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lamb licker, n
...tentious term for a sheepherder. 1938 FWP Guide South Dakota 87, Lamb-licker: derisive term for lamber. 1939 1973 FWP Guide Montana 414, Lamb licker— Sheepman (...
chiefly MontanaA sheepherder or lamber.
weed-bender, n 
...nkey weed-sucker See quots . 1933 AmSp 8.1.53 Ozarks , Weed-bender. . . A derisive name for the unprogressive hillman. 1945 Hubbard Railroad Ave. 366, Weed ben...
See quots.
Dutchman’s quail, n
... flicker 1 1 . 1956 AmSp 31.181 KY , Most of the monickers . . are derisive . . , attaching the name of some race to a bird deemed inferior as food or gam...
mow, n2
... OED mow sb. 2 1.a “A grimace; esp ., a derisive grimace” c1325 →; 1.b “In phrases . . mocks and mows, mows and mocks ” 1508–1...
Pocatello yardmaster, n
... 2 ; by ext , a fraud or blowhard. 1940 RR Mag. Apr 50, Pocatello Yardmaster Derisive epithet for boomer, all of whom presumably claimed to have held, at some tim...
In railroading: a boomer n2; by ext, a fraud or blowhard.
choke rag, n
...ker in similar use (DAS) A necktie. 1944 Adams Western Words , Choke strap—The derisive reference to a necktie, something for which the cowboy has little need. 1953 ...
A necktie.
brush ape, n
... A rustic, hillbilly. derog 1933 AmSp 8.1.53 Ozarks , Weed-bender. . . A derisive name for the unprogressive hillman. Hill-billy . . brush-ape . . and puddle...
1 A rustic, hillbilly.
2 See quots.
Colorado turkey, n
...182, With localities substituted for races, there are a good many bird titles of derisive import. . . Colorado turkey [is used for the] Great blue heron [in] Ariz. [an...
Southwestedumacation, n
... Also sp edgemcation -ma- somewhat derisive Education. 1833 1962 Nathan Dan Emmett 68, In Bone Squash the colored dandy ...
Education.
corn doctor, n
... often derisive One who removes corns from the feet. 1839 Pencil White Sulphur 40, There are s...
One who removes corns from the feet.
nigger quail, n
...gna ). 1956 AmSp 31.181, Most of the monickers [for birds] in this division are derisive in another way, attaching the name of some race to a bird deemed inferior as f...
A meadowlark 1 (here: Sturnella magna).
ahana, intj
... naughty children, mostly confined to childish speech. It is sometimes used in a derisive rhyme. . . V[ery] F[requent]. 1972 Carr Da Kine Talk 86 HI , Ahahana ...
HawaiiSee quots.
baa-baa, n, also attrib
... Also baa-a-ah Imitative West sometimes derisive A sheep. 1924 Marks Plastic Age 87, Nine tenths of them [=male students at a c...
WestA sheep.
hayshaker, n
...ay shaker. [14 infs] See quot . 1945 Hubbard Railroad Ave. 366, Railroaders’ derisive term for cowboy . . hay shaker....
1 also hayshagger: =hayseed 1. chiefly North
2 See quot.
buckhead, n
...ity that the undiluted dominant class feels toward a diluted one is reflected in derisive terms like Brass Ankles, Buckheads, Clay-Eaters. [Note:] We have no informat...
1 A person of mixed race; see quots.
2 See quot.
Rackensack, n
...olkl. Romantic AR 2.87, Some people have referred to Arkansas in a slighting or derisive way as “Rackensack.” This sportive nick-name originated through a chance epith...
Arkansas; hence n Rackensack(er), Rackansacker an Arkansan.
alter kocker, n
...r alter old + kocker excrement NYC and other Jewish settlement areas often derisive but also used familiarly See also a.k. 1 , alter An old fogy. 1943 AmS...
New York City and other Jewish settlement areasAn old fogy.
Arkansawyer, n
...nsans are very unpopular in Arkansas. 1918 DN 5.37 OK , Arkansawyer. . . A derisive term applied to the people of Arkansas by Oklahomans. 1947 AmSp 22.255 AR , ...
chiefly Arkansas and adjacent statesAn Arkansan.
boogie, n
...attered Nth , Boogie. A Black person. Orig criminal and hobo speech esp Nt derisive bugger 1 B1 1923 Anon. Confessions of a Bank Burglar (Partridge Underw...
2 See quots. chiefly North
3 A Black person.esp North
4 A louse B1.
hardboot, n
...ed breeder. 1956 Betts Across the Board 316 (DAS),Hardboot— A bantering or derisive term for a Kentucky horseman; it stems from envy, the hardboot being shrewder ...
esp KentuckyA person interested in horses; spec, a horse breeder.