking noise in the throat; to cough ...1878 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE to cough, to choke; to make a noise in the throat while swallowing ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MASKER to choke, to stifle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEETH to breathe with difficulty; to choke ...1851 Eng. dial.
• QUACKLE † to choke ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUEASOM † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
• QUEAZEN, QUEZZEN † to choke, to stifle, to smother ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
• QUERKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIRKEN to choke,  esp. to choke for some seconds while drinking ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOMFISH, SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• THROPPLE to throttle, to choke; to seize by the throat ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWRICKEN † to choke with thick smouldering smoke ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WHIRKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOCKEN to choke ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
CHOKED - adjectives
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
choked - verbs
• QUAR to become choked ...1883 Eng. dial.
 
CHOKING - nouns
• QUACKLE the noise made in choking; the death-rattle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
CHOLERA - nouns
• SALLY COME O'ER US the cholera ...1901 Eng. dial.
 
CHOOSE - verbs
• ACHOOSE † to choose out ...c1150
• BE ONE'S OWN CARVER † to take or choose for oneself at one's own discretion ...1579
• CHOICE to choose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CHOISE † to choose, to elect, to prefer ...1605 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAPSE to choose, to fix upon ...1870 Sc.
• EETLE-OTTLE to choose by counting out ...1947 Sc.
• ELECT † to pick out, to choose ...1513
• I-CHEOSE † to choose ...a1000
• KNOCK DOWN to choose, to nominate someone ...M18 sl.
• OPTATE*  to choose; to wish for, to desire ...1611
• VINCE to choose; to stake a claim or reserve a right to something ...1922 Amer. dial.
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
 
CHOOSING - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary ...1643
choosing - nouns
• ELECTANCY †* the power of choosing ...1768
• ELECTION 1. † judicious selection; the faculty of choosing with taste or nice discrimination ...1531
2. † the choosing of things for special purposes ...1612
• WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
choosing - person
• ELECTANT †* one who has power of choosing ...1768

CHOOSY - adjectives
• CHOICEY, CHOICY choosy, particular, fussy ...1909 Amer. dial.
 
CHOP - verbs
• CHAMPER OFF to chop, rasp, or hack away bit by bit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• MALLYHACK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYHAWK to cut or chop rudely or roughly ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIBBLE to chop meat into small pieces; to dice ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SNIG to cut or chop off ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
 
CHOPPED - adjectives
• JUNKED * chopped or cut into pieces ...1827

CHOPPING-BLOCK - nouns
• HACK-BLOCK a chopping block ...1956 Sc.
• HACKING-BLOCK a chopping-block ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HACKING-STOCK a chopping-block ...1592
• HACK-LOG a chopping-block ...1831
• HACK-STOCK † a chopping-block ...a1500
• HAG-BLOCK a chopping-block; a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, etc. on ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAG-CLOG chopping-block; a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, etc. on ...1828
• HAG-LOG a chopping block ...1894 Sc.
• HAG-STOCK a block of wood or stump on which firewood is chopped ...1894
 
CHORE - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• SCODGES chores, dirty domestic jobs ...1969 Sc.
• TROKE a little chore ...1959 Amer. dial.
chore - person
• HEN WRANGLER a chore boy on a farm or ranch ...1944 Amer. dial.
chore - verbs
• SKIVVY to perform heavy, boring, menial household chores ...1984 UK sl.
 
CHORUS - person
• QUIRER † a chorister ...1624
 
CHORUS GIRL - nouns
• MONKEY SHOW a burlesque show having chorus girls ...1931 Amer. sl.
chorus girl - person
• GIRL a chorus girl ...1917 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-KICKER a person who performs high kicks, esp. a dancer who performs high kicks simultaneously with other dancers  in a row; a chorus girl; a ballet dancer ...1830
• HILL-HORSE a strong chorus girl ...Bk1962 Amer. burlesque usage
• MONKEY * a chorus girl; a woman hired as a dance partner ...1871 US sl.
chorus girl - person, other
• MONKEY-CHASER a man interested in a chorus girl or taxi-dancer ...1912 Amer. sl.

CHOSEN - adjectives
• ECLECT * chosen, select ...1839
• ELECTITIOUS †* arbitrarily chosen ...1631
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• ILL-WALED badly chosen ...1790 Sc.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALED-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• WALL-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• YCORE † chosen ...a900
chosen - nouns
• WALE that which is chosen or selected as the best; the choicest individual, kind, specimen, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
chosen - verbs
• GET THE GUERNSEY to be chosen; to receive recognition ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
CHRIST - nouns
• GARLAND †* Christ's crown of thorns ...1377
• SANG ROYAL † the blood of Christ ...1523
 
CHRISTEN - verbs
• HEAVE † to lift a child from the font (formerly the duty of a sponsor at baptism); hence, to baptize, to christen ...c1200
 
CHRISTENED - adjectives
• YCRISTENED † christened ...1387
 
CHRISTENING - nouns
• BEARING CLOTH † a child's christening robe ...1601
• BED-ALE † ale brewed for christening ...1880
• LUSTRICAL DAY one's christening day ...1623 Roman Hist.
christening - person
• MAIDEN CUMMER a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening ...1710 Sc.
• MAIDEN-KIMMER a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening ...1824 Sc.
 
CHRISTIAN (also see RELIGION, RELIGIOUS) - adjectives
• FAITHWARD * towards the Christian faith ...1886
Christian - nouns
• GOOD RELIGION genuine Christian conduct ...1953 Amer. dial.
Christian - person
• BABIES IN CHRIST newly-made converts to Christianity ...1526
• BIBLE-BEATER an evangelizing, fundamentalist Christian ...1872 US college sl.
• BIBLE-BELTER a native of the US states (mainly southern) where fundamentalist Christianity dominates social mores ...1934 US sl.
• CRUSADER an evangelistic, fundamentalist Christian ...1990s US college sl.
• GUY a Christian as opposed to a Jewish crimp ...c1830 sl.
• HELL-DODGER a zealous or sanctimonious Christian ...1908 US sl.
• NAZARITAN †* a Christian ...1625
• PAGANO-CHRISTIAN a Christian corrupted by paganism ...1680
 
