scenery n.1
1. (US) clothing or uniform.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | ‘A Word to Texas Jack’ in Roderick (1967–9) I 65: Strike-me-balmy! if a bit o’ scenery / Like ter you in all yer rig-out on the earth I ever see! | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Philosophy of Johnny the Gent 81: ‘[T]he big bull [...] tells the Handshaker that he’ll buy him a fresh set o’ scenery out o' the rewards’. | |
| God’s Man 281: I grapples with him and grabs the shieve away and cut a gash in my pants that cost me the price of a new set of scenery. | |
| in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 84: The skinny guy bought his twist a whole new set of summer scenery last week an she took a runout powder on him. | |
| (con. 1920s) Young Manhood in Studs Lonigan (1936) 245: He lit a cigarette and laughed at Nate’s scenery; an old-fashioned square black helmet [...] tight green jersey with holes in the sleeves; pants so big that he swam in them. | |
| ‘Mae West in “The Hip Flipper”’ [comic strip] in Tijuana Bibles (1997) 91: She packed up what little scenery she owned. |
2. (US) the face.
| Philosophy of Johnny the Gent 51: ‘[I]t was a cinch I’d get me scenery mussed up, if nothin’ else happened to me’. |
3. (US Und.) an impressive board of directors, used to bolster the credibility of a financial fraudster.
| Sun (N.Y.) 19 Feb. 28/2: ‘Scenery,’ a board of directors with impressive names, is helpful. |
4. (US Und.) fake dividend cheques, used to reassure the potential victim of a financial swindler.
| Sun (N.Y.) 19 Feb. 28/2: ‘Scenery’ [...] The ‘reloader’ uses the same term for dividend checks to be waved under the eyes of prospective victims. |
5. the female body, thus the whole woman.
| ‘Boogie Woogie Blue Plate’ 🎵 There’s a gal at the local beanery / She’s a pretty hunk of scenery. | |
| ‘The Death of Me’ in I Like ’Em Tough (1958) 115: Her underwear was the sheerest stuff [...] I took in the scenery. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Burden of Proof 86: ‘So you’re back on the scene?’ Rowlands said quickly ‘And with some scenery!’ The girls giggled. | |
| Money Shot [ebook] ‘Remember, you gotta show the greenery if you want to see the scenery’. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
(UK Und.) a young woman used as a decoy for a brothel, nightclub etc.
| Phenomena in Crime 104: The game is played for big money with the assistance of ‘scenery skirts’ (girl decoys). |
1. (US tramp) a tramp who loves nature.
| Morn. Tulsa Dly World (OK) 13 June 19/3: Scenery bum — A young tramp who goes out into the world to look at the scenery, not to work. | |
| ‘Jargon of the Und.’ in DN V 435: Rarer is the ‘scenery-stiff’ who roams the country from love of nature. [Ibid.] 461: Scenery bum, One who walks on the highway. |
2. a tourist.
| Dark Ship 191: You could make a buck hauling scenery stiffs and sponges. (A ‘scenery stiff,’ sometimes called a ‘scenery bum,’is a tourist). |