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Noun. All the fixtures and fittings necessary and expected - an abb. of all modern conveniences. {Informal}
Vrb phrs. To fight. E.g."John's still outside, having arms with that scary looking doorman who refused him entry." [London use]
Five acre farms was old British rhyming slang for arms.
As in "I'm all" or "She was all..." A replacement for the term "like". Usually seems to mean "says" or "said". "He was all, 'Are you mad at me?' and I was all 'No way, what are you talking about?'
Bat and Ball is London Cockney rhyming slang for a market stall. Bat and Ball is London Cockney rhyming slang for wall.
All arms and legs is slang for weak beer.
Army is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug).
Gravy. Can I have some army for my mashed?
Army and navy is London cockney rhyming slang for gravy.
Weak
Call off all bets is Black−American slang for to die
Weak
Arm and leg is British rhyming slang for egg.
To fight. Used as challenge "do you want arms?' meaning do you want a violent confrontation.
All beer and skittles is British slang for an easy life.
All snot and tears is British slang for mournful, remorseful.
All piss and wind is slang for full of bluster and noise, but without substance.
Short arms is British slang for a miser.
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a.
Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.
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The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
n.
Anything resembling an arm
n.
Alt. of Ano
adv.
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.
adv.
To any extent; in any degree; at all.
n.
Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
v. t.
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
n.
Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
v. t.
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
n.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
n.
The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.
n.
An awl.
n.
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
v. t.
To furnish with arms or limbs.
v. i.
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
n.
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.
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Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
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