Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus./N.Z.) a frameless pack that, without any support, bangs on one’s back and kidneys; also attrib.

c.1940		L. Cleveland (Wellington) postcard (1964) DNZE 405/3: Kidney-sweater, and occ. kidney-rotter; terms for a haversack of the kind which does not have a metal frame. When the wearer begins to sweat under the exertion of carrying a load, a patch of sweat appears on his clothes where his back chafes against the pack. In general use in mountaineering and tramping circles throughout New Zealand.
1943		Tararua Tramper Dec. 5: Has anybody used loofahs on a kidney-rotter pack as mentioned in ‘Kamet Conquered’, to keep the pack from touching the back? kidney. Tramping. In special Comb. kidneybruiser (buster, -crusher, -rider, rotter), a name for a frameless tramping pack, from its habit of riding low on the back [DNZE].
1958		Tararua Sept. 27: The frameless pack [...] receives that name only on formal occasions, being more familiarly known by that elegant term, kidney-rotter, or less frequently as kidney-buster, kidney-crusher, kidney-sweater or kidney-rider [DNZE].
1971		Listener 19 Apr. 56: Out of the boo-ai comes three trampers [...] One had [...] clinkered boots and an old kidneyrotter [DNZE].
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 66/1: kidney rotter frameless backpack, giving trampers’ kidneys a hard time; aka kidney buster/crusher/ sweater/rider.
2000		(ref. to 1933) Royal Society of N.Z. Yearbook 🌐 The endurance of the two Lucies in the field is further exemplified by their double crossing of the Tararuas in January 1933. [...] In this and other field trips at this time the importance of the ‘Bartrum kidney-rotter’ rucksack should be stressed, as it helped women take their place in field activities.
2002		(ref. to 1946) Marlborough Express (NZ) 25 Oct. 🌐 There were no frame packs, only the old ‘kidney rotter’ ones and the filling in sleeping bags was lumpy and unevenly distributed.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].

1. (also kidney-cracker, kidney disturber) a large penis.

1927		Immortalia 92: Oh, his long, long dillywacker, / overgrown kidney-cracker.
1929		in Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 113: An’ all he could do was to fiddle, fuck an’ dance. / With his great big tilly-whacker, great big kidney-cracker, / Yard of gutta percha, a-hangin’ to his knees.
c.1935		in R.G. Holt Dirty Comics 124: You could play vit dot dingbusted kidney-buster of mine [HDAS].
[c.1935		‘Robert Mitchum in “Goof Butts”’ in http://tijuanabibles.org 🌐 Now she’s really getting it. His prick seems to be dislodging her kidneks and she loves it].
c.1940		‘Tarzan in “Lost in the Jungles” IV’ [comic strip] in B. Adelman Tijuana Bibles (1997) 27: The gigantic savage [...] tried to sink his monstrous kidney disturber in her blushing snatch.
c.1950		‘Rita & Aly in “We Could Make Millions”’ [comic strip] in B. Adelman Tijuana Bibles (1997) 107: What a beautifully gigantic kidney disturber.

2. a vehicle that gives a bumpy ride.

1942		B.H. Porter ‘Truck Driver Lingo’ in AS XVII:2 104: Kidney-buster. Hard-riding truck.
1965		F.R. Donovan Wheels for a Nation 210: Hundreds of thousands of less dedicated Americans who believed that a car need not necessarily be a kidney buster in order to make driving fun.
1994		(con. 1950s) E. Nassour Honky Tonky Angel 81: He bought what Patsy and me referred to as the Kidney Buster, an old bus with springs so shot it was like a produce truck.
2003		(con. 1942–3) R. Atkinson Army at Dawn 167: Jeep drivers, in vehicles named Kidney Buster, Miss Conduct, and Miss Demeanor, twined winter roses around their radio antennas.

(US) a flat-footed person; also as adj.; thus kidney-footed adj.; kidney feet n.