CHRISTMAS - nouns
• BELLESNOGGLE St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELL-SCHNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNICKLE same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BELSCHNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BELSH NICHEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1830 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1823 Amer. dial.
• BELTZNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BENSNICKEL same as 'BELLESNOGGLE' ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BLACK CHRISTMAS a snowless period in late December ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BULL-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• CALF-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• COW-WEEK the 3 weeks immediately before Christmas, characterized in shops and factories by an increasingly heavy workload ...M19 sl.
• CRIMBO Christmas ...Brit. sl.
• DAFT DAYS, THE the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
• PELSNICKLE, PELZNICKEL St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PELTSNICKEL same as 'PELSNICKLE' ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RAIN Christmas tree tinsel ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SECOND CHRISTMAS the day following Christmas Day ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SILLY SEASON the Christmas holidays ...20C Aust. sl.
• VESSEL a Christmas gift of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XMAS Christmas; pronounced 'Exmas' ...1755 UK
• YESMUS Christmas ...1854 Eng. dial.
• YULE-GIRTH † the peace of Christmas ...1569-70
Christmas - person
• BELL-SCHNICKEL - a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNICKEL - same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL - same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKLER - same as 'BELL-SCHNICKEL' ...1964 Amer. dial.
• BETHLEHEMITES - Christmas carol-singers ...1788 UK criminal's sl.
• BEZZLE-CUP-WOMEN - women who go from house to house at Christmastide, with figures in a box, representing the virgin and child, and singing carols ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• VESSEL-CUP-WOMAN - a Christmas carol-singer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEEL’S-JADE one who has not some piece of new dress on Christmas morning ...Bk1866 Sc.
• YULE-AGGER - one who has no new dress or finery to wear at Christmas ...1908 Sc.
• YULE-BOY - a young Christmas masquerader ...1824 Sc.
• YULE JADE - an opprobrious term for someone who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year; also, someone who has no new piece of apparel to celebrate the season; hence, an odd, outlandish sort of person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• YULE SHARD - an opprobrious term for someone who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year; also, someone who has no new piece of apparel to celebrate the season; hence, an odd, outlandish sort of person ...1900 Sc.
• YULE'S YAUD - an opprobrious term for someone who leaves work unfinished before Christmas or the New Year; also, someone who has no new piece of apparel to celebrate the season; hence, an odd, outlandish sort of person ...c1780 Sc.
• YULE-YAGGER - one who has no new dress or finery to wear at Christmas ...1908 Sc.
Christmas - verbs
• BELLSNICKLE to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BELLSNIGGLE same as 'BELLSNICKLE' ..1881 Amer. dial.
• BELSNICKEL same as 'BELLSNICKLE' ...1881 Amer. dial.
Christmas - interjections/phrases
• COOL YULE happy Christmas ...1999 UK sl.
• MELE KALIKIMAKA! Merry Christmas! ...1950 Hawaii
 
CHRONICLE - verbs
• TITLE † to set down in writing; to inscribe, to record, to chronicle ...1340
 
CHRYSANTHEMUM - nouns
• CHRISTIAN ANTHEM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHRYSANTHIUM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHRYSANTHUM the chrysanthemum ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAREWELL-SUMMER the chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum sinense ...1863 Eng. dial.
• OCTOBER ROSE a chrysanthemum ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
CHUBBY - adjectives
• BAFFY chubby ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCHY chubby, short and stout ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHAPO short, chubby, chunky ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHOATY † of children: fat, chubby ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NUNTY stout or chubby, combined with shortness ...1876 Eng. dial.
chubby - person
• BANAFAN a chubby youngster ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• CHAPO a short, chubby person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• CHUB a chubby person ...1838 US sl.
• CHUBBO a chubby person ...1977 US sl.
• CHUBBY-CHASER a man who is attracted to chubby women ...1975 US sl.
• CHUB-CHUB a chubby person ...1967 US sl.
• FUBS † a small chubby person - a plump young person or child - chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1614
• OBESITY a chubby person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• PODGE a short, fat person, esp. a chubby child ...L19 sl.
• THRUTCH-PUDDINS a chubby person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRODDLE FUFFIE a round, chubby person ...1958 Sc.

CHUCKLE - nouns
• KECKLE a short, spasmodic laugh; a chuckle; a cackling, chattering; noisy laughter; giddy behaviour ...1820 Sc.
• WERRICK a half-smothered laugh; a chuckle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
chuckle - verbs
• KECK to utter a short sharp laugh; to chuckle ...1959 Sc.
• KECKLE of a person: to chuckle, to laugh, to giggle ...1513
• KICKLE to laugh in a high-pitched or silly manner; to giggle; to chuckle ...1782 Sc.
• LAUGH LIKE A DRAIN to chuckle or laugh heartily; to guffaw ...1948 UK sl.
• SCRATCH THE ELBOW † to show oneself pleased, to chuckle ...1598 
• SHUCKLE † to chuckle ...1598
• WERRICK to give a half-smothered laugh; to chuckle ...1892 Eng. dial.
 
CHUCKLING - adjectives
• KECKLING chuckling, noisy; of a giddy disposition ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
CHUNK - nouns
• HAWK a portion cut, a slice, a chunk ...1956 Sc.
 
CHUNKY - adjectives
• CHAPO short, chubby, chunky ...1932 Amer. dial.
• JUNKY thick; chunky; of a person: thickset, solidly built ...1825 Eng. dial.
chunky - person
• JUNT a squat, chunky person ...1787 Sc.
 
