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Queen of the may is London Cockney rhyming slang for homosexual(gay).
Victoria Day Holiday (celebrating the late Queen Victoria) - usually referring to the whole long weekend since Victoria Day is always the third Monday in May. Many people like to drink during this weekend, and since Canadians often buy beer in cases of twenty-four, it's called a two-four for short. Also, the holiday itself usually falls around the 24th of May.
Lord Mayor is London Cockney rhyming slang for swear.
Beverage. Would you like an Edna? Edna Everage (aka Dame Edna) is a star, darling!
Unbelievable. usu. used as an insult and combined with ferocious rubbing of the chin (a la Jimmy Hill), usually administered to some kid who says his dad plays for Liverpool. Mark Skinner says it was used by his sister a lot when he told her she was a moose!. (ed: can't think why??)
Bryant and May is British slang for light ale.
Anna May Wong is London Cockney rhyming slang for a bad odour (pong).
a shilling (1/-), from the mid-1800s, derived from association with the many European dinar coins and similar, and derived in turn and associated with the Roman denarius coin which formed the basis of many European currencies and their names. The pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. The expression is interpreted into Australian and New Zealand money slang as deener, again meaning shilling.
May be able to.
Darling buds of may is London Cockney rhyming slang for homosexual (gay).
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Auntie Ena is London Cockney rhyming slang for a cleaner.
Bryant and Mays is London Cockney rhyming slang for stays (corsets).
First of May is London Cockney rhyming slang for say.
Mayonnaise
Edna May is London Cockney rhyming slang for way.
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n.
A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.
a.
That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable.
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Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.
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A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
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Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
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The celebrating of May Day.
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Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.
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That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
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The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.
v. t.
To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
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The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers.
n. sing. & pl.
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
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of Edda
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The wife of a mayor.
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A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease.
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The merrymaking of May Day.
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The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.
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The office of a mayor.
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A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
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The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
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