Español
jerga1.
(De or. inc.).
1. f. Tela gruesa y tosca.
2. f. Colchón de paja o hierba.
dejar, estar, o poner, algo en ~.
1. frs. coloqs. Estar solo empezado; dejarlo incompleto.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
English
imp. of {Sling}. Slung. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]Slang Slang, n.
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.]
--Holland.
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Slang Slang, n. Sling.
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
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Slang Slang, n. [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.
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Slang Slang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slanged; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slanging}.]
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar
language. [Colloq.]
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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.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