CHURCH - adjectives
• ECCLESIAL † pert. to the church ...1649
• ECCLESIASTIC pert. to the church ...1483
• ECCLESIASTICAL pert. to the church ...1538
• ECCLESIOLOGIC pert. to the church or to church buildings and decoration ...1882
• ECCLESIOLOGICAL pert. to the church or to church buildings and decoration ...1847
church - nouns
• ALLEY the aisle of a church ...1713 Eng. dial.
• AMEN BENCH the front seats in a church, on either side of the pulpit; thus those who occupy them, i.e. the most devout members of the congregation ...L19 US Black sl.
• AMEN CORNER 1. the front seats in a church, on either side of the pulpit; thus those who occupythem, i.e. the most devout members of the congregation ...1890s US Black sl.
2. the part of the church where seekers kneel at a revival ...1944 Amer. dial.
• AMEN PEW a bench or seat in the 'amen corner' of a church ...1877 Amer. dial.
• AMEN PEWS seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN ROW seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN SEATS seats in a church, esp. near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AMEN THEATRE ROYAL a church ...L19 sl.
• ANXIOUS BENCH at revival meetings or in church, a seat in front for people concerned about their spiritual well-being ...1832 Amer. dial.
• AUTEM a church ...16C Eng. sl.
• AUTEM SNEAK the robbery of churches or chapels ...E19 sl.
• AWOMEN CORNER a humorous creation to match the 'amen corner' in the church; men and women, except courting couples, sat on opposite sides of the church ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BACKSLIDERS' BENCH seats toward the back of the church ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BALD-HEADED ROW a row of seats within a church, usually near the front ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAPTISTERY the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
• BAPTISTRY the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
• BELL-HOUSE a church tower, a belfry ...1652 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG CHURCH, THE no church at all ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM-ROOM a seat for one in a church pew ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUZZARD RELIGION the 'religion' practiced by one who goes to church only for funerals ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-PERCH a church ...L19 rhyming sl.
• CHURCHLET a small church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOXOLOGY WORKS a church ...1871 Amer. jocular
• ECCLESIARCHY government by the church ...1878
• ECCLESIASTICALNESS †* ecclesiastical character ...1659
• ECCLESIASTICISM the spirit and temper, or the principles of action, which are distinctively ecclesiastical ...1862
• ECCLESIASTICS † matters ecclesiastical; the science of church government ...1672
• ECCLESIASTRY ecclesiastical pomp or business ...1865 nonce word
• ECCLESIOGRAPHY a descriptive treatise on the church ...1881
• ECCLESIOLATRY worship of the church; excessive reverence  for church forms and traditions ...1847
• ECCLESIOLOGY the science relating to the church or to churches; now usually, the science of church building and decoration; also, a treatise on churches ...1837
• ECCLESIOPHOBIA a morbid dread of ecclesiasticism ...1877 nonce word
• GLORY HOLE a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOD-BOX (derogatory) a church or other place of worship ...1917 sl.
• GOD-HOPPERY a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOSPEL MILL a church ...1872 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHOP a church ...1909 Amer. dial.
• INTERVAL the time between the hours of public worship ...1873 Sc.
• LAND a pew in a church ...1925 Sc.
• LEAN AND LURCH. a church ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• LEFT IN THE LURCH a church ...L19 rhyming sl.
• LUTRIN a reading-desk or singing-desk in a church, esp. that from which the lessons are read; a lectern ...1837
• MEETING-HOUSE 1. a church building ...1632 Amer. dial.
2. a Non-conformist chapel; an Irish Presbyterian church ...1858 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• MERCY SEAT a bench, seat, or rail set aside for penitents at the front of a church or revival meeting ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOANER'S BENCH a special pew reserved during a Black church revival for those who wish to be 'saved' ...L19 US Black sl.
• PARCLOSE 1. a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
2. ('par-close') a pew in a church ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PASS the passage between the pews in a church, an aisle ...1871 Sc.
• PERCLOSE a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
• PREACHING-SHOP a church; more generally, a chapel ...c1840 colloq.
• RECITATION SEAT a seat in the front of a church for people concerned about their spiritual well-being ...1969 Amer. dial.
• REPENTANT SEAT a bench, seat, or rail set aside for penitents at the front of a church or revival meeting ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SALARY a sum of money pledged to a church; a tithe ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SANCTUARIUM * a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship ...1796
• SKY CONE a church steeple ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SKY PALACE a church ...1981 UK sl.
• STEEPLE HOUSE a church ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIN TABERNACLE any church with an iron or tin roof ...L19 sl.
• TRAILERS' ROW the front row in church; mourners' row ...1921 Amer. dial.
• VERGERISM * action, etc., characteristic of a verger ...1857
church - person
• AARON * a person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader ...1565
• ACHOLITE an inferior church servant, which formerly waited on the priests and deacons, performing the offices of lighting the candles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance ...c1000
• ACHOLITHITE, ACOLOUTHITE † a person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc. ...1599
• ACOLOTHIST an acolyte; a subordinate officer in the Romish church who trims the lamps, prepares the elements for the sacraments, etc. ...1726 arch.
• ACOLUTHIST - an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc. ... ...1592
• ACOLYTHIST † an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc. ...1592
• AUNT JANE a female member of a Black church ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BEDDAL, BEDDEL a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman ...1692 Sc.
• BEDERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDLAR an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDLER a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman ...1692 Sc.
• BEDRAL, BEDREL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BELLY MEMBER a person who goes to church very seldom (only comes when there's a church supper) ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BENCH-JUMPER a person who constantly changes churches ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BETHEL a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman ...1692 Sc.
• BETHERAL, BETHEREL a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman ...1692 Sc.
• BETHRAL a church officer in Scotland with duties akin to, but not identical with, those of the English beadle, often combining those of clerk, sexton, and bell-ringer ...1815
• BLACK-BONNET an elder of the church ...1786 Sc.
• BUTT WOMAN a female official responsible for the maintenance of a church and churchyard, and for acting as an attendant to parishioners; a female sexton ...1823 Eng. dial.
• BUZZARD CHRISTIAN a person who goes to church only for funerals, or only for dinners ...1942 Amer. dial.
• EASTER CHRISTIAN a person who attends church only on major holidays such as Easter or Christmas ...1950 Amer. dial.
• EASTER LILY a person who attends church chiefly at Eastern time ...1967 Amer. jocular
• EATING MEMBER a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ECCLESIARCH a ruler of the church ...1781
• ECCLESIAST - one who performs public functions in church; a church administrator ...c1386
• ECCLESIASTIC - a clergyman - a person in orders - a 'churchman' as distinguished from a 'layman' ...1651
• ECCLESIASTICAL - * a clergyman - a person in orders - a 'churchman' as distinguished from a 'layman' ...1882-3
• ECCLESIOLATER - one who worships the church ...1847
• ECCLESIOLOGIST - a student of ecclesiology ...1841
• FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIAN - a person who goes to church seldom if at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAIR-WEATHER CHURCHGOER - a person who goes to church seldom if at all ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FALL-AWAY - a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FALL-FROM-GRACE - a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FELL-AWAY - a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GENERAL - in the Christian Church: the head of a religious order, esp. the Dominicans and Jesuits ...1560
• GRAVEYARD CHRISTIAN - a churchgoer from dread of the hereafter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KALE-POT WHIG - one who does not go to church but stops at home on Sundays ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMB - a young member of a flock, esp. of the church ...c1000
• MEMBER - a devout church member ...1867 Amer. Black dial.
• OFFICERS OF THE 52NDs - young men who attend church regularly every Sunday ...L19 Irish
• ONCER - a person who only goes to church once on Sunday ...L19 sl.
• RING-TAIL DEVIL - a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SACRIST - an official charged with the custody of the sacred vessels, relics, vestments, etc., of a religious house or a church ...1577-87
• SACRISTAN 1. † the sexton of a parish church ...c1375 obs, or arch.
2. an official charged with the custody of the sacred vessels, relics, vestments, etc., of a religious house or a church ...1483
• SACRISTER - one who has the charge of the utensils of a church ...c1535 Sc.
• SAXON - the sexton of a church ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• SHIRTTAIL BAPTIST - a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAKER-UP - † one who 'raises' the psalm in church; a precentor ...1578 Sc.
• TWICER - a person who goes to both matins and evensong services at church ...L19 sl.
• VERGER - one whose duty it is to take care of the interior of a church, and to act as attendant ...1707
• VERGERESS - a female verger or caretaker of a church ...1889
• WAITER - † an acolyte, a person assisting a priest in a religious service or procession ...1563 nonce usage
• WANDERING STAR † a derisory name for a churchgoer of a strongly evangelical cast who went from one preacher to another in search of spiritual edification ...1825 Sc.
• WARDEN - † the dean of a cathedral or collegiate church, or of a royal chapel ...1429
church - verbs
• ECCLESIASTICIZE to render ecclesiastical ...1865 nonce word
• TAKE WINE WITH THE PARSON to attend Holy Communion ...c1850 UK prison sl.
church - phrases
• THREE Bs as used by churchmen: Bright, Brief, and Brotherly ...L19 sl.
 
CHURCHWARDEN - person
• ANTHEM DIVER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers ...E18 sl.
• AUTEM-DIPPER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers ...E18 sl.
• WARDEN - a churchwarden ...1439
• WARNER - a warden: applied chiefly to church-wardens ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.

CHURCHYARD - nouns
• GOD'S ACRE a churchyard ...1844
• SANCTUARY † a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery ...1432-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SANCTUARY GARTH † a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church; a churchyard, cemetery ...1412-13
• YARD a churchyard ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
CHURL, CHURLISH - adjectives
• AZZLED crabbed; sour; churlish ...Bk1890 Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † stubborn, churlish ...a1387
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish, having a cross temper, or bad disposition ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; churlish; narrow-minded ...1861
• NABALISTIC † churlish; miserly ...1659
• NABALITIC † churlish ...1659
churl, churlish - person
• BADACH a churl, a lout ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BODACH a peasant; a churl ...1865 Irish
• CARL, CARLE a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
• CARLOT †* a churl; a rustic; a peasant ...1600
• CHARRO an ill-bred, coarse person; a churl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHUFF a churl; an oaf; a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• FURIFUFF †* a churl? ...1689
• GANGREL a crabbed, ill-tempered, crusty old man, rough, and churlish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALF-SIR a churl; a miser ...1843 Ireland
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a grasping, hoarding person; a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person ...1604
• NABALITE † a churlish or miserly person; a mean old person ...1645
• NABBLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person; a churlish person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl ...B1900 sl.
• TAISTREL - a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl  ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• TAISTRIL(L) - a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• TIKE, TYKE - a rough, ill-mannered, churlish fellow; generally used as a term of reproach ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZOUCH - a slovenly, ungenteel man; one who walks with a slouch; a churl ...1728 sl.
• ZOUCHER - an objectionable, unpleasant person; an unmannerly fellow; a churl; a slovenly fellow ...Bk1889 sl.
churl, churlish - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
churl, churlish - phrases
• HE WON'T GIVE A BEAN FOR A PEA he is very ungenerous or churlish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
CIA - nouns
• AGENCY, THE the Central Intelligence Agency ...1958 US colloq.
• COMPANY, THE the Central Intelligence Agency ...1967 US sl.
CIA - person
• SPOOK an intelligence agent, especially CIA ...1940s US sl.
 
