Green’s Dictionary of Slang
pot, n.1 1. based on the idea of the vagina as a ‘container’. (2 subsenses) 2. in the context of drinking. (6 subsenses) 3. based on the idea of a ‘pot’ belly. (2 subsenses) 4. in monetary senses. (2 subsenses) 5. a prison. 6. of a person . (3 subsenses) 7. a lit. or fig. prize. (2 subsenses) 8. see
pot hat under pot n.1
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pot, n.2 the top.
pot, n.3
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pot, n.4 fourpence.
pot, n.5 marijuana, occas. hashish; also attrib.
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pot, v. 1. to outdo, to outwit, to deceive; thus potter, a trickster. 2. to shoot, esp. food for eating; thus potting n. 3. to punish. 4. to appropriate. 5. to take from, to extort. 6. to throw a stone. 7. to hit, to strike. 8. in Und. uses. (3 subsenses) 9. to render drunk. 10. to drink. 11. of a man, to seduce, to have sexual intercourse with.
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-pot, sfx a person; usu. found in combs., e.g. barmpot n.; big pot n.; crankpot n.; fusspot n.; sexpot under sex n.
pard, n. a partner, esp. as a term of address (cf. partner n. (2)).
patzer, n. an inferior chess-player.
potless
(adj.)
see separate entry. under pot, n.1
pot companion
(n.)
a drinking aquaintance, a friend to go drinking with, thus pot-companionship. under pot, n.1
pot-eyed
(adj.)
drunk. under pot, n.1
pot-gut
(n.)
a fat person, a person with a pot belly, also attrib. under pot, n.1
pot-gutted
(adj.)
pot-bellied. under pot, n.1
pot-jostler
(n.)
a barman; thus pot-jostle v., to serve drinks. under pot, n.1
pot-jostling
(adj.)
lit. ‘drink-serving’, thus used of a publican, and by ext. the brewing interest. under pot, n.1
pot juggler
(n.)
1. a restaurant washer-up. 2. as pint-pot juggler a barman. 3. one who distributes and empties chamberpots, e.g. a cabin steward, a nurse, a hospital orderly. under pot, n.1
pot-leech
(n.)
a drunkard. under pot, n.1
pot-polisher
(n.)
a barmaid. under pot, n.1
pot-shaken
(adj.)
drunk. under pot, n.1
pot-shot
(adj.)
drunk. under pot, n.1
pot-sick
(adj.)
drunk. under pot, n.1
pot-valiant
(n.)
a drunkard. under pot, n.1
pot-valiant
(adj.)
exhibiting the bravado that comes from imbibing alcoholic drink; thus pot valour. under pot, n.1
pot burst
(adj.)
describing a friendship that has come to an end. under pot, n.1
pot convert
(n.)
a convert to Roman Catholicism who is won over by the free provision of food and drink. under pot, n.1
pot-faker
(n.)
a hawker of crockery, a cheap-jack. under pot, n.1
pot hat
(n.)
1. a bowler hat; thus pot-hatted adj. 2. a low-crowned hat, as opposed to the more common top hat of the period. under pot, n.1
pothead
(n.)
see separate entry. under pot, n.1
pot-hunter
(n.)
see separate entries. under pot, n.1
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