What is the meaning of DAVY LAMP. Phrases containing DAVY LAMP
See meanings and uses of DAVY LAMP!Slangs & AI meanings
An annual event in the dockyard where ships give tours to the public, coupled with other fun and frivolity.
Cavy is British slang for beware.
After Davy is slang for affidavit.
Doris Day is London Cockney rhyming slang for homosexual (gay). Doris Day is London Cockney rhyming slang for way.
A child or adolescent who has grown up in a Navy household. See "Base Brat".
Royal navy is London Cockney rhyming slang for gravy.
He's gone to Davy Jones's locker
He's gone to Davy Jones's locker
He is dead. (Davy Jones's locker is also the bottom of the sea)
Rave (dance). You coming to the comedy? Comedy Dave is a Radio 1 DJ
Davy Large is British rhyming slang for a barge.
Davy Jones' locker is nautical slang for lost at sea.Davy Jones' locker is London Cockney rhyming slang for an unwanted caller (knocker).
A slang term for reservists during WW2. Its derivation is from the rank insignia of officers in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) that were "wavy" rather than being straight.
Noun. Favourite. E.g."My favy book is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens."
A dave is a cup filled to the brim with liquid, making it impossible to drink without spilling some. Ex: He pulled a Dave when he made the coffee today, and I burned my freakin' hand!
Execution day is British slang for washing day.
A dave is a cup filled to the brim with liquid, making it impossible to drink without spilling some. Ex: He pulled a Dave when he made the coffee today, and I burned my freakin' hand!
shave “I’ll have a quick Dad & Dave, then I’ll be ready’
The name given to the last day on which the Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration, which was 31 July 1970. In the RCN, this day came two years later, on 30 March 1972.
A navy with warships that are designed to sail the oceans of the world, not just coastal waters. Opposite of "Brown Water Navy"
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Vrb phrs. To terminate a relationship. A P45 is the official form given to someone on their dismissal or departure from employment and explains tax details that are needed by a future employer.
n Opium. Phrasal Verb:hop up 1. To increase the power or energy of: hop up a car. 2. To stimulate with or as if with a narcotic.
Cracker and cheese
Phrs. Expressed at a person who responds blankly at something. E.g."Look at you gone out! What's up? Haven't you understood a word I've been saying." [Midlands/South Yorkshire use?]
crack
LSD
Verb. To expel a thing or a person, to throw out. E.g."Haven't you turfed out that broken chair yet?" {Informal}
 A town or village.
Dodge the law.
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n.
The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
a.
Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.
n.
(Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
n.
Labor hired or performed by the day.
a.
Undulating on the border or surface; waved.
prep.
On this day; on the present day.
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Wavy; flowing.
n.
One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
n.
The present day.
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of Navy
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The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
n.
The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.
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The sun, as the orb of day.
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of Cavy
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The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
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