CICADA - nouns
• AUGUST BUG a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AUGUST CRICKET a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AUGUST FLY a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALM-CRICKET the cicada ...1783
• BEEZER-WEEZER an insect that sits in trees or bushes in hot weather and makes a sharp, buzzing sound; probably a cicada ..1970 Amer. dial.
• BROWN LOCUST a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CADY-DID a cicada ...2004 Amer. dial.
• CHICHARRA a cicada ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S FIDDLE a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EVERY-YEAR LOCUST a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FALL BIRD a cricket; a cicada ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FERRO a cicada ...1913 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a cicada ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HEAT BUG a cicada ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAR BUG the cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JARFLY the cicada ...1880 Amer. dial.
• KATTYDID a cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDID a cicada ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCUST a cicada ...1709 Amer. dial.
• OATS BUG a cicada ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH a cicada ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SIZZERY BUG a cicada ...1910 Amer. dial.
• TREE FLY a cicada ...1954 Amer. dial.
cicada - verbs
• CLITTER to emit the sound of a grasshopper or cicada ...1844
 
CIDER - adjectives
• WELSH insipid, tasteless; of cider, etc.: watery, poor ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
cider - nouns
• APPLE WATER * cider ...1606
• DEVONSHIRE WINE cider ...1853 Eng. dial.
• EASY RIDER cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
• SMILO alcoholic cider ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRING-JAW rough cider ...L18 sl.
• WYNONA (RYDER) cider ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
 
CIGAR - nouns
• B-40 a cigar laced with marijuana and dipped in malt liquor ...1998 US sl.
• BETWEEN JOBS a short cigar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIGHEAD a kind of cigar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOWSPRIT a cigar ...1906 Amer. nautical sl.
• BUCKEYE a small cigar factory ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• CABBAGE a cigar, esp. a cheap one ...1843 sl.
• CABBAGE-LEAF a poor-quality cigar ...c1840 sl.
• CABBAGE ROLL a poor-quality cigar...M19 sl.
• CABBAGIO PERFUMO a cheap cigar ...L19 sl.
• CAB-RANKER a cheap cigar ...1920s sl.
• DINCH the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DINCHER the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG an inhalation of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar ...1904 US sl.
• EL CABBAGIO a low-quality cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EL ROPO a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EL ROPO STINKADORO a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EL STINKO a cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FACTORY SMOKER a cheap cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAG END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• FANTAIL a cigar not wrapped at one end ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FAT ONE a large cigar ...1990s US sl.
• HAY-BURNER a cigar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LA-DE-DA a cigar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LA-DI-DA(H) a cigar ...1977 rhyming sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH a cigar ...1991 rhyming sl.
• LARDY a cigar ...1970s rhyming sl. (La-di-dah)
• LARDY-DAH a cigar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke)
• LAUGH AND A JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LONG NINE a cigar ...1830 Amer. sl.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• NEWTON PIPPIN a cigar ...L19 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER the discarded butt of a cigar; also, a quid of chewed tobacco ...1834 US sl.
• PITTSBURGH TOBY a thin, inexpensive cigar ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RATTAIL a cigar, esp. one made of inferior tobacco ...1940 Amer. sl.
• ROPE a cigar ...1934 US sl.
• SAGER † a cigar ...1774
• SCAG a cigarette, a cigar; a cigarette butt ...1910s US sl.
• SEEGAR a cigar ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SKAG a cigarette, a cigar; a cigarette butt ...1910s US sl.
• SNIPE a cigarette or cigar butt ...1889 Amer. sl.
• SPANISH (GUITAR) a cigar ...1952 UK rhyming sl.
• STICK a cigarette; a cigar ...1919 sl.
• STINKER a cigarette, esp. a cheap or foul-smelling cigarette or cigar ...1907 sl.
• STOGIE any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar ...19C US sl.
• STOGY any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar ...19C US sl.
• TOBY a thin, inexpensive cigar; an inferior kind of cigar ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TOOFAH, TOOFER, TOOFOR, TOOFUR, TWOFER a cigar sold at two for a quarter, and hence to any cheap cigar ...a1911 US sl.
• TOPPER a cigar stump or cigarette end; also, the remains of tobacco in a pipe bowl ...1888 sl.
cigar - verbs
• BUTT to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1956 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT UP to light a pipe, cigar, or cigarette ...1861 colloq.
• PUT ON A CIGAR to smoke a cigar in order to make oneself seem smarter than one is ...L19 sl.
 
