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Lit, n. a Lithuanian.
Lit, adj. Lithuanian.
lit, n. literature; also attrib.
lit, adj.1 1. literary,;esp. in combs. lit. crit., literary criticism; lit. ed., literary editor; lit. supp., literary supplement. 2. a literature textbook.
lit, adj.2 wide-spectrum term of approval, used of events, objects, individuals.
lit (up), adj. 1.  drunk. 2.  suffering from a sexually transmitted disease. 3.  showily dressed up. 4.  extremely intoxicated by a drug. 5. excited. 6.  shot. 7.  angry.
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Ada from Decatur, n. the point of eight in craps dice.
big I, little you (n.) an important person.
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big juta, little juta, all same price (adj.) anything goes, irrespective of size or quality; usu. used of a country person who lacks the city dweller’s standards of choice.
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little bird (n.) a network of information; rumour, gossip .
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little bitch (n.) an exceptionally long prison sentence.
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bit of all right, a, phr. 1. an attractive person, usu. a young woman. 2. in abstract use, anything good and advantageous, e.g., a pleasant surprise, an enjoyable experience; also in ironic use (see cite 1928). 3. of objects.
little bloke (n.) the penis.
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little boss (n.) a middle-level prison officer.
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little fish (n.) an unimportant person.
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little Jerusalem (n.) the Jewish area of a town or city.
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little Jesus Christ (n.) used as not little Jesus Christ to meto characterise as worthless.
under Jesus, n.
little Jewrusalem (n.) see little Jerusalem under Jerusalem n.
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kinchin, n. 1. a (small) child. 2. a young woman, a little girl; thus attrib. 3. used adj. to imply an initial stage. 4. the lowest category of thief.
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little lagger (n.) one who serving a very short sentence.
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lemac, n. a Camel cigarette.
literature, n. any form of printed material; also attrib.
Lith, n. see Lit n.
Litt, adj. see Lit adj.
little, n. 1. petting. 2. sexual intercourse.
little, adj.
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little Ada (n.) see Ada from Decatur n.
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Little Africa (n.) the black area of a town or city.
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Little Barbary (n.) see separate entry.
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little bit (n.) a child, a young teenager.
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