i.d. n.1
1. an identification; also attrib.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘The Argot of Forgery’ in AS XVI:4 247/2: A passer never offers to show his I.D. until the credie asks for it. | |
| letter 12 Jan. in Joint (1972) 38: They stripped me of my ill-gotten finery, gold watch [...] gold I.D. bracelet. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Mute Witness (1997) 86: One small airplane-type bag [...] with no ID. | |
| Jones Men 199: No kind of I.D. on this one. | |
| On the Stroll 273: My ID is in my pack if you want to see it. | |
| Everybody Smokes in Hell 150: Got ID? I mean [...] you are staying all night. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Black Tide (2012) [ebook] Frank’s wife? The ID? | |
| ‘Jungletown Jihad’ in Destination: Morgue! (2004) 338: His face – now feature-firm and fit to make IDs off. | |
| Killing Pool 141: Any ID on the stiff as yet? |
2. an identification photograph or card.
| Amer. Thes. Sl. | |
| Scene (1996) 228: With the stuff I’ve got here, the photos, and a couple of I.D.’s [...] we’re all set. | |
| On the Yard (2002) 4: His subsequent ID’s, taken at various times, on several occasions had even recorded changes Red was pleased to consider improvements. | |
| Property Of (1978) 175: ‘I.D.,’ he asked [...] ‘I.D. your mother,’ I said. | |
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | (con. 1920s) Legs 51: I knew that any ID would be hard to come by. | |
| Alphaville (2011) 40: Times Square bars never checked IDs. | |
| Shore Leave 29: ‘[H]e’s in the wind, doesn’t need ID for his imagined new life’. |
In phrases
(N.Z. prison) phr. used to indicate to a fellow-inmate that they are considered stupid.
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 92/1: here's your ID card n. indicates that the inmate addressed is an idiot. [used specifically in a situation when one inmate hands another a spoon as he says these words, implying that the other inmate is a 'spoon' = an idiot]. |