CIGARETTE - nouns
• ACE a pull on a cigarette ...2000s US prison sl.
• AFRICAN a tailor-made, rather than hand-rolled, cigarette ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AFRICAN NIGGER a tailor-made, rather than hand-rolled, cigarette ...1940s Aust. sl.
• ALF A MO, ARF A MO a cigarette, esp. when it proves hard to keep alight ...1910s sl.
• ASPIRIN SMOKE a cigarette adulterated with crushed aspirin, providing a drug-like effect ...1992 US sl.
• BARBER'S BREAKFAST a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
• BIRDWOOD a cigarette ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• BLANKETS cigarette papers ...1925 Amer. sl.
• BLOCK a cigarette lighter ...1970s Can. prison sl.
• BLOWER a cigarette ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BONE a tobacco cigarette ...1992 US sl.
• BUGGY WHIP an imitation cigarette, used as a substitute by kids; it was essentially a sort of sawdust bound by cord ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER a cigarette butt ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BURN a cigarette ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUTT a cigarette ...1902 Amer. sl.
• BUTT-END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...M19
• BUTTLEGGING the transportation of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes across a state line ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CAMEL-DUNG (derogatory) unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco ...20C sl.
• CANARY a cigarette ...1900s US campus sl.
• CANCER PILL a cigarette ...1950s sl.
• CANCER STICK a cigarette ...1958 sl.
• CANCERWEED a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN'S BUTT a cigarette less than half-smoked ...World War II Amer. army sl.
• CASKET NAIL a cigarette ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CASKET TACK a cigarette ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CHOKER a cigarette; a cigarette butt ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CIG a cigarette ...a1889 sl.
• CIGGER a cigarette ...1922 Aust. sl.
• CIGGIE, CIGGY a cigarette ...1915 sl.
• COFFIN-NAIL a cigarette ...1888 sl., orig. US
• COFFIN TACK a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
• COOKIE a cigarette ...1977 Amer. jocular
• COOKIE BOX a pack of cigarettes ...1978 Amer. sl.
• CORPORAL'S BUTT a cigarette more than half smoked ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CORPSE a cigarette butt ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CURLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DAG(S) a cigarette ...20C military sl.
• DEAD SOLDIER a cigarette butt ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DEATH STICK a cigarette ...1969 Amer. jocular
• DECK a packet of cigarettes ...1923 US sl.
• DIMP a cigarette end ...1940 UK orig. military sl.
• DINCH the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DINCHER the butt of a cigar or cigarette ...1942 Amer. sl.
• DIP a cigarette that has been dipped in embalming fluid ...2003 UK sl.
• DOG BREATH cigarette smoke ...1996 US sl.
• DOG-END the end of a cigarette that has been smoked ...1934 UK sl.
• DO-ME-DAG a cigarette ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• DO ME GOOD a Woodbine cigarette ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DOOFAH, DOOFER, DOOVAH, DOOVER, DUFER a half a cigarette; a cigarette saved for smoking at another time ...1937 sl.
• DOUBLE O's Kool cigarettes ...1981 US sl.
• DOUT a cigarette end ...M20 Sc. colloq.
• DRAG 1. an inhalation of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar ...1904 US sl.
2. a cigarette ...1942 sl.
• DREAM STICK a cigarette ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• DUCK'S ARSE a cigarette end that is over-moistened with a smoker's saliva ...1993 UK sl.
• DUCK'S ASS a cigarette end that is over-moistened with a smoker's saliva ...1955 UK sl.
• DUE-BACK something that is borrowed, such as a cigarette, with an expectation of an ultimate return of the favour ...1951 US sl.
• DUMMY a cigarette butt ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DURRY a cigarette ...1941 Aust. sl.
• FAG 1. any cigarette; a cigarette butt ...1888 UK sl.
2. a cheap cigarette, usually as issued to troops in World War I ...L19 sl.
• FAG-ASH cigarette ash ...L19 sl.
• FAG-BUTT a cigarette end ...1930s sl.
• FAG-CARD a cigarette card ...L19 sl.
• FAG END the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...1853 Brit. sl.
• FAGGOT a cigarette ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FAG-PAPER a cigarette paper ...1910s sl.
• FAG-TOPPER a cigarette end ...1900s sl.
• FAIRY WAND a cigarette holder ...1963 US sl.
• FLAME a cigarette lighter ...1994 US sl.
• FLAMETHROWER a cigarette dressed with cocaine and heroin ...1998 UK sl.
• G prison-made cigarettes ...1990s US prison sl.
• GANGSTER a cigarette ...1972 US sl.
• GASPER a cigarette ...1914 UK sl., orig. military for an inferior cigarette
• GASSER a cigarette ...1984 Aust. sl.
• GIPPY an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• GROUNDER a cigarette that is picked up from the ground and smoked ...1930 Amer. sl.
• GWA, GWAAI, GWAI tobacco; a cigarette ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• GYPPIE, GYPPY an Egyptian cigarette ...1920 sl.
• HACKING STICK a cigarette ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HALF A MO a cigarette ...1910s sl.
• HERD a pack of Camels cigarettes ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• HUMP a Camel™ cigarette ...1989 US sl.
• IGARETSAY a cigarette ...1940s US Pig Latin
• ILLY a cigarette infused with embalming fluid ...2001 US sl.
• IN-AND-OUT a cigarette; tobacco ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'snout'
• JAWBONE home-rolled cigarettes and the tobacco for making them ...1983 Amer. dial.
• KOOLS cigarettes made with tobacco mixed with marijuana ...1990 US sl.
• LAME a tobacco cigarette, as opposed to a marijuana cigarette ...1967 US drugs sl.
• LAUGH a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl. (Laugh and a Joke)
• LAUGH AND (A) JOKE a smoke; a cigarette; a cigar; a pipe or marijuana prepared for smoking ...1880 UK rhyming sl.
• LOG a carton of cigarettes ...1991 US sl.
• LUNGBUSTER a cigarette ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
• LUNG-DUSTER a cigarette ...1929 US jocular
• LUNG-FOGGER a cigarette ...1943 US jocular
• MAGGOT a cigarette butt ...1963 Amer. sl.
• MAKINGS loose tobacco and paper for hand-rolled cigarettes ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MINI MOKE a cigar, cigarette, or pipe ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'smoke'
• MONKEY'S NUTS cigarette butts ...2001 UK rhyming sl.
• NAIL a cigarette ...1925 Amer. sl.
• NICKIE a cigarette ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NIGHT NURSE a cigarette smoked in the middle of the night by an addict whose body is awakened by the craving for nicotine in the night ...1996 US sl.
• NUMBIES Players' Number 6™ cigarettes ...1988 Sc. sl.
• NUMBO Number 6™, a branded cigarette ...2001 UK sl.
• OIL RAG a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OILY a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag' (oily rag)
• OILY RAG a cigarette ...1932 UK rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OLD KIT BAG a cigarette ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• OLD NAG a cigarette ...20C rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• O.P.B. choice cigarette ends (Old Picked Bumpers' and Other People's Butts) ...L19 sl.
• OXFORD BAG a cigarette ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PACK a packet of cigarettes ...1928 US sl.
• PAPER cigarette papers, esp. when used for rolling marijuana cigarettes ...1930s drugs sl.
• PAPER-CIGAR † a cigarette ...1833
• PAPES cigarette rolling papers ...1997 US sl.
• PILL a cigarette ...1904 Amer. dial.
• PILL OF DEATH a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIMP STICK a cigarette ...1925 Amer. dial.
• PUFF AND DRAG a cigarette ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PUFFERS cigarettes; used of cigarettes sold on the black market ...Brit. sl.
• PULL a puff on a cigarette, etc. ...1575 sl.
• QUARTER a cigarette ...1958 US sl.
• QUERLY, QUIRLEY, QUIRLIE, QUIRLY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1932 Amer. dial.
• RABBITER'S BREAKFAST a visit to the toilet and a cigarette ...1975 NZ sl.
• RACEHORSE a thinly rolled cigarette ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• RAKE-UP a hand-rolled cigarette ...1940s sl.
• READY-ROLL a factory-made cigarette ...1949 Amer. dial.
• RIZLA a cigarette rolling paper ...1996 UK sl.
• ROACH a still-lit and smokeable cigarette end ...1996 UK sl.
• ROBIN HOOD a Woodbine™ cigarette ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• ROLL-UP a hand-rolled cigarette ...1950 sl., orig. prisoners'
• SALMON tobacco; a cigarette ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT tobacco; a cigarette ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout, esp. prison usage
• SCAG. SKAG 1. a cigarette ...1915 sl. orig. US
2. a cigarette butt ...1915 sl., orig. US
• SKIN paper used for rolling marijuana or tobacco cigarettes ...1969 sl., orig. US
• SKUIF, SKYF a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette or one containing marijuana ...1946 S. Afr. sl.
• SKUIFIE, SKYFIE a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette or one containing marijuana ...1946 S. Afr. sl.
• SNIPE a cigarette or cigar butt ...1889 Amer. sl.
• SNOUT a cigarette or tobacco ...1950 Brit. sl.
• SNUFF STICK a cigarette ...1978 NZ sl.
• SPILL-QUIRLEY a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SPOOF a cigarette ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• SQUARE a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana ...1970 US sl. chiefly Black
• STAG the butt end of a cigarette ...2002 US sl.
• STEAMROLLER a thick hand-rolled cigarette ...1953 NZ sl.
• STICK a cigarette; a cigar ...1919 sl.
• STINKER a cigarette, esp. a cheap or foul-smelling cigarette or cigar ...1907 sl.
• STOMPIE a cigarette butt; also, a partially smoked cigarette, esp. one stubbed out and kept for relighting later ...1947 S. Afr. sl.
• STOOPER a cigarette stub picked up in the street ...1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STOOP TOBACCO a cigarette stub picked up in the street ...1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STRAIGHT a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana ...1959 sl.
• SWALLOW puff of a cigarette ...20C sl.
• TAB a cigarette ...c1920 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
• TABBIE a cigarette stub ...1920 Sc.
• TACK a cigarette ...1922 Amer. dial.
• TAILOR a factory-made cigarette ...1924 US sl.
• TAILOR-MADE a ready-made cigarette, as opposed to a hand-rolled one ...1924 sl., orig. US
• TAMPAX filter-tipped cigarette(s) ...1984 UK sl.
• TAYLOR a factory-made cigarette ...1924 US sl.
• TICKLER a hand-rolled cigarette; also, the tobacco from which it is made ...1929 nautical sl.
• TOBY a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOKE a puff on a cigarette (esp. one containing marijuana) ...sl.
• TOPPER a cigar stump or cigarette end; also, the remains of tobacco in a pipe bowl ...1888 sl.
• TORCH an oversized cigarette lighter ...1960s US Black sl.
• TUBE a cigarette ...1946 sl.
• VERA (LYNNS) cigarette papers ...1940s Irish rhyming sl. for 'skins'
• VICTOR TRUMPER a cigarette butt ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. for 'bumper'
• VIRGIN a cigarette made from Virginia tobacco ...1923 sl.
• VOGUE a cigarette ...1992 UK sl.
• WAFER a cigarette paper ...1996 UK sl.
• WAGGON a cigarette ...1900s S. Afr. sl.
• WANG a cigarette ...1990s S. Afr. sl.
• WIDOW-MAKER a cigarette ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOOD any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODBINE any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WOODIE, WOODY any cheap cigarette ...1916 UK sl.
• WRAPS cigarette rolling papers ...1994 US sl.
• ZOL a hand-rolled cigarette ...1940s S. Afr. drugs sl.
cigarette - person
• CARTON-PUSHER a person who sells cigarettes that have been stolen or smuggled from a state with lower taxes ...1978 US sl.
• DOG-END WALLOPER a person who  hunts for cigarette ends in the street ...1934 UK sl.
• FAG-END MAN a man who collects cigarette ends from the pavement ...1910s sl.
• FAG HAG a cigarette smoker ...Bk1942 US sl.
• HARD-UP † a person who extracts tobacco from discarded cigar or cigarette ends in order to sell or barter it ...1851 sl.
• HARD-UP MERCHANT a person who extracts tobacco from discarded cigar or cigarette ends in order to sell or barter it ...1931 sl.
• PILL-SMOKER a cigarette fiend ...1915 Amer. dial.
• PIN-UP BOY one who holds his cigarette with a pin to enjoy it down to the last puff ...Bk1942 US sl.
cigarette - verbs
• ASH to drop cigarette ash ...1930 Aust. sl.
• BOGUE to smoke a cigarette ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUILD A SMOKE to roll a cigarette ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BURN to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUTT to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1956 Amer. sl.
• CANOE of a cigarette or cannabis cigarette: to burn down on top or one side rather than evenly ...1980s sl.
• CLIP A BUTT to pinch out a cigarette for later smoking ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COP A DRAG to smoke a cigarette ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRAG to puff on a cigarette ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUCK ARSE when smoking: to wet the cigarette end with saliva ...1968 UK sl.
• FAG 1. to supply with a cigarette ...1926 Amer. sl.
2. to smoke a cigarette ...1940 Amer. sl.
• FIELD GROUNDERS to look downward for cigarette or cigar butts ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FIRE ONE UP to lights one's cigarette or reefer ...1960s US Black sl.
• FOG to smoke cigarettes ...Bk1974 Amer. dial.
• GUTTERSNIPE to pick up cigarette ends that have been thrown away ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HACK BUTTS to smoke cigarettes ...1993 Can sl.
• LIGHT UP to light a cigarette or cigar ...1861 sl.
• PULL 1. to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
2. of an adult: to buy beer or cigarettes illegally for a minor ...2001 Can sl.
• PUT ON A SMOKE to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.
• TWIST to roll a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VOGUE to light a cigarette ...1993 UK sl.
cigarette - phrases
• BUTT ME give me a cigarette ...1944 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR A BLOW to retire to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• HE'S BITING BUTTS he's broke and smoking butts ...Bk1944 service sl.
• PUT ME ON AIR give me a cigarette ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
CINCINNATI - adjectives
• PORKOPOLITAN pert. to Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
Cincinnati - nouns
• HOGOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
• PIGOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
• PORKOPOLIS Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
Cincinnati - person
• PORKOPOLITAN a resident of Cincinnati ...M19 US sl.
 
