Alabama adj.
a generic term for poverty, rural backwardness, based on the negative image of the state and used in combs. below.
In compounds
(US) toilet paper or absorbent kitchen paper.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Doom Pussy 53: Blood spurted from his face, so a pilot [...] went to the bathroom to get some Alabama Kleenex. |
(orig. US black) a police baton.
| (con. 1940s–60s) Straight from the Fridge Dad 2: Alabama lie detector Police baton. |
(US) dice.
| Gt Falls Dly Tribune (MT) 19 Nov. 18/1: The shooters, equippped with ‘Alabama marbles,’ will vie in ‘African golf’ to win the 25 turkeys. | |
| Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) 9 Aug. 7/2: He produced the cuboid ivories called Mississippi marbles by some and Alabama gold balls by others. | |
| El Paso Herald (TX) 1 Jan. 12/3: Crap Shooting [...] I learned that many of the [baseball] players had passed the night before rolling the Alabama marbles and were not fit to give their bnest on the ball field. | |
| Eng. Amer. Style 56: Alabama Marbles are dice, sometimes also referred to as Mississippi Marbles. |
(US) a rowdy.
 | Maryland Gaz. 12 Sept. 2/3: The bargemen [...] are known by the significant name of Rowdies [...] they are divided into classes, such as Tuscaloosa roarers, Alabama Screamers, Cahawba Scrougers, and the like gentle names . |
(US) cotton clothing.
| Amer. Thes. Sl. | |
| Woods Words n.p.: Alabama wool — Cotton clothing, especially underwear. |