1839		Olmstead Whaling Voyage 46: Our cook with his various appelations of ‘Spot,’ ‘Jumbo,’ [...] ‘Kidney foot,’ &c [HDAS].
1905		C. Chesnutt Colonel’s Dream 194: What gentleman here would want his daughter to marry a blubber-lipped, cocoanut-headed, kidney-footed, etc., etc., nigger?
1924		Hecht & Bodenheim Cutie 22: You poor kidney-footed clown.
1925		Odum & Johnson Negro and His Songs (1964) 242: Had ole gal one time, name was Cross-eyed Sally. / She was the blackest gal in Paradise Alley. / She had liver lips an’ kidney feet.
1935		W. Smith Bessie Cotter 229: You certainly made a monkey out of that kidney-foot bull.
1971		J.D. Horan Blue Messiah 27: [to a policeman] To my horror Joe began chanting, ‘Kidney feet . . . Kidney feet . . .’.

(US) extremely low quality whisky.

1917

Cincinnati Enquirer (OH) 12 May 12/1: ‘Yuh otta be bloody well satisfied tuh have the stiffs slippin’ yuh their thin ones for that “kidney killer” yuh call whiskey’.

(Aus./N.Z.) flattery, humbug, deceit.

1933		(con. WWI) A.E. Strong in Partridge Sl. Today and Yesterday 287: I gave him a bit of kidney pie and there was nothing lousy about him.
1941		Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
1955		N. Pulliam I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 185: Even if you take it all as kidney pie, you don’t entirely negate this respect for the American know-how.
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 66/1: kidney pie insincere praise; WWI.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].

(US) a large penis; thus prod someone’s kidneys v., of a man, to have sexual intercourse.

c.1930		‘Clara Blow in “Trees”’ [comic strip] in B. Adelman Tijuana Bibles (1997) 80: Come on, Clara. You’re going to get your kidneys prodded.
c.1935		‘Betty Boop in “Flesh”’ [comic strip] in B. Adelman Tijuana Bibles (1997) 29: That kidney prodder is considerable.
2001		Gay Video Dad Behind Closed Doors 🌐 Rev. of Natural Instinct: Lexington is no stranger to Michael Brandon’s thick kidney-prodder. The two were together in director Ward’s SexPack series.

a man with an extra-large penis.

1985		‘Jennifer Blowdryer’ Modern English 72: genitalia: male (n): Kidney-scraper.
2001–03		‘Guide to Today’s Sl.’ at www.adultdatinghall.com 🌐 Kidney Scraper an extremely well-endowed guy.

(US) a large penis.

c.1888		Stag Party 95: Liberal allowance made for button-hole pricks, commonly called cunt robbers, hair curlers, liver disturbers, kidney wipers, belly ticklers, bowel starters, etc.
c.1895		Actionable Offenses ‘The Whores’ Union’ (2007) [cylinder recording ENHS 30188] [as cite 1888].
1916–22		Cary Sexual Vocab. (t/s) n.p.: penis: Kidney wiper.
1945		in Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 549: With my hand on myself, what have I here? [...] Left-Testicle, Kidney wiper, Umbelica.
a.1952		in E. Cray Erotic Muse (1992) 32: He came to America / To fiddle, fuck and dance / With his long, lean liver, kidney-wash and baby-maker / Hanging to his knees!
1965		Guild Dict. Homosexual Terms 34: Penis [...] kidney wiper.
1978		L. Kramer Faggots 320: [...] hot dog, joy stick, kidney wiper.
1992		Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore I 549: In the final chorus: kidney-wiper (in texts of ‘The Highland Tinker,’ kidney-cracker), the penis.
2002		posting at www.zfilter.com 1 Oct. 🌐 Heck if you think the handstand is neat wait till you see me break dance with my kidney wiper!!!!

see gripe someone’s soul under gripe v.

(gay) to frequent public lavatories for sex.

1941		G. Legman ‘Lang. of Homosexuality’ Appendix VII in Henry Sex Variants.
1965		Guild Dict. Homosexual Terms 26: kidney trouble, to have (v.): The necessity, real or otherwise, to visit the men’s room, frequently for homosexual purposes.

see have one’s back teeth afloat under teeth n.

(Aus.) to have a drink.

1957

D. Niland Call Me When the Cross Turns Over (1958) 103: Come, let us hie ye to the pub and line the old kidneys.