CINDER - nouns
• AIZLE a hot cinder, an ember ...a1000 Sc.
• BRAND a glowing cinder; a burning peat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CYNER † ashes, cinders ...c1420
• EASLE † hot ashes or cinders; a live coal or ember ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ISELL, ISIL, IZLE a hot cinder; a live coal or ember ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILE a live coal, a glowing ember of coal, peat, wood, etc.; a red-hot cinder ...1866 Sc.
 
CINEMA - nouns
• GRIND HOUSE a cinema showing a continuous programme with no intermissions ...US sl.
• LAST CHANCE the upper balcony in a cinema favoured by homosexuals ...1966 US sl.
• NABE a neighbourhood cinema ...1935 US sl.
• NICKEL DUMP a cheap cinema, charging only a nickel or 5 cents admission ...20C US sl.
• OLYMPIC POOL an outdoor cinema ...1950s Aust. sl.
• PAD OF GALLOPING SNAPSHOTS a cinema ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
 
CINNAMON - nouns
• CANEL † cinnamon ...c1205
• CANELL † cinnamon ...1382
• CANELLE † cinnamon ...c1460
• SINNOMON † cinnamon ...1609
 
CIRCLE - adjectives
• GYRAL moving in a circle or spiral; whirling ...1750
• GYRATORY moving in a circle or spiral; revolving, whirling ...1815
• ORBY * of the form of a circle ...c1611
circle - adverbs
• A-COMPASS † in a circle ...c1385
circle - nouns
• CANTLE † a segment of a circle or sphere ...1551
• CAROL † a ring or circle, as of standing stones ...1330
• CYCLOMETRY measurement of circles ...1656
• DECIRCINATION † forming into a circle ...1731
• GYRATION motion in a circle or spiral; revolution round a fixed centre or axis; a turning round, wheeling, or whirling ...1615
• GYRE a ring, a circle, a spiral ...1590 poetic & literary usage
• ORB † a circle, or anything of circular form, as a circular disc or wheel, or a ring ...1590 rare or obs.
• ORBICULATION † the formation of an orb, circle, or sphere; rounding ...1647
• QUIRK anything out of the square; a twist, a bend, a circle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a circle; a circular or annular form, appearance, or arrangement; a round ...c1305
circle - verbs
• CATTLE-MILL to go round in a circle, as cattle in a herd do ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DECIRCINATE † to round off, to form into a circle; to draw a circle with a pair of compasses ...1656
• GYRATE to move in a circle or spiral; to revolve; to rotate, to whirl ...1830
 
CIRCLE AROUND - verbs
• GRIND SALT to circle around, as a hawk or vulture circling aloft ...1888 Amer. dial.

