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Blackout/blackout spells
  1. the partial screening of all lights; to go dark. 2. to faint
Blanket far enough for the neighbour
  1. All the benefits one receives from the Word are sufficient to bless or "cover" others. Salvation will cause the poor and the rich to love one another and fellowship together.
Bleach
  1. a chemical used to remove stains or make something white. (Brand name: "Clorox" in the United States).
Blockbuster
  1. a large bomb dropped from an airplane that could demolish a city block(sometimes used to destroy large dam walls).
Blow horns
  1. sound the car horn
  2. boast or brag
  3. to make a sound on a musical instrument, or the horn of a male sheep (ram) prepared for emitting a sound.
Blow up
  1. become violently angry very quickly.
Blow your/somebody's brains out
  1. (informal) Kill yourself/somebody by shooting in the head.
Blue Boar
  1. the name of a restaurant
Bluestone
  1. a blue-gray sandstone
Board
  1. a flat piece of wood whose length is greater than its width.
  2. an organized official body: as a "Board of Directors".
  3. a black or white board such as one used to write on to illustrate a lesson.
  4. on or in a vessel, as in "on board" a train or bus.
  5. a "bulletin board" for notices and announcements.
  6. to furnish or take meals with or without lodging. In the following quote, it means "whatever money she had left after paying for her meals and lodging". Perhaps she was paid one U.S. Dollar per day.
  7. a board or frame having a corrugated surface on which to rub clothes while washing them.
  8. Ouija board (see "Ouija")
Bobbed haired women
  1. A women or girl's short cut hair.
Boo Boo
  1. a mistake or error, sometimes with embarrassing concequences.
Bootlegger
  1. makers, sellers, or distributors of illegal beverages. (It was originated from the fact that the first bootleggers carried illicit merchandise in the legs of high boots when making deliveries. In this sense the word was common in the middle nineteenth century. Since the most easily made and profitably sold commodity was illicit liquor, bootlegger gradually became applied to distributors of illegal booze.
Booze
  1. an alcoholic drink; liquor.
Born with a silver spoon in his/her mouth
  1. referring to one born into riches.
Bosom friend
  1. a friend with whom one has a profound relationship; a very close friend; an old buddy with whom one has a confidential relationship; soul brothers.
Boston Tea Party,The
  1. the destruction in Boston Harbor, United States, (Dec.16,1773) of a number of chests of tea by disguised citizens as a protest against the British proposal to tax the American colonists.
Bottle-washer,A
  1. one who makes himself generally useful in menial duties;
Bottom of a churn (contents of)
  1. churn: a container in which cream is beaten to form butter. The buttermilk left in the bottom is often tart or sour. Hence, "something sour".
Bowery, The
  1. a street in New York City, or the district around this street, characterized by cheap hotels, saloons etc.
Boyfriend
  1. A male friend or companion.
  2. A girl's steady date, a woman's favorite man friend; a lover or sweetheart.
Brail of the boat
  1. one of the ropes used to gather in sails before furling.
Brainwash
  1. to remove ideas from someone's mind and substitute others (by means of constant mental pressure).
Branch water
  1. a Southern United States expression for stream-water, as distinguished from well-water.
Brand/Brands
  1. to mark with a hot iron;to imprint indelibly on the heart, mind or memory.
Brand-new (bran-new)
  1. very new; barely used; a recently purchased or made item; showing no use or wear.
Bread and butter ticket
  1. a person's income; subsistence; maintenance; livelihood.
Bread line
  1. Line of people waiting for charity/ food, because of poverty.
Break even
  1. covering one's costs only; make neither a profit nor a loss.
Break the ice, To
  1. To make the first move in trying to get to know someone; or be the first one to speak.
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