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Webster 1913 Edition
Slang
Slang
,Noun.
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
[Local, Eng.]
Holland.
Slang
,Noun.
[Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E.
sling
; cf. Norw. sleng
a slinging, an invention, device, slengja
to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften
(literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang, slenjeord
(ord
= word) an insulting word, a new word that has no just reason for being.] Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant;
as, the
slang
of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.Slang
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slanged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slanging
.] To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
[Colloq.]
Every gentleman abused by a cabman or
slanged
by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. London Spectator.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slang
SLANG
, old pret. of sling. We now use slung.SLANG
,Noun.