CIRCLING - adjectives
• GYREFUL † full of turns; circling, whirling ...1566
 
CIRCULAR - adjectives
• GYRANT * having a circular or spiral course ...1844
• GYROUS * circular, spiral ...1688
• ORBAL †* of the nature of an orb; circular ...1603
• ORBIC * of the form of an orb; rounded, orbicular ...1619
• ORBICAL † of the form of an orb; rounded, orbicular ...1582
• ORBICULAR round as a circle or disc; circular, or of circular plan or section ...c1420
• ROTUNDANT * circular, round ...1861 rare
• WHEELY circular ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
circular - nouns
• ORBELL †* a circular surface or plot ...1635
 
CIRCUIT - nouns
• UMGANG † the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference ...a1300
 
CIRCUITOUS - adjectives
• FAR-FETCHED † devious, circuitous ...a1656
circuitous - verbs
• GO AROUND ONE'S FINGERS TO GET TO HIS THUMB to go circuitously ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
CIRCUITOUSLY - adverbs
• UNGAINLY circuitously; with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
CIRCUMCISE - verbs
• CARVE † to circumcise ...c1420
• CUT †* to circumcise ...1638
• UMBECARVE † to circumcise ...a1240
• UMBECLIP † to circumcise ...c1200
• UMBESHEAR † to circumcise ...c1200
 
CIRCUMCISED - adjectives
• CLIPPED circumcised ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CUT circumcised ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CUT OUT TO BE A GENTLEMAN circumcised ...20C Brit. sl.

CIRCUMCISION - person
• MOHEL - a Jew who performs the rite of circumcision ...1613
• TAILOR - a circumciser ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.

CIRCUMFERENCE - nouns
• UMGANG † the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference ...a1300
• UMSTROKE †* edge, circumference ...1650
 
CIRCUMLOCUTION - nouns
• ABOUT-SPEECH † a roundabout phrase; circumlocution ...1513
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
• CIRCUMQUAQUE † a circumlocution ...1556
• ROUNDABOUTATION * circumlocution ...1812
circumlocution - verbs
• CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE † to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution ...a1693
• WALLACH, WALLOCH to use many circumlocutions ...1808 Sc.
 
CIRCUMSPECT - adjectives
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
• WARELY † of a person, his actions, etc.: cautious, circumspect, prudent ...a900
 
CIRCUMSPECTION - nouns
• BESEEING † circumspection, consideration ...1340
 
CIRCUMSPECTLY - adverbs
• ADVISEDLY † with watchfulness or attention; warily, attentively, carefully, circumspectly ...1375
• WARELY † watchfully, cautiously, circumspectly; prudently ...c897
 
CIRCUMSTANCE(S) - nouns
• ABOUT-STANDING † a circumstance ...1340
• BEFALL † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
• FARCOSTS † circumstances ...c1205
• FARE condition, circumstances; chance, lot ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PASS condition, state, circumstances ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
CIRCUMVENT - verbs
• WAFT to beat, to trounce, to out-manoeuvre, to circumvent ...1921 Sc.
 
CIRCUMVENTION - nouns
• BOGILL-ABOUT-THE-BUSH, BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-BUSH circumvention ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
CIRCUS - nouns
• BAG in the circus: a toy balloon ...1931 Amer. sl.
• DAUB in the circus: an advertising poster ...1923 US sl.
• DEAD CAT in the circus: a lion, tiger, etc. that does not perform but is only exhibited ...1930s Amer. circus usage
• DEAD PONY GAFF of circus and fairgrounds: a bad site ...1961 UK travelling showmen's usage
• DOG AND PONY SHOW a derisive name for a small circus ...1920s Amer. sl.
• DUKEY in the circus: a lunch prepared for circus workers on long train journeys between towns ...1980 US sl.
• DUKEY RUN in the circus: a long train ride between shows ...1980 US sl.
• EDUCATOR in the circus or carnival: the 'Billboard' weekly newspaper ...1980 US sl.
• GARBAGE STAND in the circus and carnivals: a novelty concession ...1981 US sl.
• HORSE OPERA an entertainment featuring trained horses; hence, a circus or carnival; used disparagingly ...1864 US sl.
• JACKPOT in the circus or carnival: a story of past deeds ...1980 US sl.
• KID SHOW a circus or carnival side show ...1980 US sl.
• MECHANIC any safety device worn by a circus performer ...1980 US sl.
• MUG JOINT in circus and carnival usage: a concession where customers are photographed ...1931 US sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PALONIE a circus pony used in comedy routines ...1953 UK sl.
• PUNK any young circus animal; a baby lion or elephant ...Bk1974 Amer. circus usage
• RIDERS a circus company ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SHYSTER a very poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
• SKULL a free ticket ...1987 US circus & carnival usage ...1981 US sl.
• TOP a circus tent ...sl.
• TOPPER in circus and carnival usage: a featured act ...1981 US sl.
• X, THE in the circus or carnival: exclusive rights for an item or concession ...1980 US sl. 
circus - person
• ART in the circus: performers, as distinguished from other employees ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BALLYHOO a barker at a circus or carnival ...1915 US sl.
• BALLYHOOER one who performs a ballyhoo, a flamboyant free performance given outside a circus or carnival attraction in an attempt to lure customers to buy tickets for the show inside ...1901 US circus & carnival usage
• DANGLER in the circus: a trapeze artist ...1934 US sl.
• FAKER, FAKIR a circus performer, esp. a rider ...c1875 circus usage
• GAFFER a fairground superintendent; a circus or carnival manager ...c1880 sl.
• GAWK a local who loiters as the show is assembled or taken down ...1981 US circus & carnival sl.
• GEEK a performer at a carnival or circus whose show consists of bizarre or grotesque acts, such as biting the head off a live animal, such as chickens or snakes ...1919 US sl.
• GILL a customer, esp. a gullible one ...1981 US circus & carnival usage
• GILLY a member of an audience, esp. a woman ...1933 UK theatrical & circus usage
• GILLY-GALLOO an outsider ...1981 US circus & carnival usage
• GLITTERGAL - a female performer ...1960 US circus & carnival usage
• GUY - in the circus and carnival: a customer - a patron, usually a man ...1878 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY - in the circus and carnivals: an undependable employee, esp. a drunk ...1981 US sl.
• HIPPODROMIST - † a person who performs in a hippodrome; a trainer or rider of a horse in a circus; also, a person who arranges or stages an entertainment in a hippodrome (hippodrome - in ancient Greece and ancient Rome: a course or circuit for horse and chariot races; later, a racecourse or racetrack resembling an ancient hippodrome; also, a theatre or arena for performances featuring trained horses and displays of horsemanship; hence, a theatre in which any type of popular entertainment is staged)...1840
• JERRY-COME-TUMBLE - a tumbler - a circus performer ...Eng. dial.
• KINKER - a circus performer ...1909 Amer. sl.
• MINCH an unengaged, low-spending customer ...1928 US circus & carnival sl.
• NATIVE to the employee of a circus or carnival: a local patron ...1980 US sl.
• OAF the clown of a circus ...1638
• PALEFACE a circus clown ...Bk1962 Amer. circus & carnival sl.
• RAG a street tumbler ...1875 circus usage
• RIDER a performer at a circus ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SAWDUST POUNDER a circus performer ...1881 US sl.
• SHYLOCK in circus or carnival use: the show's office secretary ...1981 US sl.
• TALKER in the circus or carnival: a person who entices customers into the side show ...1960 US sl.
• WARB an unskilled circus hand ...1956 Aust. sl.
• WIND-JAMMER a musician in a circus band ...c1930 Amer. sl. 
circus - verbs
• BLOW AN ARROW in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
• BUST AN ARROW in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
• CARRY THE BUG in circus usage: to work as a night watchman ...1981 US sl.
• GUY OUT in the circus: to make the tents secure by tightening the guy-ropes ...19C circus colloq.
• KICK SAWDUST to follow or join a show ...19681 US circus & carnival usage
• MOPE (AWAY) to quit your job in the circus ...1980 US sl.
circus - phrases
• MISTER WOOD (or MR. WOOD) IN THE HOUSE used to describe a poorly attended circus performance ...1953 UK sl.
 
CIRRHOSIS - nouns
• BIG C cirrhosis of the liver ...2000s sl.
• HARD LIVER cirrhosis of the liver ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
CITE - verbs
• ACCITE † to cite in writing, to quote ...a1631
• ADDUCE to bring forward verbally for consideration, to cite, to allege ...1616
 
CITED - adjectives
• ADDUCED brought forward in a statement; cited, alleged ...1790
 
CITIZEN, CITIZENSHIP - person
• ANCHOR BABY (usually offensive) a child born to an immigrant mother living illegally in the United States, and thus qualifying for legal citizenship under U.S. law, esp. when considered as a means of securing citizenship or legal residency for other family members ...1993 US
• ANCHOR CHILD a child sent by his or her family to live in a foreign country in order to quality for citizenship or legal residency there, as a means of securing citizenship or legal residency for other family members ...1986
• NATURALIZANT †* a natural citizen or inhabitant ...1653
citizen - verbs
• POLITIZE * to make into citizens ...1884
 
CITIZENS' BAND RADIO - adjectives
• UNDRESSED used of a citizens' band radio operated without a linear amplifier ...1976 US sl.
citizens' band radio - nouns
• CHARLIE BROWN a citizens' band radio set ...1981 UK sl.
• EAR a citizens' band radio antenna ...1976 US sl.
• EARS a CB radio; CB equipment ...1976 Amer. Citizens Band usage
• FOOTWARMER a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• GANGBANG a group of friends talking together on citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• LITTLE HELP a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• PUMP an illegal linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• SNEAKER a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1977 US sl.
• THREES AND EIGHTS best wishes, good luck; used as a sign-off ...CB sl.
citizens' band radio - person
• SCAB a citizens' band radio operator; a derisive term used by purist shortwave radio operators ...1976 US sl.
• SWAMPER a motorist or truck driver, esp. one using a CB radio ...CB sl.
• WINDJAMMER a citizens' band radio user who monopolizes conversation ...1976 US sl.
• WOOLLYBACK BREAKER a citizens' band radio user from North Wales ...1981 UK citizens' band radio sl.
• XYZ a citizens' band user of undiscovered gender - hence, a homosexual ...1976 US sl.
• YOYO MOUTH a citizens' band radio user who talks too much ...1976 US sl.
citizens' band radio - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S EARS ON to be tuned into one's CB transceiver ...1970s sl.
• MODULATE to talk or converse over a two-way radio ...1975 Amer. CB sl.
citizens' band radio - phrases
• TEN-FOUR that is correct; OK; used as an acknowledgement that a message has been received ...1962 Citizens band usage
 
CITY - adjectives
• URBIAN * pertaining to a city ...1710
• URBICARIAN † belonging to a city, esp. of Rome ...1654 
city - nouns
• ASPHALT JUNGLE a large city ...1920 US sl.
• BABYLON 1. any great and luxurious city ...1634
2. the hedonistic, exciting world of the city, as opposed to the quietness of the countryside; specifically, London ...M19 UK sl.
• BIG A, THE a city or other named entity that bears the initial A ...1955 US sl.
• BIG APPLE any big city or town ...1944 US sl.
• BIG BURG a big city ...1918 US sl.
• BIG SMOKE the city, the largest settlement in a particular region ...1848 orig. Aust.
• BOWERY the part of a city notorious for low life; skid row ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIGHT LIGHTS the entertainments, attractions, or allure of a big city ...1916
• BURG a town or city ...1846 US colloq.
• END an area of a city ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• HEAD the chief city, the capital; the chief or most excellent part ...c893
• HIGHLAND the northern, often Black area of a city ...1970s US Black sl.
• ILET a city block ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ISLET a city block ...1981 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEGAPOLIS † a chief or principal city; a metropolis ...1638 nonce word
• METROPOLE † a chief town or city; a metropolis ...a1300
• NATION † the native population of a town or city ...1523
• SADLANDS the suburbs of a city ...2002 UK sl.
• SHITBOX * a wretched place; a dirty or dilapidated dwelling; a remote, downtrodden, or unpleasant city, town, etc. ...1966 sl.
• SHITHEAP a dilapidated or untidy place, vehicle, etc. ...1961 sl., orig. US
• SIDE an area of a town or city ...1970s sl.
• SIN CITY a city characterized by licentiousness and vice ...1973 sl., often used jocularly
• SNOB ZONING a method of placing restrictions on specific city areas in a deliberate attempt to make it impossible for low-income families, e.g. non-White, non-middle-class families, to purchase homes there ...20C US sl.
• TENDERLOIN a district of a city where vice and corruption are rife ...1887 Amer. sl.
city - person
• ASPHALT ARAB (derogatory or jocular) a citified person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• JEWLARKER a citified person; a dandy ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JIM-DANDY a citified person; one who is comfortable and familiar with being in a city ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KEELIE, KEELY a male city-dweller of the rougher sort; specifically of Glasgow and district; of Edinburgh: an uncouth, rowdy fellow; originally it implied thievish or criminal propensities ...1812 Sc.
• LORD CHESTERFIELD a citified person ...1965 Amer dial.
• PALTRIPOLITAN † an unimportant, paltry, mean, or contemptible city person ...1588
• TACK a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOWN DUDE (derogatory or jocular) a city person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TOWN TACK a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
CIVIC - adjectives
• OPPIDAN belonging to a town or to the town, as opposed to the country; civic; urban ...1643
 
CIVIL - adjectives
• DOCIOUS docile, quiet, civil ...1853 Amer. dial.
• HENDY † of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant ...a1250 
​• QUIET gentle, civil, not given to strong language ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WELL-SCRAPIT well-spoken, civil ...Bk1904 Sc.
 
CIVIL AFFAIRS - nouns
• SILLY AFFAIRS civil affairs ...1968 US sl.
 
CIVILIAN - nouns
• CIT DUDS civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIT RAGS civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CITS civilian clothes ...1829 US services' sl.
• CIVVY STREET civilian life ...1943 sl.
• OUTSIDE the civilian world ...L19 US military sl.
civilian - person
• CIT a civilian ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CIVVY a civilian ...1915 sl.
• MOHAIR - a civilian; a man in the civil line, a townsman or tradesman; from the mohair buttons worn by persons of those descriptions or any others not in the army; the buttons of military men being always of metal ...1785 services' sl.
• P.F.C. Poor Foolish (Forlorn, Fucking, etc.) Civilian ...1947 US sl.
• SILLYVILLIAN a civilian, seen from the cynical eyes of the military ...1963 US sl.

 CIVILITY - nouns
• FALAHVER unctuous politeness; exaggerated civility expressed in words, 'palaver' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MANSHIP † humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility ...a1000
 
CIVILIZE - verbs
• UNBARBARIZE to render less barbarous; to civilize ...1648
 
CIVILIZED - verbs
• UNBRUTE to make civilized ...1670
• UNBRUTIFY to make civilized ...1812
 
CIVILLY - adverbs
• FAIR † civilly, courteously, kindly ...a1000
 
CIVIL SERVANT - person
• CIVIL SERPENT a civil servant ...Bk2006 US sl.
• MANDARIN a senior civil servant, politician, or commentator ...1910s sl.
• WHITEHALL WARRIOR a civil servant ...1973 Brit. sl.